Harry B. Lamb
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Deputy Sheriff

Harry B. Lamb

Accident
End of Watch July 17, 1928
Age 36
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Harry Lamb was accidentally shot and killed by the police chief of Warrior as they were taking a prisoner to the local jail.

Deputy Lamb and the chief had stopped the man for reckless driving on the Warrior-Birmingham Highway and arrested him. The man began to struggle with the chief as he began to search the car for illegal liquor but was quickly taken into custody. They were walking into the jail in Warrior when the man began to resist their efforts to take him inside and reached for his pocket. As the police chief drew his service revolver it accidentally discharged and the round fatally wounded Deputy Lamb.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Lamb served with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Birmingham community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Lamb.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
Platform Identity jcso.jefferson.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 17, 1928
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Harry is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1928, 103 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 5th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Harry was 36. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has 24 officers remembered here, Harry among them.

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Where

Deputy Sheriff Harry B. Lamb

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch July 17, 1928

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 18-E

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