The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 8th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Marshal John B. Hardie United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, December 8, 1880 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff D. Tom Smith Cochise County Sheriff's Depart..., AZ EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1883 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Thomas Whitehead United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, December 8, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Special Deputy Marshal Josiah Poorboy United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, December 8, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward J. Carney Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, December 8, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Thomas J. Deaton Hamilton County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Friday, December 8, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael P. Mullane Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, December 8, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Albert O. Dolbow Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, December 8, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Frank E. Burrell Quincy Police Department, MA EOW: Wednesday, December 8, 1915 Cause of Death: Unidentified Detective William Wolsey Joplin Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael J. Lynch Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Hicks Kansas City Police Department, KS EOW: Sunday, December 8, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police J. Frank Surrency Fernandina Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Monday, December 8, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael Moroso New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, December 8, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas C. Bounds Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, December 8, 1938 Cause of Death: Heart attack               Deputy Sheriff DeWitt Talmage Smith Cochran County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Friday, December 8, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Norval L. DeArmond United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, December 8, 1940 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman John Marsden Sampson Winston-Salem Police Department, NC EOW: Sunday, December 8, 1940 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Policeman William Henry Wilson Charleston Police Department, SC EOW: Tuesday, December 8, 1942 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Joseph A. Miccio New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, December 8, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Walter Rusinak Carteret Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, December 8, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Chief of Police Robert Shanley Carteret Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, December 8, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward McAuliff New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, December 8, 1946 Cause of Death: Assault Night Chief Frank E. Williford Camden Police Department, AR EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Forney L. Haas Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles J. Hogan St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, December 8, 1955 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Policeman Richard D. Kent Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, December 8, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Polygraph Operator Oscar Bowen Brett Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Friday, December 8, 1961 Cause of Death: Struck by train Ranger H. A. White Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Friday, December 8, 1961 Cause of Death: Struck by train Patrolman Walter P. Boyle Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, December 8, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Revenue Agent Glenn H. Jenkins Georgia Department of Revenue -..., GA EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Luther K. Nuckols Richmond Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1962 Cause of Death: Heart attack Game Warden John David Murphree Texas Game and Fish Commission, TX EOW: Sunday, December 8, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer John H. Perkey Knoxville Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, December 8, 1967 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Gary D. McCullen Saginaw Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, December 8, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Floyd Alexander Knight Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, December 8, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Senior Patrol Inspector James G. Burns United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, December 8, 1968 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sheriff Samuel Adams Graham Wicomico County Sheriff's Office, MD EOW: Sunday, December 8, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Albert Lee Kelly Wicomico County Sheriff's Office, MD EOW: Sunday, December 8, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Louis Carl Wallace Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Tuesday, December 8, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Harold C. Ewald Washtenaw County Sheriff's Depa..., MI EOW: Tuesday, December 8, 1970 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Gerald James Riley Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, December 8, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Wildlife Officer James L. Cook Florida Game and Fresh Water Fi..., FL EOW: Friday, December 8, 1972 Cause of Death: Drowned Police Officer Raymond Earl Timothy Falls City Police Department, NE EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1973 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant Charles F. Handorf Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Sunday, December 8, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper William John Antoniewicz Utah Highway Patrol, UT EOW: Sunday, December 8, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Robert A. Lally Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Monday, December 8, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Jerome C. Poelking Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, December 8, 1975 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Sergeant Kelly Ray Pigue Arkansas State Police, AR EOW: Friday, December 8, 1978 Cause of Death: Automobile accident               Game Warden James Eugene Daughtrey Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart..., TX EOW: Friday, December 8, 1978 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Lanny (Skip) Stevenson Fresno Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George L. Ambrosio Trenton Police Department, NJ EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1979 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman John A. Utlak Niles Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, December 8, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Allan D. Johnson Prince George's County Police D..., MD EOW: Wednesday, December 8, 1982 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent Clifton Dewell Browning Jr. United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1984 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Liquor Inspector William F. White New Mexico Department of Alcoho..., NM EOW: Sunday, December 8, 1985 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer George Fitzmaurice Butler California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, December 8, 1986 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident              Police Officer Franklin Crespo-Concepion Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, December 8, 1993 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Robert A. Stefanov Garfield Heights Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, December 8, 1994 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Michael W. Brown Garfield Heights Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, December 8, 1994 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Artie J. Hubbard California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 8, 1995 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Sandra Lee Larson Sacramento County Sheriff's Dep..., CA EOW: Tuesday, December 8, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Candace Ripp Metro Nashville Police Department, TN EOW: Saturday, December 8, 2001 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Constable Donald McMurray Ouzts Abbeville County Magistrate's O..., SC EOW: Monday, December 8, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Danny Wilson Abbeville County Sheriff's Depa..., SC EOW: Monday, December 8, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 65
Aircraft accident: 2
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 7
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 1
Gunfire: 36
Heart attack: 5
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 5
Vehicular assault: 1