Harry Borum.
Officer Harry Borum died after striking his head on the pavement while struggling with a suspect of a disturbance. Officer Borum, while on duty in plainclothes, was investigating a group of subjects who had been causing a disturbance during the evening at numerous establishments. As he confronted the group that was starting a fight near 8th and Wabash streets, one of the male subjects attacked Officer Borum and knocked him to the ground, causing a fatal skull fracture. Officer Borum was a World War I veteran and had served with the Terre Haute Police Department for two years.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Officer Borum gave the Terre Haute Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Terre Haute community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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