The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - November 30th

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Deputy Marshal William Pitts United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, November 30, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Baumeister New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, November 30, 1900 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Patrick H. Lyons Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, November 30, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Jackson Stanland Brunswick County Sheriff's Depa..., NC EOW: Monday, November 30, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police William J. Biggy San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, November 30, 1908 Cause of Death: Drowned Officer James C. Gill Portland Police Bureau, OR EOW: Tuesday, November 30, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael Duffy Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, November 30, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William F. McDonald Binghamton Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, November 30, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Jailer George Taylor Reeves Shelby County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, November 30, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Clarence W. Moran Binghamton Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, November 30, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John F. McCarthy Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, November 30, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William A. Perrin Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, November 30, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Robert Wise Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, November 30, 1924 Cause of Death: Unidentified Officer Claude C. Koontz Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Monday, November 30, 1925 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Captain Irl Wilkenson Rigney Borger Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, November 30, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Anthony Wagner Whiting Police Department, IN EOW: Saturday, November 30, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Warren James Waters Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Dep..., GA EOW: Sunday, November 30, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ernest E. Bowman Macomb Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, November 30, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Charles J. Gerstner Jr. Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, November 30, 1934 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman John P. Sears Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Monday, November 30, 1936 Cause of Death: Fall Patrolman Eldrige Rochelle Story Portsmouth Police Department, VA EOW: Monday, November 30, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Edward J. Lynn Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, November 30, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Walter May Erie Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, November 30, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Wildlife Officer Bud T. Smith Florida Game and Fresh Water Fi..., FL EOW: Tuesday, November 30, 1954 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Auxiliary Officer Frank L. Kellogg Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, November 30, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph L. Rauchut New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, November 30, 1957 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Joseph Palazolla Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, November 30, 1959 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Policeman Leroy J. Wadsworth Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, November 30, 1961 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Thomas E. Milstead Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, November 30, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Norman D. Piepenbrink Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, November 30, 1964 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Patrolman Bobby Lee Maynard Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Monday, November 30, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Robert E. Yeszerski Prince George's County Police D..., MD EOW: Saturday, November 30, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William Ray Clements Seat Pleasant Police Department, MD EOW: Saturday, November 30, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Allan L. Nairn Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Sunday, November 30, 1969 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Lieutenant Albert H. Musterman St. Charles County Sheriff's De..., MO EOW: Sunday, November 30, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Paul John Sweeney New Castle County Police Depart..., DE EOW: Thursday, November 30, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective John D. Schroeder Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, November 30, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Correctional Officer Michael Roy Kirby District of Columbia Department..., DC EOW: Friday, November 30, 1973 Cause of Death: Stabbed Officer James B. Slagle North Las Vegas Police Department, NV EOW: Friday, November 30, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Ray Pierce Gallimore Chesapeake Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, November 30, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Agent Oscar T. Torres United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, November 30, 1974 Cause of Death: Fall Officer John C. Walker Arizona Department of Public Sa..., AZ EOW: Friday, November 30, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Customs Officer George J. Spencer United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, November 30, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Correctional Officer Cecil H. Harbison Illinois Department of Corrections, IL EOW: Friday, November 30, 1984 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff Ronald Edgar Unger Roscommon Township Police Depar..., MI EOW: Monday, November 30, 1987 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Joseph Edward Gearty New Hampshire State Police, NH EOW: Thursday, November 30, 1989 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Roy Gene Turner Jr. Fayetteville Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, November 30, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff David Alan Powell Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Saturday, November 30, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Christopher John Hensley Lewis County Sheriff's Office, ID EOW: Sunday, November 30, 2003 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 49
Aircraft accident: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Drowned: 1
Fall: 2
Gunfire: 28
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 2
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 1

 

 

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