The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - January 1st

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Lest we forget...  

 

Custom House Officer Daniel Miller United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, January 1, 1810 Cause of Death: Unidentified Watchman Peter Davison Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1850 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sheriff W. W. Wright Nevada County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1856 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain John McKinstry Mattoon Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1867 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman William Dozier Knoxville Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1868 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Nathan Haynes Knoxville Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, January 1, 1869 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Uriah H. Sears Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1870 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Marshal Andy Frigate United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1873 Cause of Death: Unidentified Substitute Patrolman Abraham Bird Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1874 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff David Johnson Nevada County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1880 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Milton McDowell Pima County Sheriff's Department, AZ EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1880 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff Sam R. Murphee Young County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William Beasley Orlando Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Peace Officer Hank Frost Nogales Police Department, AZ EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff David Douglass Nevada County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Henry A. Balcom Washington County Sheriff's Dep..., ME EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1889 Cause of Death: Unidentified Chief of Police Ben Williams Bisbee Police Department, AZ EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Martin Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, January 1, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Henry Zimmerer Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1895 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Marshal August Schultz Tiffin Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Robert Draper Anniston Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1901 Cause of Death: Unidentified Officer Butch Dobler Marysville Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1901 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Grady Todd Anniston Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1902 Cause of Death: Unidentified Policeman Juan Lopez-Jimenez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1902 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff Charles (Joe) Hawkins Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Marshal Frye Haley Lebanon Junction Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Night Policeman William Zonk Foster Greer Police Department, SC EOW: Friday, January 1, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Assistant Chief of Police J. W. Hawkins Lawton Police Department, OK EOW: Friday, January 1, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Rural Police Officer Sampson E. Cole Mecklenburg County Police Depar..., NC EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1905 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Andrews Beavers McDowell County Sheriff's Depar..., WV EOW: Monday, January 1, 1906 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman O. L. Jarnigan Knoxville Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Mike Wrenn Knoxville Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William (Bill) Hudson Ocala Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Alberto Souffront Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, January 1, 1909 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sheriff George W. Kemp Lake County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1910 Cause of Death: Unidentified               Crossing Policeman Eugene Calvin Smith Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1910 Cause of Death: Fall Special Agent William Floyd Union Pacific Railroad Police D..., RR EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Sam Corbin Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1911 Cause of Death: Fall Patrolman William A. Patterson Alabama City Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, January 1, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Zebulon (Zeb) Winters Avery County Constable's Office..., NC EOW: Monday, January 1, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Ed Miller Cochise County Sheriff's Depart..., AZ EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Man Clodfelter Thomasville Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1916 Cause of Death: Unidentified Policeman Jose R. Martinez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1919 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sheriff Jim Williams Johnston County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1920 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff John Wooton Leslie County Sheriff's Office, KY EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Tom Holland Union Pacific Railroad Police D..., RR EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph C. Wallis New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1921 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Henry Heard Dora Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Sheppard E. Brumley Sapulpa Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff A. Cary Ellis Escambia County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Monday, January 1, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Miles Huntsman Calaveras County Constable's Of..., CA EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1924 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sergeant Dennis J. Whalen Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Henry Gordon Ocala Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1924 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Albert D. Coturri San Bruno Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1924 Cause of Death: Unidentified Special Agent Alexander Grant United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1925 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Marshal Hiram D. Shearer Nevada City Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, January 1, 1926 Cause of Death: Accidental Patrol Officer Robert M. Reid Charlotte Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1927 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Oscar Atkinson Griffin Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Eugene Jones Bethel Police Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Harris Milner Northport Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1929 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Policeman Antonio Mojica-Vazquez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1930 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman John Vondruska Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Agent Arthur James Sanderson United States Coast Guard Inves..., US EOW: Friday, January 1, 1932 Cause of Death: Unidentified Special Agent Herbert R. Johnson United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, January 1, 1932 Cause of Death: Fall Deputy Sheriff Ewart W. Sanders Cleveland County Sheriff's Depa..., NC EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Adolpho Rodrigues Costilla County Sheriff's Depar..., CO EOW: Monday, January 1, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Night Officer Lawrence B. Leis Beaver Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sub-Patrolman Earl J. Grubb Hamilton Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Benjamin H. Butts Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman James Flippo Tullahoma Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Ben Sluss Scott County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Henry F. Moore San Bernardino Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, January 1, 1937 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrol Officer Frank Nenning South Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Friday, January 1, 1937 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Chief of Police John Albert Rape Huntersville Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Marshal Wallace Van Fleet Lebanon Junction Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles G. Cannon Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1938 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Hilliard Hall Franklin County Sheriff's Depar..., MS EOW: Monday, January 1, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert W. Davis Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Monday, January 1, 1940 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Correctional Officer