The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 21st

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Nat Gaines Kennett Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, December 21, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable William Carnell Gray Newfane Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, December 21, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal R. S. St. Clair Malden Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, December 21, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Thomas I. Woods Dallas County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Thursday, December 21, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Elvas Matthews Xenia Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, December 21, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James J. Shaw Mobile Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, December 21, 1924 Cause of Death: Stabbed Private Bernard S C McElroy Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Sunday, December 21, 1924 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff J. Edward Harrelson Polk County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Tuesday, December 21, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph Yazvac Sharon Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, December 21, 1926 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Charles Faust Passaic Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, December 21, 1928 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman John J. Schemm Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, December 21, 1928 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Howard Barrows New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, December 21, 1930 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective James J. Caplis Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, December 21, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Burke Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, December 21, 1931 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Paul Pawlowski Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, December 21, 1932 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Patrolman James Powell Hayes Kentucky Highway Patrol, KY EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Conservation Officer Fred Hobart West Virginia Department of Nat..., WV EOW: Thursday, December 21, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Paul Blankenship Kitsap County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1940 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Horace Callaghan Prospect Park Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1940 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Henry Joseph Mach Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, December 21, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Donald R. Campbell Washington State Patrol, WA EOW: Friday, December 21, 1951 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle              Assistant Chief of Police Ivan William Wilson Allen Village Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, December 21, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Frank Cichon Youngstown Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1963 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sergeant Jimmie Baker Scottsburg Police Department, IN EOW: Monday, December 21, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William G. Wells Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Tuesday, December 21, 1965 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Richard O. Slates Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, December 21, 1966 Cause of Death: Fall Master Sergeant William Kenny Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS EOW: Thursday, December 21, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman George H. Bishop New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, December 21, 1967 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Patrolman Plato B. Arvanitis New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, December 21, 1967 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Auxiliary Officer Edward B. Sullivan Dellwood Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1968 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Jose A. Perez-Morales Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1968 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Harry F. Hartman Jr. East Pennsboro Township Police ..., PA EOW: Monday, December 21, 1970 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Robert Randall East North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Thursday, December 21, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Robert John Hogue Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Guy Robert Serfoss Forks Township Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1974 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Joe Louis Jushaway Waveland Police Department, MS EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1974 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff Aerl Lee Jernigan Atascosa County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Sunday, December 21, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Tillman Hussey Springdale Police Department, AR EOW: Sunday, December 21, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Wilfred Doyle Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, December 21, 1979 Cause of Death: Drowned Deputy Sheriff Roger Ervin Wrobbel Wright County Sheriff's Office, MN EOW: Sunday, December 21, 1980 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Philip Joseph Lamonaco New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Monday, December 21, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Willie James Archie Swainsboro Police Department, GA EOW: Monday, December 21, 1981 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Simmie L. Jefferies Alabama Department of Public Sa..., AL EOW: Friday, December 21, 1984 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Police Officer Jose Raimundo DeLeon Miami Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, December 21, 1984 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper Johnny Montague Edrington Kentucky State Police, KY EOW: Wednesday, December 21, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Assistant Deputy Director Michael S. Bernstein United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, December 21, 1988 Cause of Death: Terrorist attack Special Agent Ronald Albert Lariviere United States Department of Sta..., US EOW: Wednesday, December 21, 1988 Cause of Death: Terrorist attack              Special Agent Daniel Emmett O'Connor United States Department of Sta..., US EOW: Wednesday, December 21, 1988 Cause of Death: Terrorist attack Officer Niles Frederick Johantgen Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas Benton Worley Los Angeles County Safety Police, CA EOW: Wednesday, December 21, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Luis A. Ortiz-Perez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, December 21, 1994 Cause of Death: Unidentified              Deputy Sheriff Randolph Michael Eng Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Charles A. Davis New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Durwin Lynn Potts Whitfield County Sheriff's Office, GA EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1996 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

 

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 54
Aircraft accident: 2
Automobile accident: 7
Drowned: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 21
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 4
Terrorist attack: 3
Unidentified: 5
Vehicular assault: 5