The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 2nd

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Edward L. Burns New York Municipal Police Depar..., NY EOW: Tuesday, December 2, 1873 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Frank Seip Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Friday, December 2, 1887 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Town Sergeant Henry Milton Seaton Middleburg Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, December 2, 1899 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sheriff Joachim Matthews Macomb County Sheriff's Office, MI EOW: Friday, December 2, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police William E. Brinkley Suffolk Police Department, VA EOW: Monday, December 2, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Nathan Oscar Longfellow San Fernando Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, December 2, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Herbert Dreger Madison Police Department, WI EOW: Tuesday, December 2, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Albert Links Macomb Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, December 2, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Thomas Sidney Moore Fannin County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, December 2, 1931 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Corporal Grady A. Beacham Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Thursday, December 2, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Bennett T. Spradley Nacogdoches Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, December 2, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William M. Richards Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, December 2, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Aaron L. Youngman Mt. Carmel Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, December 2, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper John S. Kelley New York State Police, NY EOW: Friday, December 2, 1960 Cause of Death: Struck by train Trooper John W. Staas New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Saturday, December 2, 1961 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Chief of Police Walter Eugene Markel Ironton Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, December 2, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Robert J. Prato New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Tuesday, December 2, 1969 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Leroy Hugh Imus Sterling Heights Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, December 2, 1971 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrol Officer Charles Hubert Lee Clayton Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, December 2, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Ronnie W. Hassell Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Saturday, December 2, 1972 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault         Police Officer Frank Gilbert Dobler Sr. St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, December 2, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Gregory A. Diley Arizona Department of Public Sa..., AZ EOW: Friday, December 2, 1977 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Virgil Mason San Juan County Sheriff's Office, CO EOW: Saturday, December 2, 1978 Cause of Death: Heart attack Chief of Police Thomas Elroy Buntrock Mequon Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, December 2, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Policeman Jose Luis Troche-Vargas Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, December 2, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer David Peter Hampton Sr. Lake Charles Police Department, LA EOW: Thursday, December 2, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Ariel Rios United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, December 2, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Gary Lee Johnson Esmeralda County Sheriff's Office, NV EOW: Friday, December 2, 1988 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman William John Pettit Sr. Troutman Police Department, NC EOW: Sunday, December 2, 1990 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer James Edward O'Brien Oxnard Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, December 2, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Raymond R. Cannon Jr. New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, December 2, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Troy Layne Pierce Sr. Georgia Bureau of Investigation, GA EOW: Tuesday, December 2, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Mark Damon Hiatt Bryan Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, December 2, 2000 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Reserve Lieutenant Alfred Garrison Lantana Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, December 2, 2001 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper Tony Michael Lumley Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Tuesday, December 2, 2003 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

 

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 36
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 6
Duty related illness: 1
Gunfire: 18
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2

 

 

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