The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - January 14th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Officer Cliff Hines Jackson Police Department, MS EOW: Saturday, January 14, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Walker Guice Jackson Police Department, MS EOW: Saturday, January 14, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Lafayette A. Smith Omaha Police Department, NE EOW: Thursday, January 14, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Andrew Jackson Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, January 14, 1914 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Traffic Officer Wellington L. Aubery Fresno County District Attorney..., CA EOW: Friday, January 14, 1921 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Volney L. Stevens Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Friday, January 14, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal John W. Reives Shasta County Marshal's Office, CA EOW: Friday, January 14, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James D. Mizner Linn County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Saturday, January 14, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman William Slook Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, January 14, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent George W. Dykeman United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, January 14, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Jerry E. Murphy Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, January 14, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Louis M. Davies United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, January 14, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Arthur J. Sullivan Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, January 14, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Carey A. Thomas Clinch County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Friday, January 14, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward F. Maher New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, January 14, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Patrick Ryan Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, January 14, 1944 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Irving I. Snyder United States Department of Def..., US EOW: Friday, January 14, 1944 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Charles Wiget California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Monday, January 14, 1952 Cause of Death: Stabbed Correctional Officer Vern Mackin California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Monday, January 14, 1952 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman William Russell Mehlhorn Jr. Waterloo Police Department, IA EOW: Saturday, January 14, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Kenneth L. Witke California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 14, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Marshall G. Rader Greene County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Saturday, January 14, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Jerry Russo Washtenaw County Sheriff's Depa..., MI EOW: Saturday, January 14, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Danny Lee Watson Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, January 14, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James F. Duffin Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, January 14, 1973 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman George Ellis Jacobs San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, January 14, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William G. McCarthy Jersey City Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, January 14, 1976 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Thomas C. Whitelock Riverton Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, January 14, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James G. Crawford Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, January 14, 1978 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Jay W. Jackson West Covina Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, January 14, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent S. Perry Watkins United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, January 14, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Jerry Randall Stanley Sophia Police Department, WV EOW: Wednesday, January 14, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Larry P. Childress Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, January 14, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant John David Stimson Alaska State Troopers - Fish an..., AK EOW: Friday, January 14, 1983 Cause of Death: Exposure Police Officer Larry J. Vincent Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, January 14, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Richard Lendell Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, January 14, 1983 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Eugene E. DeBerry Lakeland Police Department, FL EOW: Monday, January 14, 1985 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Marshal Richard C. White Colorado City Police Department, AZ EOW: Wednesday, January 14, 1987 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer James Allen Joe Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, January 14, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Mark Lewis Fleming Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, January 14, 1989 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman John Joseph Kerr Union City Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, January 14, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer JoAnn Virginia Liscombe St. Louis County Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, January 14, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Wyley Hart Shepherd Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, January 14, 1994 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Lieutenant John Paul Gisclon Ashland County Sheriff's Depart..., OH EOW: Saturday, January 14, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Thomas Richard Meyers Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sergeant Rurico E. Rivera-Orengo Ponce Municipal Police Department, PR EOW: Thursday, January 14, 1999 Cause of Death: Fall Sergeant Felix M. Rivera-Collazo Ponce Municipal Police Department, PR EOW: Thursday, January 14, 1999 Cause of Death: Fall Trooper Matthew R. Bond Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Friday, January 14, 2000 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Francis Duon Hemilright Southern Shores Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, January 14, 2000 Cause of Death: Heart attack Corrections Officer I Rodney C. Welch Missouri Department of Corrections, MO EOW: Monday, January 14, 2002 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Clinton Earl Walker Prattville Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

 

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 51
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 6
Electrocuted: 1
Exposure: 1
Fall: 2
Gunfire: 24
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Heart attack: 4
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 2