The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 9th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy City Marshal Albertus Sweet Belton Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, December 9, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal John M. Beard United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, December 9, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Jacob Bell Holmes County Sheriff's Department, OH EOW: Thursday, December 9, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff George E. Moody Richland County Sheriff's Depar..., ND EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Thomas F. Madden Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, December 9, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Guthrie Diuguid Murray Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Brown New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, December 9, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private William M. Alsobrook Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Tuesday, December 9, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Daniel J. Grennan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, December 9, 1920 Cause of Death: Drowned Detective Samuel Slater Grand Rapids Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, December 9, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Undersheriff Irving Keeler Treasure County Sheriff's Office, MT EOW: Friday, December 9, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Robert E. Duff United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Thomas J. Kersey Hazlehurst Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, December 9, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent William Paul Spigener United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, December 9, 1924 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent Jacob P. Brandt United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, December 9, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Walter C. Mobray United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, December 9, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William D. Lundy Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, December 9, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John H. Grattan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, December 9, 1932 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Robert Jacob Bigelow Altoona Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1933 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Assistant Chief J. C. Huskey Sand Springs Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Romie H. Hinson Muskogee Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, December 9, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Frank Wright Gaffney Police Department, SC EOW: Thursday, December 9, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Louis Fowler Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1939 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Esther Lafayette Lewis Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Clarence Dietzel Saginaw Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Daniel Waters Saginaw Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Mark Read Gilchrist County Sheriff's Depa..., FL EOW: Sunday, December 9, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Edward Gustav Lentz Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, December 9, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert C. Hill Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Wednesday, December 9, 1959 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Detective Captain Stephen Edward Wilson West Haven Police Department, CT EOW: Wednesday, December 9, 1959 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper John B. McMurray Kansas Highway Patrol, KS EOW: Wednesday, December 9, 1964 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Correctional Officer George L. Lee Vermont Department of Corrections, VT EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1967 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Edward Kuznar Baltimore County Police Department, MD EOW: Tuesday, December 9, 1969 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Carlos Manuel Magana Tulare County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Wednesday, December 9, 1970 Cause of Death: Struck by train Corporal John S. Valent Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Thursday, December 9, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Patrolman Cecil Gabriel LaFromboise LaPorte City Police Department, IA EOW: Thursday, December 9, 1976 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Auxiliary Policeman William Graves Sparta Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, December 9, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James Arvil Burney Jr. Shreveport Police Department, LA EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1978 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Charles L. Moeller Chicago and Northwestern Railro..., RR EOW: Sunday, December 9, 1979 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Daniel J. Faulkner Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, December 9, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Kevin Simmons Spencer Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, December 9, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Bruce E. Mettler Ottawa County Sheriff's Office, OH EOW: Friday, December 9, 1983 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Sergeant Robert B. Rigoni Port Clinton Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, December 9, 1983 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Sergeant Clifford Warner Scott Jr. Prince George County Police Dep..., VA EOW: Friday, December 9, 1983 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Dispatcher Michael L. Sweeney Put-in-Bay Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, December 9, 1983 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Police Officer James Charles Boswell Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Leslie Blaine Roark Moniteau County Sheriff's Depar..., MO EOW: Monday, December 9, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Juan Nieblas Cruz Arizona Department of Public Sa..., AZ EOW: Wednesday, December 9, 1998 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Rick Charles Cromwell Lodi Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, December 9, 1998 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Tenny Gatewood Jr. White Mountain Apache Tribal Po..., TR EOW: Thursday, December 9, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Garry E. Hobbs Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Saturday, December 9, 2000 Cause of Death: Exposure to toxins Police Officer George A. Rose Jr. Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, December 9, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 52
Aircraft accident: 3
Automobile accident: 7
Drowned: 1
Exposure to toxins: 1
Gunfire: 29
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by train: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 2