The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - January 15th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff Nester Young Ashtabula County Sheriff's Depa..., OH EOW: Monday, January 15, 1838 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff Thomas Higdon Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Sunday, January 15, 1854 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Jimmy Carr Scott County Sheriff's Office, MO EOW: Friday, January 15, 1875 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Frederick Kranbeck Butte Police Department, MT EOW: Tuesday, January 15, 1895 Cause of Death: Explosion Prosecuting Attorney George S. Elliott Mississippi County Sheriff's De..., MO EOW: Friday, January 15, 1897 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff George Beck Caddo County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Wednesday, January 15, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Frank E. Smith Caddo County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Wednesday, January 15, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Alexander Knapp Albuquerque Police Department, NM EOW: Monday, January 15, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Elmer C. Anderson Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, January 15, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Chief of Police Sheldon C. Mecomber North Platte Police Department, NE EOW: Thursday, January 15, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George E. Rodgers North Platte Police Department, NE EOW: Thursday, January 15, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Customs Agent C. N. Titcomb United States Department of the..., US EOW: Tuesday, January 15, 1929 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Detective Frank Campbell Fresno Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, January 15, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Theopolis Gaines New York State Police, NY EOW: Friday, January 15, 1932 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Lieutenant Tremain M. Hughes New York State Police, NY EOW: Friday, January 15, 1932 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Floyd A. Russell California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, January 15, 1933 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Edward J. Moore San Diego Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, January 15, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Patrick O'Malley East Chicago Police Department, IN EOW: Monday, January 15, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Frank E. Zaccor New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, January 15, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Herbert Hatcher Pensacola Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, January 15, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Elmer E. Norgren Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, January 15, 1943 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Special Agent Percy E. Foxworth United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, January 15, 1943 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Special Agent Harold Dennis Haberfield United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, January 15, 1943 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Corrections Employee Grant R. Dohner Florida Department of Corrections, FL EOW: Thursday, January 15, 1953 Cause of Death: Assault Trooper Carl M. Thach Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS EOW: Friday, January 15, 1954 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Harry Carlough Paramus Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, January 15, 1956 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman John Ray Riddle South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Sunday, January 15, 1961 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Robert J. Arnold Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, January 15, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Billy Ray Dease Troy Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, January 15, 1968 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Frank Crampton Washtenaw County Sheriff's Depa..., MI EOW: Thursday, January 15, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William G. Wortmann Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, January 15, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Doyle Hayes Hill South Carolina Department of Na..., SC EOW: Thursday, January 15, 1976 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Edward John Russell Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Saturday, January 15, 1977 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrol Officer Raymond Eugene Cooper Ingleside Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, January 15, 1978 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman David L. Alcox Oak Hill Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, January 15, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Gordon Brewster Bartel Kodiak Police Department, AK EOW: Saturday, January 15, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Investigator John Ralph Cunningham Johnson County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Wednesday, January 15, 1986 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Robert Louis Smith Charlotte Police Department, NC EOW: Thursday, January 15, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Alexander McKie Cochran III Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Thursday, January 15, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Virgil Lee Bensyl Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Friday, January 15, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Randy Joe Littlefield Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OK EOW: Monday, January 15, 1990 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant Thomas Clyde Harrison Jr. Orangeburg Department of Public..., SC EOW: Friday, January 15, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Robert Buitrago Winston-Salem Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, January 15, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Fabian Dale Dominguez San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, January 15, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Dorian David Rorex Gary Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, January 15, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Jason Eric Beal Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Saturday, January 15, 2000 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Agent Rafael Lopez-Colon San Juan Municipal Police Depar..., PR EOW: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 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: 47
Aircraft accident: 4
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 3
Explosion: 1
Gunfire: 25
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 2
Stabbed: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 1