Harold C. Mattice
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Corporal

Harold C. Mattice

New York State Police — Albany, NY
Felonious
End of Watch April 28, 1923
Age 33
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Gender Male

Incident

Corporal Harold Mattice was shot and killed by a suspect while investigating an arson call. The suspect was on parole for raping his niece and was hiding in his home after presumably starting a fire at his sister's barn. When the officers approached the suspect in the attic, he opened fire, fatally wounding Corporal Mattice. The suspect then committed suicide. Trooper Mattice was the first New York State Trooper to die by gunfire and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Berne, New York.

Survivors

Corporal Mattice was survived by his wife, young son, and a daughter that was born one month after his death.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Mattice served with the New York State Police.
Thank you for your service to the people of New York. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Mattice.

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

Agency

Type State Police
Location Albany, Albany County, NY
Platform Identity nysp.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 28, 1923
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Shotgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Harold is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1923, 199 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 14th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Harold was 33. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was shotgun, in 7% of these deaths.

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His people

New York State Police has at least 120 officers remembered here, Harold among them.

Across the years

Corporal Harold C. Mattice

New York State Police · End of Watch April 28, 1923

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 56-E

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