The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 5th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Constable James Quinn Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, December 5, 1853 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Patrick McKeon Brooklyn Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, December 5, 1876 Cause of Death: Fire Patrolman Gilbert E. Reynolds Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, December 5, 1877 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Michael Walsh St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, December 5, 1880 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Jeff Surratt United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, December 5, 1900 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Rolland P. Smith Chelsea Marshal's Office, IA EOW: Thursday, December 5, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John Aquilla Moore Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, December 5, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Night Policeman Alex J. Robertson Eureka Police Department, UT EOW: Sunday, December 5, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Detective Sergeant Miles M. Jackson San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, December 5, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Lester Dorman San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, December 5, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff James A. Petray Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Sunday, December 5, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Harry J. Orr Rahway Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, December 5, 1922 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Agent Luther Bishop Oklahoma State Bureau of Invest..., OK EOW: Sunday, December 5, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William W. Emerson Cooke County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, December 5, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Prohibition Officer Patrick C. Sharp United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, December 5, 1928 Cause of Death: Exposure to toxins Trooper Kenneth L. Church Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Saturday, December 5, 1931 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Martin Knudson Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, December 5, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Detectives Ben L. Bolton Muskogee Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, December 5, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Luther Paul Daniels Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Friday, December 5, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Ernest Elmer Bates Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, December 5, 1942 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman George O'Donnell New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Tuesday, December 5, 1944 Cause of Death: Animal related Trooper Herbert W. Smith Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Thursday, December 5, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman John Naccarato Jr. Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, December 5, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Primitivo Casiano-Jusino Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Tuesday, December 5, 1950 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Etwell B. Starr Huntsville Police Department, AL EOW: Saturday, December 5, 1953 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Albert August Hubsch Webster Police Department, SD EOW: Sunday, December 5, 1954 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle             Deputy High Constable Robert M. Johnson Richmond High Constable's Office, VA EOW: Friday, December 5, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer Arthur J. Chorovich Arlington County Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, December 5, 1964 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident              Corrections Employee James Wieden California Department of the Yo..., CA EOW: Sunday, December 5, 1965 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Robert M. Clifton Joplin Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, December 5, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Clyde Sears Bacon County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Thursday, December 5, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James Wade Allen Raleigh Police Department, NC EOW: Thursday, December 5, 1968 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman James Gale Lee Raleigh Police Department, NC EOW: Thursday, December 5, 1968 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Agent Walter A. Thackerson Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Cont..., AL EOW: Friday, December 5, 1969 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Oscar William Lusby Calvert County Sheriff's Office, MD EOW: Sunday, December 5, 1971 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Police Officer Michael Lee Farnsworth Davenport Police Department, IA EOW: Sunday, December 5, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Larry Lee Forreider Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Thursday, December 5, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Detective Sergeant Harry A. Sorenson Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Tuesday, December 5, 1978 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Policeman Maximo Luis Ortiz-Castillo Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, December 5, 1979 Cause of Death: Unidentified Investigator Robert Van Hall Jr. New York State Police, NY EOW: Friday, December 5, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Chief of Police Jake James McCullough Hannahville Tribal Police Depar..., TR EOW: Saturday, December 5, 1981 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Elmer Murray Harris St. Clair County Sheriff's Depa..., IL EOW: Friday, December 5, 1986 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Andy Begay Navajo Division of Public Safety, TR EOW: Saturday, December 5, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Roy Lee Stanley Navajo Division of Public Safety, TR EOW: Saturday, December 5, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Lonny Gene Brewer San Diego County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Saturday, December 5, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Bruce Williams Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, December 5, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Specialist Ronald D. Jeter Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Friday, December 5, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Daniel J. Pope Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Friday, December 5, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Thomas G. Smith Jr. St. Louis County Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, December 5, 1997 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle              Corrections Sergeant Shannon Douglas Russell Pima County Sheriff's Department, AZ EOW: Thursday, December 5, 2002 Cause of Death: Heart attack Town Marshal R. Mark Clapp New Richmond Town Marshal's Office, IN EOW: Friday, December 5, 2003 Cause of Death: Heart attack

 

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 51
Animal related: 1
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 6
Exposure to toxins: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 26
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 4
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 3