The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - November 20th

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Lest we forget...  

 

City Marshal William Dean Sanford Jefferson Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, November 20, 1868 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal James Lewis Young Mount Sterling Police Department, KY EOW: Wednesday, November 20, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal E. D. Henry Albuquerque Police Department, NM EOW: Saturday, November 20, 1886 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Dan Osborne United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, November 20, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire Warden Thomas E. McCrea Erie County Sheriff's Office, PA EOW: Friday, November 20, 1896 Cause of Death: Assault Police Officer Robert Cooper Junction City Police Department, KS EOW: Wednesday, November 20, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Acting Night Marshal Jeff Jones Starke Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, November 20, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Night Marshal James B. Culleton Brookfield Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, November 20, 1907 Cause of Death: Fire Officer J. A. Mansfield Tuscaloosa Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, November 20, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Michael V. Van Vliet Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Wednesday, November 20, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas J. Riley Cambridge Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, November 20, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Perry Frost East St. Louis Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, November 20, 1920 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Peter Damett Sumner County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Saturday, November 20, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Kirby Frans United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, November 20, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Hardy A. Revels Lake City Police Department, FL EOW: Monday, November 20, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Robert E. Magee Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Tuesday, November 20, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Charles W. Moore Noble County Sheriff's Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, November 20, 1923 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Thomas Alexander Jones Eastland County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Wednesday, November 20, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Christian L. Kirkegard New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, November 20, 1929 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Kenneth W. (Red) Vandergrift Phillipsburg Police Department, NJ EOW: Thursday, November 20, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George P. Thomas Roanoke City Police Department, VA EOW: Thursday, November 20, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Matthew J. McNally Waterbury Police Department, CT EOW: Thursday, November 20, 1930 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff John Oscar Johnson Etowah County Sheriff's Office, AL EOW: Friday, November 20, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Russell E. Greeley Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, November 20, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Patrick Madden Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, November 20, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles Bartlett McKeesport Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, November 20, 1932 Cause of Death: Heart attack Policeman Jose Filiciano-Colon Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, November 20, 1936 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Thomas A. Keays San Diego Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, November 20, 1937 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Earl Vickery East Point Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, November 20, 1938 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Harry Francois Chicago Park District Police De..., IL EOW: Monday, November 20, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Elmer A. Noon Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Wednesday, November 20, 1946 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper James N. Pollard Louisiana State Police, LA EOW: Tuesday, November 20, 1956 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper Ray X. F. Krueger Minnesota State Patrol, MN EOW: Friday, November 20, 1959 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Hilary Welenc New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Friday, November 20, 1959 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff George Robert Lillard Jr. Culpeper County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Sunday, November 20, 1960 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Morris E. White Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, November 20, 1963 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Paul Robert Gramer Burnett County Sheriff's Depart..., WI EOW: Wednesday, November 20, 1968 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Paul G. Thomas Jr. Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, November 20, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Mark Thomas Pinson Carroll County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Saturday, November 20, 1976 Cause of Death: Explosion Police Officer James T. Dunston New York City Housing Authority..., NY EOW: Thursday, November 20, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Hamp T. McMikel Jr. Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, November 20, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper William R. Bender Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Saturday, November 20, 1982 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper Marvin Leroy Titus South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Wednesday, November 20, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Mark Hunter Coates South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Friday, November 20, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Gerald Boehlert Utica Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, November 20, 1992 Cause of Death: Heart attack Corporal James Roy Outlaw Bethel Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, November 20, 1993 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff Kipley Allen Brown Laurens County Sheriff's Depart..., GA EOW: Saturday, November 20, 1993 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer John J. Venus Suffolk County Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, November 20, 1994 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Ronald Eugene Kelley Ak-Chin Tribal Police Department, TR EOW: Monday, November 20, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Charles Dewane Swanson Eureka Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, November 20, 1996 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Wilford Ray Lewis Bradley Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, November 20, 1997 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Detective Sergeant Patrick A. King Long Branch Police Department, NJ EOW: Thursday, November 20, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Conservation Officer James V. Spignesi Jr. Connecticut Department of Envir..., CT EOW: Friday, November 20, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Agent Shakeer Luvice-Mora Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, November 20, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Dennis H. Marcotte United States Department of Def..., US EOW: Friday, November 20, 1998 Cause of Death: Heart attack     The brave officers listed here were killed on this date in history. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten. Total Line of Duty Deaths: 55 Assault: 1 Automobile accident: 6 Explosion: 1 Fire: 1 Gunfire: 29 Heart attack: 6 Struck by vehicle: 5 Unidentified: 3 Vehicle pursuit: 2 Vehicular assault: 1

 

 

 

 

 

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