Harvey Lewis Nicholson
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Trooper

Harvey Lewis Nicholson

Georgia State Patrol — Atlanta, GA
Accident
End of Watch August 18, 1961
Age 53
Badge 254
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Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Harvey Nicholson, Trooper Roy Massey, and Sergeant Charles Gray were killed when their department vehicle was struck by another car at the intersection of Highway 55 and Highway 45 in Calhoun County. The troopers were returning from a pistol match in Americus, Georgia.

Trooper Nicholson succumbed to his injuries two days after the accident.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Nicholson served with the Georgia State Patrol.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Nicholson.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
Platform Identity ghp.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 18, 1961
Age 53
Badge Number 254
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Harvey 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 1961, 67 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 59th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Harvey was 53. 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

August holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Fridays: 15.1%.

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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

Georgia State Patrol has 29 officers remembered here, Harvey among them.

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Where

Trooper Harvey Lewis Nicholson

Georgia State Patrol · End of Watch August 18, 1961

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 38-W

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