U.S. Navy · United States 
Thomas Harris
1985
Thomas Lee Harris served the U.S. Navy.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Mechanism
Motor vehicle
What Happened
Officer Thomas Harris succumbed to injuries sustained nine days earlier while chasing a stolen vehicle on Julius Schepps Freeway near Simpson Stuart Road. He had attempted to stop the vehicle, which immediately fled. As he tried to pass a truck, his patrol car flipped over, and he suffered massive internal injuries. The suspect was sentenced to life as a habitual offender but was not charged with Officer Harris' death. Officer Harris was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam war and had served with the Dallas Police Department for three years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
Service Record
U.S. Navy
Also Served
Dallas Police Department
Officer
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