Cloyd LeRoy Hearn served in the U.S. Army.
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.
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In tribute
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
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