Deputy Keeper

George Harrison

Illness
End of Watch May 4, 1924
Age 50
The Vigil Panel 47 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Keeper George Harrison succumbed to injuries sustained five months earlier when he fell against a bunk at the convict road camp in West Portal, New Jersey.

The fall caused him to suffer a compound fracture of the arm. He later suffered a fatal embolism as a result of the injury.

Deputy Keeper Harrison was survived by his wife.

Survivors

Deputy Keeper Harrison was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Keeper Harrison served with the New Jersey Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Keeper Harrison.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Trenton, NJ
Platform Identity njdcorr.mercer.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 4, 1924
Age 50
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Duty related illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

George is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% 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 1924, 2 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 46th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

George was 50. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

May holds 6.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Sundays: 14.2%.

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By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

New Jersey Department of Corrections has 32 officers remembered here, George among them.

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Where

Deputy Keeper George Harrison

New Jersey Department of Corrections · End of Watch May 4, 1924

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 47-E

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