Thomas E. Lawry

Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol — Harrisburg, PA

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch January 31, 1930

Age 24

Tour of Duty 3 yrs 4 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 17

Incident

Corporal Lawry was killed when a reckless driver who was driving on the wrong side of the road struck his patrol motorcycle. The suspect was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Survivors

Corporal Lawry was a veteran of the Pennsylvania National Guard and had served with the Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol for six and a half years and was survived by his mother.

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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.
Corporal Lawry gave the Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol

Location Harrisburg, PA

Platform Identity pshp.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 31, 1930

Tour of Duty 3 yrs 4 mo

Age 24

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile

Offender Charged with involuntary manslaughter

Military Service

Thomas E. Lawry served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Corporal Thomas E. Lawry 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 Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol, 8 of 18 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.

Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol

of 18 officers

44.4% Felonious

PA — Statewide

597

of 1,261 officers

47.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious