The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - January 3rd

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Lest we forget...  

 

Constable Darius Quimby Albany County Constable's Office, NY EOW: Monday, January 3, 1791 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Peter John Larson Dayton Police Department, IA EOW: Wednesday, January 3, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward Duddles Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, January 3, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael D. Callahan Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, January 3, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John Gordon Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, January 3, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John J. Mullen Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, January 3, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Harry C. Kavanaugh Anchorage Police Department, AK EOW: Thursday, January 3, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Ed Sims Maysville Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, January 3, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Albert Wiebelt New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Tuesday, January 3, 1928 Cause of Death: Drowned Detective Richard Connors New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Tuesday, January 3, 1928 Cause of Death: Drowned Lieutenant Matthew G. Hisler Fort Myers Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, January 3, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sergeant Carl W. Heckman Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Saturday, January 3, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James H. Nerison Alhambra Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 3, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Gerald Orvin Hodge Ottawa County Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, January 3, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Anthony H. Brock Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, January 3, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Kenneth Leroy Gohagan Estill Police Department, SC EOW: Monday, January 3, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Frederick J. Sutton Pennsylvania Motor Police, PA EOW: Wednesday, January 3, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Edwin A. Blakely San Bernardino Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, January 3, 1942 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Agent Leroy H. Thomas Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Cont..., AL EOW: Friday, January 3, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Ben Johnston Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Friday, January 3, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Assistant Chief of Police Oscar Wilkes Ardmore Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, January 3, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward T. Burke St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, January 3, 1953 Cause of Death: Fall Police Officer Francis M. Rea Sacramento Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, January 3, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Cashel L. Furgerson Melvindale Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, January 3, 1955 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant George Davis Alhambra Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, January 3, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Sherman Lee Scott Jr. Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Sunday, January 3, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Elton L. Williams Vaiden Police Department, MS EOW: Monday, January 3, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Danny L. Redmon Lexington Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, January 3, 1967 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Michael W. McConnon New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, January 3, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Ronald S. Stapleton New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, January 3, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John J. Jenkins Rochester Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, January 3, 1979 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Leonard C. Miller Apollo Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, January 3, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer D. W. Allred Winston-Salem Police Department, NC EOW: Monday, January 3, 1983 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Ronald T. Baca Gallup Police Department, NM EOW: Friday, January 3, 1986 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper Ricky Marshall McCoy Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Friday, January 3, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman William Acevedo-Martinez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Tuesday, January 3, 1989 Cause of Death: Assault             Detective Sergeant Steven Ernest Bauer North Miami Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, January 3, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Richard Lewis Cash Forest Park Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, January 3, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Arthur Lee Hershey Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Sunday, January 3, 1999 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrol Officer James Clinton Bryant Broxton Police Department, GA EOW: Monday, January 3, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Staff Sergeant Clyde Almond (Tub) Merritt Coffee County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Monday, January 3, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal James Brian Moulson Jerome County Sheriff's Department, ID EOW: Wednesday, January 3, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Phillip Charles Anderson Jerome County Sheriff's Department, ID EOW: Wednesday, January 3, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Dennis Ray McElderry Davis County Sheriff's Department, IA EOW: Friday, January 3, 2003 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 44
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 2
Drowned: 2
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 32
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 2