The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - January 8th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Thomas A. Mabry Roanoke City Police Department, VA EOW: Friday, January 8, 1892 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff George Lee Wilson Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Friday, January 8, 1897 Cause of Death: Gunfire Undersheriff Matthew B. Devane Yuma County Sheriff's Department, AZ EOW: Tuesday, January 8, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Leslie John McDonald Steubenville Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, January 8, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Anton Nolting San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, January 8, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas Deasy San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, January 8, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James E. Boggio Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Thursday, January 8, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper John P. Clinton Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Monday, January 8, 1923 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Assistant Chief Thomas S. Church Johnson City Department of Publ..., TN EOW: Sunday, January 8, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Watchman Steven Heimer Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, January 8, 1928 Cause of Death: Unidentified Constable David Thomas Palmer Pumpkin Center Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, January 8, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James F. Ryan Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, January 8, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Jess Claude White Ellis County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Saturday, January 8, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Park Guard William A. Doyle Fairmount Park Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, January 8, 1945 Cause of Death: Animal related Patrolman Benjamin Wallace New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, January 8, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Burtice W. Wickstrum Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Monday, January 8, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Claude Strong Hickman Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, January 8, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Halley C. Strickland Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Friday, January 8, 1954 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff Frazier Cole Talladega County Sheriff's Depa..., AL EOW: Saturday, January 8, 1955 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Dan Hubbard Talladega County Sheriff's Depa..., AL EOW: Saturday, January 8, 1955 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant Edward J. Johnson Jr. New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, January 8, 1960 Cause of Death: Stabbed Marshal J. Edgar Chipley New Franklin Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, January 8, 1961 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Laverne G. Haubert Ankeny Police Department, IA EOW: Wednesday, January 8, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Larry Enloe Colorado State Patrol, CO EOW: Monday, January 8, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Anthony Palmisano United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, January 8, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Edwin R. Woodriffe United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, January 8, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Wallace Earl Nesbitt Newport News Police Department, VA EOW: Thursday, January 8, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John James Burns Rahway Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, January 8, 1971 Cause of Death: Struck by train Police Officer Lester Eugene Sleister Augusta Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, January 8, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Albert William Devlin McCandless Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, January 8, 1973 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer William R. Berte Springfield Police Department, MA EOW: Monday, January 8, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Luis E. Baez-Alicea Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Thursday, January 8, 1976 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Robert Glenn Crawford Thomasville Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, January 8, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Dennis Franklin Spinnett Thomasville Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, January 8, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Ronald D. Florence Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Monday, January 8, 1979 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Fred L. Lucy Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Monday, January 8, 1979 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Charles A. Thompson III Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Monday, January 8, 1979 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Police Officer James W. Mills Huntington Police Department, WV EOW: Friday, January 8, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant John Charles Hawley Elmira Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, January 8, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer Robert T. Fike Phoenix Police Department, AZ EOW: Wednesday, January 8, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Manuel Hurtado Tapia Arizona Department of Public Sa..., AZ EOW: Tuesday, January 8, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Gregg William Winters Muncie Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, January 8, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Robert Boud Essex County Department of Corr..., NJ EOW: Sunday, January 8, 1995 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Ira Darby Prater Cannon County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Monday, January 8, 1996 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Kevin S. Easter Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Monday, January 8, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Jeffrey Cole Russell Albuquerque Police Department, NM EOW: Tuesday, January 8, 2002 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lance Corporal Dana Lyle Tate Beaufort County Sheriff's Depar..., SC EOW: Tuesday, January 8, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Dyke (A. J.) Coursen Beaufort County Sheriff's Depar..., SC EOW: Tuesday, January 8, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Theodore Richard Zorsky Key Biscayne Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, January 8, 2002 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Deputy Sheriff Robert Michael Tanner Jr. Muskingum County Sheriff's Depa..., OH EOW: Tuesday, January 8, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Sidney A. Zaffuto Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff..., LA EOW: Thursday, January 8, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire

 

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 51
Aircraft accident: 3
Animal related: 1
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 6
Gunfire: 28
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Unidentified: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 3