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Chief of Police

Henry L. Walton

Fairview Park Police Department — Fairview Park, OH

Cardiac Veteran

End of Watch March 12, 1950

Age 52

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Chief of Police Henry Walton suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to the scene of a fire at 21490 Lorain Road in Fairview.

After assisting at the fire, he began to provide traffic and crowd control when he suddenly collapsed. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Chief Walton was a United States Army WWI veteran. He had served with the Fairview Park Police Department for 14 years, and was the chief of police for ten of those years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

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.
Chief of Police Walton gave the Fairview Park Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fairview Park 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

Department Fairview Park Police Department

Location Fairview Park, OH

Platform Identity fppd.cuyahoga.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 12, 1950

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Age 52

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Henry L. Walton served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Chief of Police Henry L. Walton 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 OH, 43 of 991 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.3 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

Fairview Park Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Cardiac

OH — Statewide

of 991 officers

4.3% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry L. Walton's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Henry L. Walton Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

Years of Service