MARCUS HOOK, PENNSYLVANIA (4/23/2015) Delaware State Police remembered Trooper First Class Harold B. Rupert on Wednesday at a memorial sign ceremony in Marcus Hook.
The ceremony was held in the parking lot of the Honeywell plant on southbound U.S. 13, a quarter mile north of the Delaware state line.
Rupert, while in his seventh year as a trooper, was killed in a vehicle crash during a high-speed pursuit on April 19, 1962. He was riding in the passenger seat of his patrol car when a collision occurred as he and his partner were following a fleeing vehicle. Rupert, 34, left behind his wife, Abigail and four daughters; ages 10, 9, 3, 1. His fifth daughter was born the following December.
In Delaware, 22 troopers have lost their lives in the line of duty since 1923.
Reflections for Delaware State Police Trooper First Class Harold Bruce Rupert
