The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 23rd

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Lest we forget...  

 

Night Watchman Joseph Burnham Haverhill Police Department, MA EOW: Monday, December 23, 1867 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Moses Ford Independence County Sheriff's D..., AR EOW: Saturday, December 23, 1871 Cause of Death: Assault Officer William T. Osborne Lancaster Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, December 23, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Tom Watson Monroe Police Department, LA EOW: Tuesday, December 23, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman John F. Houlehan Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, December 23, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William C. Lucas Sr. Harrison Township Police Depart..., PA EOW: Sunday, December 23, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Stephen Kendall Terre Haute Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, December 23, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Robert Franklin Poe Tarrant County Constable's Offi..., TX EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Frank Maco Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, December 23, 1926 Cause of Death: Assault Marshal Frank Dahlin Isanti Police Department, MN EOW: Thursday, December 23, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Joseph Edward Bell Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, December 23, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief George Edward Bedford Cisco Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, December 23, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Gerald M. Tracey Binghamton Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, December 23, 1928 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Harold Haltam Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, December 23, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas S. Morris United States Department of the..., US EOW: Sunday, December 23, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Charles H. Sens Milam County Constable's Office..., TX EOW: Monday, December 23, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael J. Speer New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, December 23, 1929 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Michael J. Walsh Yonkers Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, December 23, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer First Class Carroll C. Creeger Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Sunday, December 23, 1934 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Arthur D. Pettit Billings Police Department, MT EOW: Monday, December 23, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Detective John R. Roberts Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, December 23, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Jack Doyle Daly City Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1936 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Patrol Officer Robert A. Edmonds Massachusetts State Police, MA EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1936 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Andrew H. Cain Dearborn Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, December 23, 1939 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman John P. D. Briggs New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, December 23, 1939 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Chief of Police Troy McDilda Lyons Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, December 23, 1941 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Earl W. Eubanks Savannah Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, December 23, 1941 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper John H. Gulden Washington State Patrol, WA EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James Haskel Owens Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, December 23, 1947 Cause of Death: Assault Officer George A. Woodson California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 23, 1955 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Sergeant Robert Glenwood Robinson Corsicana Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, December 23, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Willie Edward Nichols Bowie County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1964 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Jerrel H. Shows California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1964 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Chester Burmeister Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1964 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Trooper Wilton L. Harrell Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Donald Clark Arnold Sherman Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, December 23, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Warden A. C. Campbell South Carolina Department of Na..., SC EOW: Tuesday, December 23, 1969 Cause of Death: Unidentified Correctional Officer Donald Wagstaff Utah Department of Corrections, UT EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1970 Cause of Death: Assault Trooper Ronald Gordon Smith Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Sunday, December 23, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Harl G. Meister Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, December 23, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Herbert A. Williams Aiken County Sheriff's Department, SC EOW: Friday, December 23, 1977 Cause of Death: Unidentified Lieutenant Mickey S. McMillan Belmont County Sheriff's Depart..., OH EOW: Sunday, December 23, 1979 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer John A. Machajewski Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Charles S. Mehlberg Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Kress Horne Anson County Sheriff's Department, NC EOW: Sunday, December 23, 1984 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sergeant David L. Distrola Bradford City Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, December 23, 1989 Cause of Death: Fall Agent Spencer Glenn Beckley Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS EOW: Saturday, December 23, 1989 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Donald Matejka Nebraska State Patrol, NE EOW: Saturday, December 23, 1989 Cause of Death: Heart attack              Patrolman First Class John Mark Hardy Abbeville Police Department, LA EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal James Arvil Lamance Whitewright Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, December 23, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Master Police Officer III Shelia Dianne Twyman High Point Police Department, NC EOW: Sunday, December 23, 2001 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Bobby Ray Franks Houston County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Monday, December 23, 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: 52
Assault: 4
Automobile accident: 4
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 22
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 4
Unidentified: 4
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 3