The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 1st

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Lest we forget...  

 

Watchman John Osborne Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, December 1, 1853 Cause of Death: Stabbed

Patrolman Charles Thompson New York Metropolitan Police Force, NY EOW: Sunday, December 1, 1867 Cause of Death: Stabbed

Village Marshal Franz Lindenberg New Bremen Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, December 1, 1879 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Deputy Marshal Thomas Goodson United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, December 1, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Sheriff John E. Martin Starr County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Justice of the Peace Charles L. Flake Snowflake Police Department, AZ EOW: Thursday, December 1, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrol Officer John Schwimmer Jackson Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, December 1, 1893 Cause of Death: Assault

Patrolman Joseph D. Driscoll Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Samuel H. Holmes Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1914 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Game Warden Richard Squires California Department of Fish a..., CA EOW: Friday, December 1, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Game Warden Ray Heacock California Department of Fish a..., CA EOW: Friday, December 1, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Sergeant William C. Isaac Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, December 1, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer John W. Edwards New Castle Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, December 1, 1919 Cause of Death: Assault

Patrolman James A. Henry Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Vincent Gillespie Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, December 1, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Ernest M. Simpson New York State Police, NY EOW: Thursday, December 1, 1927 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Sergeant John P. M. Wolfe Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1931 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Lieutenant James Marion Carroll Fulton County Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Edward Dehmer Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, December 1, 1933 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Detective James T. Ford New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Saturday, December 1, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer James T. Gambill Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1936 Cause of Death: Heart attack

Policeman Antonio Gonzalez-Cortes Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1936 Cause of Death: Unidentified

Operative August Adolph (Gus) Gennerich United States Department of the..., US EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1936 Cause of Death: Heart attack

Patrolman John D. Simoson Pennsylvania Motor Police, PA EOW: Wednesday, December 1, 1937 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman H. T. Timberlake North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Friday, December 1, 1939 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Lieutenant Oscar G. Olson Duluth Police Department, MN EOW: Monday, December 1, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer G. A. DeLoach Childersburg Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer J. O. Hammett Childersburg Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff Charles Cook Etowah County Sheriff's Office, AL EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1942 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Deputy Sheriff Alvin Marcellus Albrecht Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Frank A. Sjolander Albuquerque Police Department, NM EOW: Wednesday, December 1, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Inspector William D. Miller Illinois Department of Conserva..., IL EOW: Wednesday, December 1, 1954 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Deputy Sheriff William J. Fiegl Jr. Niagara County Sheriff's Depart..., NY EOW: Saturday, December 1, 1956 Cause of Death: Struck by train

Trooper Ronald E. Gray New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Monday, December 1, 1958 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Officer Clinton M. Hyde Mount Dora Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Dalton Fleming Winter Garden Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff Douglas Frank Hutton Pulaski County Sheriff's Depart..., KY EOW: Friday, December 1, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Fred Earl Babb Apalachicola Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, December 1, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Special Agent Craig P. Carney United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, December 1, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Patrolman Larry Eugene Hobson Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Saturday, December 1, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Patrolman Kobler C. Winn Jr. Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Saturday, December 1, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Patrolman Matthew Charles Murphy Alice Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, December 1, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Joseph Patrick Mitchell Eureka Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, December 1, 1974 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Officer Leslie J. Prince Huntington Beach Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, December 1, 1974 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Patrolman Mickey Gene Johnson Belmont Police Department, MS EOW: Thursday, December 1, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff David Ralph Sanchez Lake County Sheriff's Department, OR EOW: Saturday, December 1, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire

District Attorney Victor C. Breen New Mexico District Attorney's ..., NM EOW: Saturday, December 1, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Edward Sawicki Salem Police Department, MA EOW: Monday, December 1, 1980 Cause of Death: Fall

Deputy Sheriff Robert L. Kirby Chickasaw County Sheriff's Depa..., MS EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1981 Cause of Death: Assault

Lieutenant John J. Hernandez Harris County Constable's Offic..., TX EOW: Saturday, December 1, 1984 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

Police Officer Stephen Allen Faulkner Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1992 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident

Sergeant Jack Steven Shepley Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1992 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident

Trooper Carlos Jose Juan Borland Nevada Highway Patrol, NV EOW: Wednesday, December 1, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Auxiliary Police Officer Milton S. Clarke New York City Police Department..., NY EOW: Wednesday, December 1, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Michael Niehoff Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Thursday, December 1, 1994 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Sergeant Dale E. DeBerry Norman Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1998 Cause of Death: Heart attack

Patrolman John Harold Robinson Jr. Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, December 1, 1999 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Corporal Phillip Lorenzo Lee Alabama State University Police..., AL EOW: Friday, December 1, 2000 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Police Officer Bradford M. Erickson Yarmouth Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, December 1, 2000 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

 

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 59
Aircraft accident: 2
Assault: 3
Automobile accident: 10
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 27
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 2
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 3

 

 

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