The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 4th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Officer Edward R. Kyser Parsons Police Department, KS EOW: Saturday, December 4, 1886 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal J. H. Morgan Butler Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, December 4, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Joseph D. James Alexandria Police Department, LA EOW: Friday, December 4, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Paschall El Paso Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, December 4, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Henry G. Angell Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, December 4, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Anthony Skotnicky Canton Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, December 4, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Dave Yates Union City Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, December 4, 1922 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Alfred A. Van Clieff New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, December 4, 1923 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Henry Clemens Youngstown Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, December 4, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles H. Dingman Jr. Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, December 4, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles L. Glafke Michigan City Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, December 4, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector Herff Alexander Carnes United States Department of the..., US EOW: Sunday, December 4, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Correctional Officer Hervey Burnham Vermont Department of Corrections, VT EOW: Wednesday, December 4, 1935 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sergeant Richard H. Trembath California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, December 4, 1937 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Constable Marvin Alton Winter Harris County Constable's Offic..., TX EOW: Saturday, December 4, 1937 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Clinton Burtner Riverside Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, December 4, 1938 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Julius N. Alberson San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, December 4, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Revis J. Landry Beaumont Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, December 4, 1945 Cause of Death: Struck by train Sheriff James Lawrence Harber Izard County Sheriff's Office, AR EOW: Tuesday, December 4, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John J. DeRoo Islip Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, December 4, 1947 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Leonard T. Davis Rockcastle County Sheriff's Office, KY EOW: Thursday, December 4, 1952 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Henry Orlander Johnson Muscogee County Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, December 4, 1955 Cause of Death: Struck by train Deputy James Edgar Hillberry Broward County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Friday, December 4, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Salvatore Genualdi Streamwood Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, December 4, 1967 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Terry Scott Simmons St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, December 4, 1969 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Jerry Wayne Morris Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Saturday, December 4, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Bruce Roger Verhoeven Sacramento County Sheriff's Dep..., CA EOW: Tuesday, December 4, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert Arthur Frahm Elgin Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, December 4, 1975 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant Clarence J. Miller Jr. Louisiana State Police, LA EOW: Thursday, December 4, 1975 Cause of Death: Automobile accident                        Deputy Sheriff Thomas Eugene Andrews Wayne County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Saturday, December 4, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Anthony P. Shepeard Lake Linden Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, December 4, 1980 Cause of Death: Accidental Chief of Police Gregory B. Adams Saxonburg Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, December 4, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Clark M. Rosenbalm Jr. Tarrant County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Sunday, December 4, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Wildlife Officer William A. Williamson North Carolina Wildlife Resourc..., NC EOW: Wednesday, December 4, 1985 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Antonio Portillo Garcia San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, December 4, 1988 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Rodney Cooper Hayward Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, December 4, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Juan Cotto-Santana Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, December 4, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Joseph Friel Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, December 4, 1994 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Chief Marshal James R. Kautz Long Beach Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, December 4, 1997 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Correction Officer Eugene P. Harris New Jersey Department of Law an..., NJ EOW: Friday, December 4, 1998 Cause of Death: Heart attack Chief Constable Norman F. Carr Jr. Oneonta Town Constable's Office, NY EOW: Friday, December 4, 1998 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Barrett Travis Hill Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, December 4, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff George Monroe Selby Shelby County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, December 4, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Melissa M. Foster Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Saturday, December 4, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 44
Accidental: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Gunfire: 22
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 2
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 4
Unidentified: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 3