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Deputy Sheriff

Walter Howard Harvey

Harris County Sheriff's Office — Houston, TX
Accident
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End of Watch November 5, 1962
Age 50
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 55

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Walter Harvey succumbed to injuries sustained in an automobile crash on Old Highway 260 one mile northwest of Springerville, Arizona, while en route to Las Vegas, Nevada, to pick up a prisoner wanted in Harris County for burglary. He was involved in a single-vehicle crash between 1:00 am and 2:00 am on November 2nd, 1962, but the wreckage wasn't discovered for several hours. He was transported to the hospital in Springerville where he succumbed to his injuries three days later.

Survivors

Deputy Harvey was survived by his wife, daughter, mother, sister, and brother.

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

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

Agency

Department Harris County Sheriff's Office
Type Sheriff's Office
Location Houston, Harris County, TX
Platform Identity hcso.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 5, 1962
Age 50
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Walter 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 1962, 69 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 51st heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Walter was 50. 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.

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When

November holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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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

Harris County Sheriff's Office has 56 officers remembered here, Walter among them.

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Where

Deputy Sheriff Walter Howard Harvey

Harris County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch November 5, 1962

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 50-W

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