The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 18th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman John Thompson Brooklyn Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, December 18, 1877 Cause of Death: Animal related Sheriff John B. Benham St. Francois County Sheriff's O..., MO EOW: Saturday, December 18, 1880 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Edward O'Brien Jersey City Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, December 18, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff Joe Brigham Hunt County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Sunday, December 18, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable John A. Adams Erath County Constable's Office..., TX EOW: Saturday, December 18, 1897 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Elmer Magruder Higbee Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, December 18, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward F. Knaul Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Friday, December 18, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective William Francis Mertz Bloomfield Police Department, NJ EOW: Saturday, December 18, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward J. Mulvihill Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, December 18, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Jesse Garfield Golden Valley County Sheriff's ..., MT EOW: Saturday, December 18, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Frank Kowalkowski Bay City Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, December 18, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Walter Luedtke Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Thursday, December 18, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Robert E. Coyle New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Thursday, December 18, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Joseph Clement Feely Burlington Police Department, IA EOW: Saturday, December 18, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Alex Brown Joplin Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, December 18, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Arthur L. Staples Jr. Rhode Island State Police, RI EOW: Friday, December 18, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Howard Ritter Ashtabula Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, December 18, 1932 Cause of Death: Fall Patrolman Leo R. Gorski Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Sunday, December 18, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Frederick W. Behrend Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, December 18, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Park Franklin Williams Greene County Sheriff's Office, AR EOW: Wednesday, December 18, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Orville E. Quinette Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Wednesday, December 18, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Gerald N. Bode Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, December 18, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Virgil T. Bayne Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, December 18, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Herbert August Boelte Halifax County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Sunday, December 18, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Patrick F. Leavitt Lowell Police Department, MA EOW: Thursday, December 18, 1941 Cause of Death: Heart attack              Border Patrol Inspector Richard D. Clarke United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, December 18, 1950 Cause of Death: Stabbed Policeman Jose Nunez-Kiles Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Thursday, December 18, 1958 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Thomas W. Evans Johnstown Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, December 18, 1959 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman H. T. Long North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Friday, December 18, 1959 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Assistant Chief Claude Bishop Evans Amarillo Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, December 18, 1961 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Policeman Felix Castrodad-Melendez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Tuesday, December 18, 1962 Cause of Death: Unidentified Trooper William R. Rayner Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Sunday, December 18, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James Carlton Towns Brooklyn Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, December 18, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph M. Mullen Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Monday, December 18, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer William McNamara Stamford Police Department, CT EOW: Tuesday, December 18, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Michael Hardy James Colorado State Patrol, CO EOW: Thursday, December 18, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Norman Alvin Drew Key West Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, December 18, 1975 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Detective Sergeant Donald Robert Laabs Manitou Springs Police Department, CO EOW: Thursday, December 18, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Correctional Officer Raymond L. Chandler Oklahoma Department of Corrections, OK EOW: Thursday, December 18, 1980 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Fred Rehmer Fort Morgan Police Department, CO EOW: Saturday, December 18, 1982 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Edward James Burch Los Angeles Community College D..., CA EOW: Tuesday, December 18, 1984 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Nicholas Norman Davis Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Tuesday, December 18, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Robert E. Walls Essex County Sheriff's Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, December 18, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Charles Thomas Hammock Augusta Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, December 18, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Angel Luis Marquez-Rivera Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, December 18, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Walter T. Williams III Waterbury Police Department, CT EOW: Friday, December 18, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Robert Walter Hedman Otero County Sheriff's Department, NM EOW: Saturday, December 18, 2004 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: 47
Animal related: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 4
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 30
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 3
Vehicular assault: 1