The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 11th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Acting Constable Richard Alexander Calhoun Yale Constable's Office, KS EOW: Sunday, December 11, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Chief of Police John Bigbee Cranston Police Department, RI EOW: Friday, December 11, 1908 Cause of Death: Fire Deputy Sheriff Thomas Simpson Fowler Reno County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Sunday, December 11, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Andrew J. Craw Erie Railroad Police Department, RR EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Thomas Mallory Erie Railroad Police Department, RR EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire County Ranger James A. Mercer Pima County Sheriff's Department, AZ EOW: Friday, December 11, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Francis J. Mace New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, December 11, 1922 Cause of Death: Animal related Patrolman Joseph Pelosi New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, December 11, 1924 Cause of Death: Bicycle accident Police Officer Frank E. Swilling Sr. Little Rock Police Department, AR EOW: Saturday, December 11, 1926 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Jasper Columbus Miller Norfolk County Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, December 11, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Deputy Sheriff Herbert Locke Cascade County Sheriff's Depart..., MT EOW: Tuesday, December 11, 1928 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff James H. Jenkins Craighead County Sheriff's Depa..., AR EOW: Tuesday, December 11, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Philip F. Morrissey New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1929 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Principal Keeper George A. Durnford New York State Department of Co..., NY EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Orville A. Mohring Pennsylvania Highway Patrol, PA EOW: Friday, December 11, 1931 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sergeant Harry Linn Booten Des Moines Police Department, IA EOW: Sunday, December 11, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Robert Bunyan Sheppard Patrick County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Sunday, December 11, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Henry C. Perrow San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, December 11, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Michael J. Carroll Norwich Police Department, CT EOW: Tuesday, December 11, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Floyd W. Maderia Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Tuesday, December 11, 1934 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Earle M. Ames California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 11, 1936 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff Guy Mercer Texas County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Saturday, December 11, 1948 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Eugene Henry Mills Oklahoma City Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, December 11, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harold V. Shaw Rochester Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, December 11, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff David Thomas Robertson Appomattox County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Sunday, December 11, 1960 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Elmer Glen Bradshaw Arkansas State Police, AR EOW: Saturday, December 11, 1965 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman James A. Nelson Plymouth Police Department, IN EOW: Monday, December 11, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident               Chief Deputy Sheriff Daniel Bascomb Talley Fayette County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Thursday, December 11, 1969 Cause of Death: Unidentified Officer Charles E. Smetana Troy Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, December 11, 1969 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Frank Stuart Rodman Alaska State Troopers, AK EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1974 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Trooper Larry Robert Carr Alaska State Troopers, AK EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1974 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident              Narcotics Officer Gregory Urquiaga Jr. Galveston Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, December 11, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman David T. Hancock Montgomery Township Police Depa..., PA EOW: Saturday, December 11, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Noah Mack Merrill Jr. Arizona Department of Public Sa..., AZ EOW: Monday, December 11, 1978 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Jimmie F. Chadwell Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, December 11, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sergeant Jack R. Ohrberg Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, December 11, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Senior Corporal Lawrence David Bromley Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff Allen Richard Lipford Johnson County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Leroy Mallett Dantzler South Carolina Department of Na..., SC EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1991 Cause of Death: Automobile accident               Security Policeman Timothy Royce Riggs United States Air Force Securit..., US EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1991 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Trooper Joseph Samuel Brumett III Utah Highway Patrol, UT EOW: Friday, December 11, 1992 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Todd S. Meriwether St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, December 11, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Neil A. Forster New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, December 11, 1997 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Leddie James Brown Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, December 11, 1997 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident               Patrolman Thomas Edward Goodwin Goshen Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, December 11, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Christopher Argentinis Wareham Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, December 11, 1999 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Juan Morales San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Agent Guillermo Garcia-Martir Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 48
Aircraft accident: 2
Animal related: 1
Automobile accident: 8
Bicycle accident: 1
Electrocuted: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 19
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Motorcycle accident: 2
Struck by vehicle: 5
Unidentified: 2
Vehicular assault: 3