Harrison M. Wallace
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Officer

Harrison M. Wallace

Veteran → Accident
End of Watch June 21, 1922
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Harrison Wallace succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash two days earlier between Newberg and Portland. He and another officer were pursuing a vehicle believed to be involved in a bank robbery when their handlebars made contact and caused him to crash. Officer Wallace was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two daughters.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-OR-298A5290
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August 2, 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.
Officer Wallace served with the Newberg- Dundee Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Newberg community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Newberg, Yamhill County, OR
Platform Identity ndpd.yamhill.or.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 21, 1922
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Harrison M. Wallace served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Harrison M. Wallace is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In OR, 66 of 197 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.5% of this state's fallen. That is 33.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

Newberg- Dundee Police Department
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
OR — Statewide
66
of 197 officers
33.5% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,756 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harrison M. Wallace's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Harrison M. Wallace Compares

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Harrison M. Wallace is highlighted in Jun.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Military Service

Harrison M. Wallace served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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