The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - January 10th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Captain Chin Chi Kee United States Department of the..., US EOW: Saturday, January 10, 1852 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Craig Scott Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Tuesday, January 10, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert E. Moran Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Monday, January 10, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Thomas Radford Enid Police Department, OK EOW: Wednesday, January 10, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Charles Edwards Gila County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Friday, January 10, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Mateer Metropolitan Police Department, MA EOW: Sunday, January 10, 1909 Cause of Death: Drowned Deputy Simon J. Bermingham Monroe County Sheriff's Office, NY EOW: Wednesday, January 10, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Edward J. Costigan Akron Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, January 10, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Fred E. Buhland South Bend Police Department, IN EOW: Monday, January 10, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Edmund P. Keleher Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Tuesday, January 10, 1922 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Michael Shine New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, January 10, 1925 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Samuel J. Callaway Miami Police Department, FL EOW: Monday, January 10, 1927 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Herbert D. Long Ely Police Department, NV EOW: Sunday, January 10, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Richard E. Fitzgerald Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, January 10, 1933 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Postal Inspector Walter Richard Ton United States Postal Inspection..., US EOW: Monday, January 10, 1938 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Patrolman VanBuren Quarles Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, January 10, 1943 Cause of Death: Assault Sheriff Charles Walter Conlin Jr. Warren County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Sunday, January 10, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Eric Nicholson Seminole County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Wednesday, January 10, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Edward Howard Troy Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, January 10, 1949 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff John Pat Malone Sr. Holmes County Sheriff's Department, MS EOW: Sunday, January 10, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Marvin E. Moore Jr. Amarillo Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, January 10, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Francis R. Stransky Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Friday, January 10, 1964 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Clarence W. Johnson Sr. Anne Arundel County Sheriff's O..., MD EOW: Tuesday, January 10, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff E. R. Walthers Dallas County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Friday, January 10, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Stanley Rapaski Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, January 10, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James William Glenn Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, January 10, 1969 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Deputy Sheriff Ralph Dwayne Wilder East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff..., LA EOW: Monday, January 10, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Ralph G. Hancock East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff..., LA EOW: Monday, January 10, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Reserve Deputy Larry Lee Mulkey Forsyth County Sheriff's Depart..., GA EOW: Monday, January 10, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James William Cantrell Forsyth County Sheriff's Depart..., GA EOW: Monday, January 10, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff J. W. Foster Cherokee County Sheriff's Depar..., GA EOW: Saturday, January 10, 1976 Cause of Death: Struck by train Special Agent James Fulton Grayson III United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, January 10, 1976 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Lieutenant Peter Beckett Burd Illinois Department of Corrections, IL EOW: Monday, January 10, 1977 Cause of Death: Stabbed Officer James C. Gaul Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, January 10, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Ronald E. O'Neal Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Tuesday, January 10, 1984 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff Arnold William Wilkerson Orange County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Tuesday, January 10, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Francis J. LaSala New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, January 10, 1987 Cause of Death: Fire Juvenile Officer Charles F. West Jackson County Sheriff's Depart..., MO EOW: Tuesday, January 10, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Frank W. Pysher Jr. Jefferson County Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, January 10, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ben James Franklin Akron Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, January 10, 1992 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Bruce Alan Heck Alaska State Troopers, AK EOW: Friday, January 10, 1997 Cause of Death: Assault Police Officer Edward K. Ahrens New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, January 10, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Technical Sergeant Robert Bruce Butler United States Air Force Securit..., US EOW: Saturday, January 10, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James Williams Jr. Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, January 10, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Dennis E. Holmes Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 Cause of Death: Heart attack Corrections Officer Manuel A. Gonzalez California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Monday, January 10, 2005 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff Edward (Skip) Schroeder York County Sheriff's Department, PA EOW: Monday, January 10, 2005 Cause of Death: Heart attack

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 47
Aircraft accident: 2
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 1
Drowned: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 26
Heart attack: 4
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 2
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 1