Harry A. Thom
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Detective Lieutenant

Harry A. Thom

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Illness
End of Watch February 14, 1958
Age 46
Tour of Duty 19 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Detective Lieutenant Thom died from complications from a duty-related injury, a carcinoma of the lung from a previous incident. Detective Lt. Thom served with the Detroit Police Department for 19 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two daughters, mother, and brother.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Lieutenant Thom gave the Detroit Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Lieutenant Thom.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 14, 1958
Tour of Duty 19 yrs
Age 46
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Harry 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 1958, 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

Harry was 46. 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. Harry had served 19 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

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When

February holds 6.1% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Fridays: 14.8%.

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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.

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His people

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

Across the years

Detective Lieutenant Harry A. Thom

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch February 14, 1958

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 47-E

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