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
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Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Accident
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has lost 24 officers; 8 of them lost to accidents.
Harry is one of 182 officers lost to accidents in AL, 28.3% of the 643 remembered there.
Harry is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.
Harry is one of 10,100 officers lost to accidents worldwide, 29.6% of the 34,117 remembered here.
34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1928, 1 officer at Jefferson County Sheriff's Office was lost to accidents, the 2nd heaviest of 7 years on record. The heaviest was 1993, with 2.
In 1928, 2 officers in AL were lost to accidents, the 27th heaviest of 85 years on record. The heaviest was 1970, with 6.
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.
In 1928, 115 officers worldwide were lost to accidents, the 6th heaviest of 200 years on record. The heaviest was 1930, with 131.
Who
Harry was 36. Of the 7 lost to accidents at Jefferson County Sheriff's Office whose age is recorded, half were between 33 and 43.5; the middle age was 35.
Harry was 36. Of the 160 lost to accidents in AL whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 47.3; the middle age was 36.5.
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.
Harry was 36. Of the 9,451 lost to accidents worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 45; the middle age was 36.
When
July holds 50% of these deaths at Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, more than any other month. Tuesdays: 12.5%.
July holds 13.2% of these deaths in AL, more than any other month. Tuesdays: 8.2%.
July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.
July holds 8.9% of these deaths worldwide; August holds the most, 9.3%. Tuesdays: 14%.
How
Accident deaths account for 33.3% of all 24 deaths at Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 28.3% of all 643 deaths in AL, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 29.6% of all 34,117 deaths worldwide, the 2nd most common cause.
His people
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has 24 officers remembered here, Harry among them.
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Robert King Vann Sep 27, 1889
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B. W. Tierce Jul 15, 1894
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Charles M. Cole Jul 24, 1894
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James Walton Smith Jul 24, 1894
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Robert W. Warnock Nov 27, 1898
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Robert Gardner Jul 17, 1908
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Otha Zeiglar Dent Aug 9, 1908
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David Olius Battle
Dec 25, 1910
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James Crawford Bonner
Sep 26, 1913
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Robert Smith Feb 6, 1922
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Jesse G. Thomas Feb 20, 1922
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Samuel Lewis Williams Oct 11, 1927
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Harry B. Lamb
Jul 17, 1928
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Milton F. Ferguson Sep 1, 1943
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Dewey Rickles
Apr 14, 1948
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Phillip Samuel Feld Jul 16, 1980
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Charles Ivan Baker Nov 21, 1981
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Volmer Durwood Owen Sep 4, 1986
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Donald Lawrence Cokeroft
Sep 17, 1988
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James Felton Judd
Jul 14, 1993
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John Henry Kennedy, Jr.
Jul 14, 1993
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William Gerome Hardy
Jul 19, 1995
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Henry Lloyd Brooks
Jan 18, 1997
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Willie Earl Hall
Sep 14, 2021
Where
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National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 18-E
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