Howard V. Murphy Massachusetts Department of Cor..., MA EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1942 Cause of Death: Stabbed Correctional Officer George Landry Massachusetts Department of Cor..., MA EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1942 Cause of Death: Stabbed             Correctional Officer Franklin L. Weston Massachusetts Department of Cor..., MA EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1942 Cause of Death: Stabbed Captain George B. Dooley Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Friday, January 1, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Shirley Ladd Durham Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, January 1, 1943 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Chaney Boles Marion Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, January 1, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James Williams Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Friday, January 1, 1943 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman John W. Neal Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1944 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident              Chief of Police Francisco Rios-Morales Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1946 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Michael J. Nugent Richmond Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Frederick Seebohm Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1947 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Ellis Mansfield Keystone Police Department, WV EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1947 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff Jason Wells Leslie County Sheriff's Office, KY EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Detective Lieutenant Oscar F. Deubler Little Rock Police Department, AR EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector P. H. Bema United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1947 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Lewis William Hall Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1948 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman John W. Hughes Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1948 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Conservation Officer Bud Stewart Mississippi Department of Wildl..., MS EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Jailer Frank Burkett Walker County Sheriff's Office, AL EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1948 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff Arthur Yeary Claiborne Parish Sheriff's Depa..., LA EOW: Monday, January 1, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman H. Crosby Smith Stockbridge Police Department, MA EOW: Monday, January 1, 1951 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Gordon G. French Laguna Beach Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Charles Carter Placer County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1953 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Russell Snow Masters Pickens County Sheriff's Depart..., SC EOW: Friday, January 1, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Mack Norris Walker County Sheriff's Office, AL EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1955 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman John Timmons Allegheny County Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1956 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Lamont Edwards Chesterfield County Police Depa..., VA EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1957 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Willie Thomas Lewis Sr. Leslie County Sheriff's Office, KY EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George L. Lagroon South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1957 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Chief of Police William J. Collins Stockbridge Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1957 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Billy R. Heckle San Bernardino County Sheriff's..., CA EOW: Friday, January 1, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Conservation Officer James Dallas Pitzer Indiana Department of Natural R..., IN EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Lyle Wayne Larrabee Palm Springs Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, January 1, 1962 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Sheriff Sam L. Green Rowan County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Monday, January 1, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jerry Wayne Cawthon Amarillo Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William D. Krikava Tampa Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, January 1, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Ralph Augustus Chase Gardiner Police Department, ME EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1966 Cause of Death: Assault Police Officer Gerald E. Rosa Battle Creek City Police Depart..., MI EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1967 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Dean Ray Foster Eaton County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Conservation Officer Ted Sloan Mississippi Department of Wildl..., MS EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Cassie Owens Childersburg Police Department, AL EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Danny M. Cariker Richmond Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1970 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Eric A. Zelms San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Henry Travis Tullahoma Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1970 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Johnson Crockett County Sheriff's Depar..., TN EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1972 Cause of Death: Unidentified Constable Michael Donald Chihil Newbury Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1972 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Carrol Vinson Copeland Wheeler County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Monday, January 1, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Deputy Sheriff George H. Allen Cleveland County Sheriff's Depa..., NC EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1974 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Daniel E. Howard Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1975 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Donald E. Andrews Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1975 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Darden Hollis Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Customs Agent Joseph Monohan United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1975 Cause of Death: Unidentified Customs Agent William Halley United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1975 Cause of Death: Unidentified Special Agent Renault R. Bayhi United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1975 Cause of Death: Unidentified Trooper Kenneth E. Flynt Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Gary Orville Elkins Long Beach Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer James Gatzounas Holyoke Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1977 Cause of Death: Assault Inspector Vincent D. Kaskeski United States Department of the..., US EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1978 Cause of Death: Unidentified Customs Agent Dennis L. VanPatten United States Department of the..., US EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1980 Cause of Death: Unidentified Lieutenant James Cromer Haupfear Augusta Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1984 Cause of Death: Heart attack            Policeman Carlos A. Velasquez-Colon Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Tuesday, January 1, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Stephen A. Lukas Auburn Police Department, MA EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1986 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Policeman Clifford Riddle Tullahoma Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1987 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Constable Dan Stanley Mitchell Broomfield Township Police Depa..., MI EOW: Sunday, January 1, 1989 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Stacy Edward Levay United States Air Force Securit..., US EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1992 Cause of Death: Assault Patrol Officer John Kevin Lamm Fairbanks Police Department, AK EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer II Steven Gerald Gajda Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper John Gregory Mann Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Monday, January 1, 2001 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Trooper Billy Jack Zachary Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Sunday, January 1, 2006 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: 147
Accidental: 1
Assault: 3
Automobile accident: 12
Fall: 3
Gunfire: 69
Heart attack: 4
Motorcycle accident: 8
Stabbed: 5
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 6
Unidentified: 30
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 2