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John Harms
End of Watch: November 18, 1918
Age: 45
Rank: Detective
Agency: Racine Police Department
Years of Service: 9
County: Racine
Location on Memorial: IV


    Incident Surrounding Death
    Detective Harms was killed when his car was struck by a train while he was traveling to an investigation. The crash occurred when a gatekeeper failed to lower a warning gate to alert traffic of an approaching train.
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