The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - January 16th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff James McMahan Dallas County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, January 16, 1871 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief John M. Swearingen Independence Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, January 16, 1884 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer John Nicholson San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, January 16, 1884 Cause of Death: Stabbed Captain Charles A. Hawley Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Friday, January 16, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Sheriff John Allen Gallatin County Sheriff's Depar..., MT EOW: Saturday, January 16, 1897 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal William A. Byrd United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, January 16, 1897 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Peterson Red Wing Police Department, MN EOW: Wednesday, January 16, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief James C. Daily Red Wing Police Department, MN EOW: Wednesday, January 16, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John T. Lynch Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Thursday, January 16, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal E. M. (Zeke) Putnam Allen Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, January 16, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Frank McKinsey North Vernon Police Department, IN EOW: Saturday, January 16, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Earnest W. Thompson Ward County Sheriff's Department, ND EOW: Friday, January 16, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Oliver Thomas Smith Polk County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Monday, January 16, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Albert L. Painter Cherryville Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, January 16, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff George C. Williams Sr. Pittsylvania County Sheriff's O..., VA EOW: Monday, January 16, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer James McNamee Bristol Police Department, CT EOW: Thursday, January 16, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Park Policeman Arthur W. Wittbrodt South Park District Police Depa..., IL EOW: Saturday, January 16, 1932 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Roy F. Holley Lake County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Monday, January 16, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Glen T. Axline Marshall County Sheriff's Office, IL EOW: Wednesday, January 16, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Agnal A. Edwards San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, January 16, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Samuel G. Cope California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 16, 1940 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Fred Krummel New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Friday, January 16, 1942 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Leo F. Hilenski Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, January 16, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector Otis John Whan Illinois Department of Conserva..., IL EOW: Tuesday, January 16, 1951 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrolman Thomas Sheehan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, January 16, 1953 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Thomas E. Johnson Metro Nashville Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, January 16, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer George F. Heim Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Friday, January 16, 1970 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer John V. Mills California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Friday, January 16, 1970 Cause of Death: Assault Sergeant Leonard M. Todd Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, January 16, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Edward Pakula Jr. Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, January 16, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James Loyd Stapp Sweetwater Police Department, TN EOW: Sunday, January 16, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William Washington Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, January 16, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John R. Pasco Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, January 16, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Thomas Earl Bowles Athens Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, January 16, 1985 Cause of Death: Assault Officer William J. Snyder Sr. Groton City Police Department, CT EOW: Sunday, January 16, 1994 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Corrections Officer Leonard Louis Trudeau Miami-Dade Corrections and Reha..., FL EOW: Monday, January 16, 1995 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Pedro E. Mercado-Alvira Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Thursday, January 16, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Border Patrol Agent Eloy Hernandez United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Reserve Deputy Deborah Jean Hobbs Lake County Sheriff's Office, MT EOW: Thursday, January 16, 2003 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Sheila Herring Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Thursday, January 16, 2003 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: 40
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 3
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 26
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3