The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - November 18th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Marshal George W. Leihy United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, November 18, 1866 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman John Sylvester White St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, November 18, 1877 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Harrison A. Whitman Oxford County Sheriff's Office, ME EOW: Saturday, November 18, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John H. Keller New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, November 18, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James R. White Junction City Police Department, KS EOW: Monday, November 18, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Gilbert New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, November 18, 1918 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Joseph L. Pijanowski Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, November 18, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Ernest Ripley West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Thursday, November 18, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable George W. Boyle Fresno County Constable's Offic..., CA EOW: Tuesday, November 18, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George F. Radden Casper Police Department, WY EOW: Wednesday, November 18, 1925 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman William E. Bowman Darien Police Department, CT EOW: Friday, November 18, 1927 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman George A. Walls Long Beach Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, November 18, 1928 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Constable Edd Lankford Young County Constable's Office..., TX EOW: Monday, November 18, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Frank H. Curtis Aroostook County Sheriff's Depa..., ME EOW: Friday, November 18, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert Lee Jester Miami Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, November 18, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Loyd Clark Edgefield County Sheriff's Depa..., SC EOW: Tuesday, November 18, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Conservation Warden Albert E. Reif Wisconsin Department of Natural..., WI EOW: Wednesday, November 18, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George P. Lancaster Spokane Police Department, WA EOW: Thursday, November 18, 1943 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Walter John Leinberger Yolo County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Thursday, November 18, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Vincent Eugene Munch San Luis Obispo Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, November 18, 1944 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Autogiro Pilot Ned D. Henderson United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, November 18, 1945 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Patrolman James Gustave Plains Township Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, November 18, 1946 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer John R. Walters California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, November 18, 1947 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Francis X. Carver Beverly Hills Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, November 18, 1948 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Oscar Theodore Peterson Poplar Police Department, MT EOW: Saturday, November 18, 1950 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Eugene M. Oneto Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, November 18, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Chief of Police Warren N. Smith Bokchito Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, November 18, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Frank Henderson Wall Jr. Augusta Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, November 18, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective William R. Johnson Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, November 18, 1960 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Charles H. Gunther New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, November 18, 1961 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Herbert E. Towne Newport Police Department, ME EOW: Wednesday, November 18, 1964 Cause of Death: Unidentified Trooper Warren Yokely Harless Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Monday, November 18, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Lanny Rhea Langford Tarpon Springs Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, November 18, 1969 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Edward E. Davis Lewiston Police Department, ID EOW: Thursday, November 18, 1971 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Henry T. Minard Hollywood Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, November 18, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William Morris Robinson Newburgh City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, November 18, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Park Richards Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, WV EOW: Thursday, November 18, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James Robert Milcarek Sr. Allegheny County Sheriff's Depa..., PA EOW: Friday, November 18, 1983 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Vincent J. Adolfo Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Monday, November 18, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal David Bruce Pulling Delaware State Police, DE EOW: Wednesday, November 18, 1987 Cause of Death: Training accident Sergeant Michael R. Tourmo Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, November 18, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Roger David Coursey Hinsdale County Sheriff's Depar..., CO EOW: Friday, November 18, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jerry Von Wingo Jr. Portageville Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, November 18, 1994 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman William Douglas Glover Jr. Ashtabula Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, November 18, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Richard Scott Owen Benton County Sheriff's Office, AR EOW: Tuesday, November 18, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Joseph Jerome Daniels Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, November 18, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Ronald Manfred Wood West Jordan Police Department, UT EOW: Monday, November 18, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire

 

The brave officers listed here were killed on this date in history.

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 47
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 7
Gunfire: 25
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 6
Struck by vehicle: 1
Training accident: 1
Unidentified: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 2

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