The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - January 9th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sheriff Samuel Lee Lockhart Llano County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Saturday, January 9, 1858 Cause of Death: Stabbed Officer Daniel Hallam Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Wednesday, January 9, 1861 Cause of Death: Stabbed Officer Claborne Long Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Wednesday, January 9, 1861 Cause of Death: Stabbed Night Watchman Simeon W. Coleman Pierce City Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, January 9, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Constable Marvin Durham Lauderdale County Constable's O..., TN EOW: Tuesday, January 9, 1900 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable W. D. Turner Lauderdale County Constable's O..., TN EOW: Tuesday, January 9, 1900 Cause of Death: Gunfire Prison Guard Archibald Benedict New York State Department of Co..., NY EOW: Wednesday, January 9, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff William J. Thompson LaPlata County Sheriff's Depart..., CO EOW: Tuesday, January 9, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Albert W. Moe Portland Police Bureau, OR EOW: Friday, January 9, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Marshal Charles Whitney Smith Glendale Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, January 9, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Michael F. Gibbons St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, January 9, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective George L. Williams Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, January 9, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Frederick A. Baker Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Wednesday, January 9, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John J. Walsh St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, January 9, 1929 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Frank Stevens Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, January 9, 1936 Cause of Death: Accidental Patrolman Anthony V. Tornatore New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, January 9, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Campbell K. Jenkins Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Monday, January 9, 1939 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer George Washington Bridwell Dilworth Police Department, MN EOW: Friday, January 9, 1942 Cause of Death: Fall Chief of Police Charles E. Dornon Piedmont Police Department, WV EOW: Wednesday, January 9, 1946 Cause of Death: Assault Town Marshal Lee Phillips Fulton Police Department, MS EOW: Thursday, January 9, 1947 Cause of Death: Unidentified Constable Arthur Rheinhold Blomstrom Coles County Sheriff's Department, IL EOW: Sunday, January 9, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jerry LeBloch Stickney Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, January 9, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Carl H. Jessing California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, January 9, 1957 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Michael J. George Lorain County Sheriff's Department, OH EOW: Monday, January 9, 1961 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Kenneth E. Marshall California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 9, 1968 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff Clifford H. Mohler Wayne County Sheriff's Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, January 9, 1968 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Antonio Guzman Jr. Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, January 9, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert W. McCormick Lewiston Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, January 9, 1974 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Michael McAllister South Haven Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, January 9, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Ronald L. Lampe Henry County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Wednesday, January 9, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Theron Anthony Burnham Polk County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Friday, January 9, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Ernest E. Sanders Jr. Thomas County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Saturday, January 9, 1982 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Detective Sergeant Charles E. James Pine Lawn Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, January 9, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Jack B. Miller Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Saturday, January 9, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Mary Ellen Monaghan United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, January 9, 1989 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Investigator Terry N. Thuma Orlando Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, January 9, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Adolph Conic Eudora Police Department, AR EOW: Thursday, January 9, 1992 Cause of Death: Heart attack             Police Officer Glanville Christopher-Figueroa Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, January 9, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Coast Guardsman Jonathan D. Scotchmer United States Coast Guard Offic..., US EOW: Monday, January 9, 1995 Cause of Death: Fall Police Officer Patrick Michael Prohm Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, January 9, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Horst Harold Woods United States Department of Vet..., US EOW: Tuesday, January 9, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James John Rapozo Visalia Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, January 9, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John C. Knight Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, January 9, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire Agent Clyde Earl Kincaid Texas Judicial District Narcoti..., TX EOW: Saturday, January 9, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper John Henry Duncan Jr. North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Tuesday, January 9, 2001 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Sergeant Howard (Howie) Stevenson Ceres Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, January 9, 2005 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: 46
Accidental: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 1
Fall: 2
Gunfire: 26
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 3
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 1