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

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sheriff Samuel W. Dunn Seward County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Tuesday, January 5, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward J. Wallner Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James J. Keefe Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1905 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Francis M. Thornton Perrysburg City Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, January 5, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Scott H. Shelley Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, January 5, 1908 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Private N.P. (Doc) Thomas Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Tuesday, January 5, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Harry A. Chesmore Duluth Police Department, MN EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal D. A. Stanfield St. Francis Marshal's Office, AR EOW: Monday, January 5, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William H. Butler Bartlesville Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, January 5, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John B. Sausman Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, January 5, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Hugh McKieran New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, January 5, 1917 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Patrolman William L. Stephens Altoona Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, January 5, 1920 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Detective Sergeant William A. Miller New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Benjamin F. Law Covington Police Department, KY EOW: Monday, January 5, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector William J. Davis Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Preston George Burnam Amarillo Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, January 5, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Raymond A. Plunkett New York State Police, NY EOW: Friday, January 5, 1934 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Special Agent Herman Sutton Barbrey United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, January 5, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Walter D. Mazzie Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Clifton F. Arnsparger Bourbon County Sheriff's Depart..., KY EOW: Sunday, January 5, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Noris Nettles South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Monday, January 5, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Dewitt William Ormsby Richmond County Sheriff's Depar..., NC EOW: Tuesday, January 5, 1943 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Patrick J. Malone New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, January 5, 1944 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Chief William J. Fitzpatrick Albany Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, January 5, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Thomas W. Stroud Salt Lake City Police Department, UT EOW: Friday, January 5, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman John Harkins Struthers Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, January 5, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Harold Humphrey Pearce Independence Police Department, IA EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Claude Everett Mundy Jr. Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Lloyd Larsen Moab Police Department, UT EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Alton Fritcher Flint Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, January 5, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward Howard Burch Lafayette Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, January 5, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Ronald L. Carey Delaware State Police, DE EOW: Wednesday, January 5, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harvey L. Stevens Longview Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, January 5, 1972 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Lieutenant James Raymond Merrill Cache County Sheriff's Office, UT EOW: Saturday, January 5, 1974 Cause of Death: Fall Deputy Sheriff Joe Smith Jr. Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Saturday, January 5, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William F. Brown Lima Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, January 5, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Rafael Iglesias-Nieva Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, January 5, 1975 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sheriff Robert C. Watson Larimer County Sheriff's Depart..., CO EOW: Friday, January 5, 1979 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Lester E. Reid Warren County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Friday, January 5, 1979 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective William Ray Tate Fort Smith Police Department, AR EOW: Monday, January 5, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Game Warden William Harlan Pogue Idaho Department of Fish and Game, ID EOW: Monday, January 5, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Warden Wilson Conley Elms Idaho Department of Fish and Game, ID EOW: Monday, January 5, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Mary P. McCord Montgomery Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, January 5, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Danny Dean Laffey Wichita Police Department, KS EOW: Tuesday, January 5, 1982 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant Steven Leroy Mahan Elk City Police Department, OK EOW: Wednesday, January 5, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Jerry Bryant Marion County Sheriff's Department, MS EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Correctional Officer Dalton B. Cawthray Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Correctional Officer Jeffery Blakey Cook County Sheriff's Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, January 5, 1988 Cause of Death: Assault Trooper April C. Styburski Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Friday, January 5, 1990 Cause of Death: Asphyxiation Patrolman Fred Wayne Robinson Roanoke City Police Department, VA EOW: Sunday, January 5, 1992 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Sife Perdue Columbus Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, January 5, 1994 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident              Deputy Sheriff James Warren Lehmann Jr. Riverside County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Sunday, January 5, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Michael Paul Haugen Riverside County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Sunday, January 5, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Ralph Francis Baker Madison County Sheriff's Depart..., AR EOW: Monday, January 5, 1998 Cause of Death: Drowned Corporal Ronnie Bogan Notasulga Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, January 5, 2001 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: 55
Asphyxiation: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 2
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 35
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by vehicle: 4
Unidentified: 2
Vehicular assault: 3