The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - January 17th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Lee Lynam Dayton Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, January 17, 1880 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Marshal William Kelly United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, January 17, 1887 Cause of Death: Stabbed Special Deputy Marshal Mark Kuykendall United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, January 17, 1887 Cause of Death: Stabbed Special Deputy Marshal Henry Smith United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, January 17, 1887 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Joseph Glenn Wheeling Police Department, WV EOW: Tuesday, January 17, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ellis John Ellis Scranton Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, January 17, 1889 Cause of Death: Unidentified City Marshal James Isbell Bells Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, January 17, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ira D. Keene New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, January 17, 1905 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman John J. Stapleton Dayton Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, January 17, 1916 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Oscar A. McKimmie Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Saturday, January 17, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Augustus E. Long New York Central Railroad Polic..., RR EOW: Monday, January 17, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Louis F. Schroeder New York Central Railroad Polic..., RR EOW: Monday, January 17, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas F. Prince Pennsylvania Railroad Police De..., RR EOW: Monday, January 17, 1921 Cause of Death: Struck by train Policeman Edward W. Holtry Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, January 17, 1921 Cause of Death: Fall Police Officer J. R. Wilkinson Long Beach Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, January 17, 1923 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman William T. Hunt Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, January 17, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Nicholas Merola Mamaroneck Village Police Depar..., NY EOW: Thursday, January 17, 1924 Cause of Death: Unidentified Trooper Lory L. Price Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Monday, January 17, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Customs Agent Gerardo Pescara United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, January 17, 1927 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Thomas J. Durkin Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Thursday, January 17, 1929 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Inspector John W. Blackburn Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, January 17, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Lee Allen Williams Shreveport Police Department, LA EOW: Saturday, January 17, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Lawrence Edward Williams Shreveport Police Department, LA EOW: Saturday, January 17, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Frank E. Moore Munhall Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, January 17, 1932 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Louis M. Levine Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, January 17, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal William Simpson New Miami Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, January 17, 1939 Cause of Death: Unidentified Border Patrol Inspector William L. Sills United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, January 17, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harry Schiffries New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, January 17, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Leroy H. Spickerman Oregon State Police, OR EOW: Saturday, January 17, 1948 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Vernon Reaves Lavaca County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, January 17, 1949 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman B. W. Woods Jr. Amarillo Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, January 17, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Sidney A. O'Connor Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, January 17, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Lawrence E. Davis United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, January 17, 1956 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Sergeant Eli L. Smith Louisiana State Police, LA EOW: Thursday, January 17, 1957 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Sheriff Elvin Patrick Whitley County Sheriff's Depart..., KY EOW: Saturday, January 17, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Pleasant Everett Teel Herington Police Department, KS EOW: Sunday, January 17, 1960 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Robert H. Vest Cowley County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Friday, January 17, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Billy E. Cowart Decatur Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, January 17, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Frank Ford Marengo County Sheriff's Depart..., AL EOW: Wednesday, January 17, 1973 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Ross E. Snowden Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Thursday, January 17, 1974 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Trooper Bernard Walter Wright Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Saturday, January 17, 1976 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff Bernard J. Demag Sr. Chittenden County Sheriff's Dep..., VT EOW: Tuesday, January 17, 1978 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Keith Harlan Sewell Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Wednesday, January 17, 1979 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Lester J. Barden Kentwood Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, January 17, 1979 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Alfredo Flores Araiza Live Oak Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, January 17, 1980 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Fred Eckles Jr. Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, January 17, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Carl Harold Whippo Johnsonburg Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, January 17, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Chief David Cody Williams Ryan Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, January 17, 1987 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Kenneth D. Nelson Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, TN EOW: Sunday, January 17, 1988 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Corrections Director Michael J. Francke Oregon Department of Corrections, OR EOW: Tuesday, January 17, 1989 Cause of Death: Stabbed Trooper Raymond L. Hawn Washington State Patrol, WA EOW: Wednesday, January 17, 1990 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Clarence W. Dean Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, January 17, 1994 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Park Ranger Robert E. Mahn Jr. United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, January 17, 1994 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Constable Roy V. Richardson Jasper County Constable's Offic..., TX EOW: Wednesday, January 17, 1996 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper II Jessica Jean Cheney Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Saturday, January 17, 1998 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Detective Alvin Perez Bellwood Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, January 17, 2002 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent in Charge William Thomas Parr United States Environmental Pro..., US EOW: Thursday, January 17, 2002 Cause of Death: Duty related illness

 

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 57
Aircraft accident: 2
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 7
Duty related illness: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 20
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 5
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 4
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 4
Unidentified: 5
Vehicle pursuit: 3