The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 15th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Warden Galen C. Walker Massachusetts Department of Cor..., MA EOW: Monday, December 15, 1856 Cause of Death: Stabbed             Special Deputy Marshal Marion Prickett United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, December 15, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John Armstrong United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, December 15, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant James Little Eagle United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, December 15, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer David Hawkman United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, December 15, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Paul Akicitah United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, December 15, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Bartholomew Cavanaugh Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, December 15, 1898 Cause of Death: Fall Deputy Chief John Baird Riverside Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, December 15, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edmond Lehane New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, December 15, 1914 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Detective Robert J. Shannon East Orange Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, December 15, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John E. Clifford McKeesport Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, December 15, 1915 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Policeman Thomas J. Kronschnable Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, December 15, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Merchant Patrolman Harry E. Baker Hamilton Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, December 15, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Philip S. McDonald Rome Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, December 15, 1920 Cause of Death: Unidentified Night Marshal Isaac West Gas City Marshal's Office, KS EOW: Thursday, December 15, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Gerald L. Fackert Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, December 15, 1921 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Otto A. Welch New Albany Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, December 15, 1922 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Special Agent E. Guy Cole United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, December 15, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William M. Gratton Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, December 15, 1923 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Parole Officer David W. Burns Kansas Department of Corrections, KS EOW: Saturday, December 15, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Park Policeman Daniel J. Carey South Park District Police Depa..., IL EOW: Saturday, December 15, 1923 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Julian A. Bonfield Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, December 15, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James S. Noon Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Thursday, December 15, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Border Patrol Inspector Franklin P. Wood United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, December 15, 1927 Cause of Death: Assault             Special Constable James Leon Broome Dallas County Constable's Offic..., TX EOW: Sunday, December 15, 1929 Cause of Death: Assault Marshal Edward Luton Hamilton Marshal's Office, WA EOW: Sunday, December 15, 1929 Cause of Death: Assault Police Officer John F. McGann Elizabeth Police Department, NJ EOW: Monday, December 15, 1930 Cause of Death: Unidentified              Police Matron Kassie Mae Chandler Dallas County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, December 15, 1948 Cause of Death: Assault Officer Pearl Martin Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, December 15, 1961 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer James E. Hendricks Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Sunday, December 15, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Donald V. Kehnast Defiance County Sheriff's Office, OH EOW: Tuesday, December 15, 1964 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Martin J. Tripptree California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, December 15, 1965 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Harold Erwin Warnecke St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, December 15, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Henry W. Bradshaw Meriwether County Sheriff's Dep..., GA EOW: Saturday, December 15, 1973 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff Samuel W. Van Auken Monroe County Sheriff's Department, PA EOW: Sunday, December 15, 1974 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff Johnnie B. Watts Forrest County Sheriff's Office, MS EOW: Wednesday, December 15, 1976 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Chief of Police Frank H. Elliott Thomaston Police Department, ME EOW: Wednesday, December 15, 1976 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Lee Craig Smith Austin Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, December 15, 1979 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Constable Jerry L. McCrory Rankin County Sheriff's Department, MS EOW: Monday, December 15, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Don L. Byerley Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, December 15, 1980 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Corporal Lemon Harvey Hillsborough County Sheriff's O..., FL EOW: Tuesday, December 15, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert K. Best Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Wednesday, December 15, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Ronnie Donald Cox Addison Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, December 15, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Correctional Officer Hoyt L. Ergle Florida Department of Corrections, FL EOW: Tuesday, December 15, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Lieutenant Thomas L. Kerney Leesville Police Department, SC EOW: Thursday, December 15, 1988 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Michael Alan Hogan Hutchinson Police Department, MN EOW: Friday, December 15, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Susan E. Wells Shreveport Police Department, LA EOW: Friday, December 15, 1989 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer William Blea Grijalva Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, December 15, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Michael J. Metroka Broward County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Monday, December 15, 1997 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff John Harold Hollomon Orange County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 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: 50
Assault: 4
Automobile accident: 5
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 20
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 5
Stabbed: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 4
Vehicular assault: 5