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Patrol Officer

Cloyd LeRoy Hearn

Harrisburg Police Bureau — Harrisburg, PA

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch November 13, 1934

Age 38

Tour of Duty 6 yrs 8 mo

Badge 83

The Vigil Panel 69 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Patrol Officer Clyde Hearn was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while on foot patrol on Cameron Street. He had just checked in using the radio call box and stepped into the street to flag down to passing officers. The officer did not see him and drove by. Another car then struck Officer Hearn, causing fatal injuries. The driver of the car fled the scene. The man was later identified when he committed suicide by lighting himself on fire before he could be arrested. Officer Hearn was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI and was wounded in action on July 19, 1918, due to shrapnel wounds during the battle of Château-Thierry. He had served with the Harrisburg Police Bureau for almost seven years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four 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.
Patrol Officer Hearn gave the Harrisburg Police Bureau 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Harrisburg 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

Department Harrisburg Police Bureau

Location Harrisburg, PA

Platform Identity hpbpd.dauphin.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 13, 1934

Tour of Duty 6 yrs 8 mo

Age 38

Badge Number 83

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile

Offender Committed suicide

Military Service

Cloyd LeRoy Hearn served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrol Officer Cloyd LeRoy Hearn is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In PA, 597 of 1,261 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.3% of this state's fallen. That is 6.9 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Harrisburg Police Bureau, 3 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Harrisburg Police Bureau

of 7 officers

42.9% Felonious

PA — Statewide

597

of 1,261 officers

47.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious