Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Henry St. Clair was killed in an automobile crash when his patrol car struck a gasoline truck head-on while patrolling Shelbyville Road near Long Run Road.
Patrolman St. Clair was the first African American police officer in Jefferson County. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII veteran and recipient of the Bronze Star.
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman St. Clair served with the Jefferson County Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Louisville community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Henry E. St. Clair served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Patrolman Henry E. St. Clair is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,588 officers honored here.
In KY, 161 of 983 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 16.4% of this state's fallen. That is 14.6 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Jefferson County Police Department, 15 of 20 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry E. St. Clair's cause is highlighted.
How Henry E. St. Clair Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Henry E. St. Clair is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
Military Service
Henry E. St. Clair served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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