Harry William Fielder
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Patrolman

Harry William Fielder

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL
Accident
End of Watch April 14, 1931
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Harry Fielder was struck and killed by an ambulance that was responding to a sanitary tunnel fire and collapse at the intersection of 22nd Street and Laflin Street. Four city firemen and seven laborers were killed as a result of the fire and subsequent collapse 35-feet below street level. Patrolman Fielder was two blocks from the scene when he was struck by an ambulance transporting victims from the disaster. Patrolman Fielder was assigned to the Canalport Station.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Fielder served with the Chicago Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Fielder.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Chicago, Cook County, IL
Platform Identity cpd.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 14, 1931
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Harry is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1931, 100 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 6th 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 42. 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
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

April holds 7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

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

Every cause
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His people

Chicago Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Harry among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Harry William Fielder

Chicago Police Department · End of Watch April 14, 1931

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 31-E

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