Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Henry Walpole suffered a fatal heart attack while trying to save several people sleeping in the third story of a building at 137 Bates Street.
The building was shattered by an explosion believed to have been caused by gasoline. Lieutenant Walpole rushed from the police station nearby, fought his way through the flames, and succeeded in alarming the sleepers when he suffered a fatal heart attack.
Lieutenant Walpole served with the Detroit Police Department for more than 21 years.
Lt. Walpole, On today, the 110th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Detroit.
R.I.P. USBP
Anonymous United States Border Patrol May 17th, 2021
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21 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Walpole gave the Detroit Police Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Walpole.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Henry Walpole is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MI, 39 of 718 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.4% of this state's fallen. That is 1.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Detroit Police Department, 8 of 250 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry Walpole's cause is highlighted.
How Henry Walpole Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Henry Walpole is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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