Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Henry Brown was killed after being struck by a vehicle as he was assisting a disabled motorist on Interstate 20. Officer Brown stopped to assist the motorist in torrential rainfall and was between his cruiser and her car when his cruiser was rear-ended, pinning him and the motorist in between the two vehicles. He died later at the hospital. The motorist survived with minor injuries. Officer Brown was a Texas Army National Guard veteran andserved six years with the Dallas Police Department and received 35 commendations.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and 7-year-old son.
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- April 2, 2026
- 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.
Police Officer Brown gave the Dallas Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Henry Allen Brown served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer Henry Allen Brown is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Dallas Police Department, 30 of 95 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry Allen Brown's cause is highlighted.
How Henry Allen Brown Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Henry Allen Brown is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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