The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - November 19th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Policeman William Christian Prinslow Fond du Lac Police Department, WI EOW: Saturday, November 19, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Luke Curry Great Falls Police Department, MT EOW: Saturday, November 19, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Henry O. Richarde Bradford County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Thursday, November 19, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John W. Mahelona Honolulu Police Department, HI EOW: Thursday, November 19, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Luke J. Fitzpatrick Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, November 19, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Murphy Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Friday, November 19, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George E. Claus Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, November 19, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John Gaines Austin Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Scott Bay County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Monday, November 19, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Ray Daugherty Union Pacific Railroad Police D..., RR EOW: Monday, November 19, 1917 Cause of Death: Struck by train Deputy Sheriff Frank Walter Twombley Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, OR EOW: Tuesday, November 19, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John McIntyre New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1919 Cause of Death: Boating accident Patrolman James Hughes New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1919 Cause of Death: Boating accident Detective Sergeant Antone Schoembs San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Elmer E. Cobb Boulder Police Department, CO EOW: Monday, November 19, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James H. Sage Lake Forest Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, November 19, 1923 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Special Agent Theodore H. Chunn United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1924 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Edward T. Byrns New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, November 19, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Joseph F. Carroll Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Monday, November 19, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff George Piepkorn Burleigh County Sheriff's Depar..., ND EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1930 Cause of Death: Stabbed Police Officer Victor Knott Ashland Police Department, OR EOW: Thursday, November 19, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John H. Fowler Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Thursday, November 19, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ed Hennecy South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Tuesday, November 19, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper Albert Cecil Brokmyer Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Sunday, November 19, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Harry K. W. Fung Maui County Police Department, HI EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1941 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Ross Clifford Cochran Tulare County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Monday, November 19, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Wesley G. Walden Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Saturday, November 19, 1955 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrol Officer Philip Genna Harper Woods Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, November 19, 1956 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Alan S. Logel Jr. Huntsville Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, November 19, 1956 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper George E. Lappi Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Monday, November 19, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Bert A. Pozza Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Monday, November 19, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James Calandra Port of New York Authority Poli..., NY EOW: Monday, November 19, 1956 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper Henry N. Russell South Dakota Highway Patrol, SD EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1958 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer William Powell Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, November 19, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Night Policeman Orville E. Rosenstengel Vandalia Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, November 19, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Eugene A. (Gene) Bessette St. Petersburg Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, November 19, 1961 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff William E. (Toby) Taylor Craven County Sheriff's Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, November 19, 1963 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper Russell John Moesta New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Thursday, November 19, 1970 Cause of Death: Struck by train Police Officer Gene A. Clifton Palo Alto Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, November 19, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Thomas Clifford Dillon Bethel Police Department, AK EOW: Sunday, November 19, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Jorge Luis Sierra-Vazquez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Monday, November 19, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Gerard Francis DuFresne Randolph Police Department, MA EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1975 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Martin S. Sowders Clark County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Friday, November 19, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sergeant Donald Jack Sowma Cypress Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, November 19, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Danny Kerr Vaughn Klickitat County Sheriff's Depa..., WA EOW: Friday, November 19, 1976 Cause of Death: Drowned Officer William H. Murie Arizona Department of Public Sa..., AZ EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1980 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Detective Robert F. Camfield Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, November 19, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Constable Brian W. Heikkila Solway Township Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, November 19, 1983 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer John A. Robertson Phoenix Police Department, AZ EOW: Monday, November 19, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Roger D. Snyder Kingston Fire Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, November 19, 1988 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Reserve Deputy Sheriff David Jerome Cormier Monroe County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, November 19, 1989 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Corrections Employee Sidney L. Lyons Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Sunday, November 19, 1989 Cause of Death: Fall Sergeant Pedro Antonio (Pete) Cainas Hialeah Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, November 19, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Stephen J. Strehl St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, November 19, 1993 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Technical Sergeant Charles W. Simons III United States Air Force Securit..., US EOW: Friday, November 19, 1999 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Correctional Officer James C. Hesterberg Alaska Department of Corrections, AK EOW: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Marion Eugene Wright II Berkeley County Sheriff's Depar..., SC EOW: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer David Frank Mobilio Red Bluff Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Boland Bell Summerville Police Department, SC EOW: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Dean Edward Beattie California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 60
Aircraft accident: 1
Automobile accident: 7
Boating accident: 2
Drowned: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 29
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 6
Stabbed: 1
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 4
Vehicular assault: 4

 

 

 

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