The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 10th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Marshal George Ellis United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, December 10, 1877 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Kurtz Kremer Volusia County Sheriff's Depart..., FL EOW: Saturday, December 10, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Louis Weick Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, December 10, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles Franklin Lippincott Asbury Park Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, December 10, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable James W. Hopson Henderson County Constable's Of..., TX EOW: Monday, December 10, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Guard James McMurry Illinois Department of Corrections, IL EOW: Friday, December 10, 1920 Cause of Death: Assault Special Officer Charles M. Daly St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, December 10, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Granville Edward Farish Conway County Sheriff's Department, AR EOW: Sunday, December 10, 1922 Cause of Death: Unidentified Private Bertram Beech Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Thursday, December 10, 1925 Cause of Death: Struck by train Policeman Charles J. Sheer Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, December 10, 1928 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Ross H. Kaylor Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1929 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Special Agent Otto P. Butler United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Frederick W. Bartlett Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Wednesday, December 10, 1930 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff William Con Keirsey Carter County Sheriff's Department, OK EOW: Wednesday, December 10, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman E. C. Armstrong Tullahoma Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, December 10, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire                   U.S. Game Agent Edward Bradford Whitehead United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, December 10, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Otto Mosholder Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, December 10, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Walter N. Clark Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, December 10, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph Donndelinger LaCrosse Police Department, WI EOW: Friday, December 10, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Raymond Leslie Munson Charleston Police Department, WV EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Fred J. Ham West Covina Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1940 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident               Park Police Officer Charles H. Williams Chicago Park District Police De..., IL EOW: Wednesday, December 10, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Auldon LeGrande Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1946 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Charles C. Bozeman Lima Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, December 10, 1951 Cause of Death: Bomb Chief of Police Elmer R. Hafer Aberdeen Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, December 10, 1954 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer John C. LaMar California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 10, 1954 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Leo L. Kerber Rochester Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, December 10, 1961 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff Elton C. Stover Berrien County Sheriff's Depart..., MI EOW: Friday, December 10, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Norman G. Vezina Smithfield Police Department, RI EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1968 Cause of Death: Drowned Police Officer Claude R. Beck Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, December 10, 1971 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper James B. Robinson Alabama Department of Public Sa..., AL EOW: Sunday, December 10, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Charles Thomas Tuscaloosa Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, December 10, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Walter L. Peterson Pennsylvania Department of Corr..., PA EOW: Monday, December 10, 1973 Cause of Death: Assault Police Officer Martin Joseph Greiner Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Donald Lee DeBruno Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Wednesday, December 10, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Undersheriff Kenneth Ellsworth Miller Beaver County Sheriff's Department, OK EOW: Saturday, December 10, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Carl Edwards Summers Lodi Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, December 10, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Corporal Ernest L. Lang Jr. Delaware County Courthouse and ..., PA EOW: Sunday, December 10, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Police Officer III Tomas Mendiola Sablan Guam Police Department, GU EOW: Sunday, December 10, 1978 Cause of Death: Unidentified               Policeman Nestor Luis Rivas-Santana Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, December 10, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Walter F. Conley Milford Police Department, MA EOW: Wednesday, December 10, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Steven L. Bailey Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Saturday, December 10, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer John Francis Duffy Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, December 10, 1983 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Donald Earl Rice Eaton County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1985 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sergeant William Keith Thurston Denton County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Wednesday, December 10, 1986 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Omega Graham Fort Wayne Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, December 10, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sheriff Charles R. Smith Cooper County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Sandra Belle Wilson Miller County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Chris Edward Clites Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Friday, December 10, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Chief Deputy Sheriff Sharon Joann Barnes Dent County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Deputy Jailer Howard E. (Buck) Callis Trimble County Jailer's Office, KY EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 51
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 3
Bomb: 1
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 28
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Motorcycle accident: 2
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 5
Unidentified: 3
Vehicular assault: 2