The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - January 26th

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Night Watchman William A. Daniels Cassopolis Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, January 26, 1903 Cause of Death: Accidental Sheriff Louis Ory St. Charles Parish Sheriff's De..., LA EOW: Monday, January 26, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Robert Eli Martin Hansford County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Thursday, January 26, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Luther B. Henderson Jacksonville Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, January 26, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Emil Arthur Speth Davenport Police Department, IA EOW: Friday, January 26, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George Gilbert Barton Sr. Independence Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, January 26, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Warden Theodore Catlin Michigan Department of Corrections, MI EOW: Thursday, January 26, 1922 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman William J. Snider Mingo Junction Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, January 26, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Thomas J. Babbington Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, January 26, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable George M. Faulkner Anson County Sheriff's Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, January 26, 1926 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Raymond Vollertsen Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, January 26, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Silas West Somerset Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, January 26, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas C. Bisset California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, January 26, 1933 Cause of Death: Heart attack Policeman Fred J. Dolan Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, January 26, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff A. L. Vonsar McLean County Sheriff's Department, IL EOW: Saturday, January 26, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edmond Lisiecki Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, January 26, 1936 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff James Dallas Bryant Pittsylvania County Sheriff's O..., VA EOW: Sunday, January 26, 1936 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Trooper Irvine F. Wurm Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Sunday, January 26, 1941 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Homer Reed Gilbert Mechanicsburg Borough Police De..., PA EOW: Tuesday, January 26, 1943 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff Raymond Leach Scioto County Sheriff's Office, OH EOW: Friday, January 26, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman A. G. Bush Bartow Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, January 26, 1954 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant Hubert Roush Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Wednesday, January 26, 1955 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Thomas Guzzetti San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, January 26, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Richard Phillip Valdez Fresno County Constable's Offic..., CA EOW: Friday, January 26, 1962 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Charles Henry Miculka Rosenberg Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, January 26, 1963 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle            Detective Lieutenant Milford Malchus Trail Hannibal Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, January 26, 1965 Cause of Death: Heart attack           Reserve Deputy Sheriff Charles D. Rea Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Sunday, January 26, 1969 Cause of Death: Drowned Correctional Officer Vern M. Jarvis United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, January 26, 1969 Cause of Death: Stabbed             Detective Sergeant Joseph K. Siepak Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, January 26, 1971 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Robert E. Atkins Jr. Summit Township Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, January 26, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Wayne W. Olson Summit Township Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, January 26, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Harold Michael Harvey Aiken Department of Public Safety, SC EOW: Thursday, January 26, 1978 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Deputy Constable Abrum Kerl Harris County Constable's Offic..., TX EOW: Thursday, January 26, 1978 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Gilbert Walker Sr. Henry County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Friday, January 26, 1979 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Joseph Partee Marshall Windcrest Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, January 26, 1982 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Game Warden James C. Vines Alabama Department of Conservat..., AL EOW: Saturday, January 26, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Deanna Hummel Rose Overland Park Police Department, KS EOW: Saturday, January 26, 1985 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff George L. Osborne Hancock County Sheriff's Depart..., GA EOW: Sunday, January 26, 1986 Cause of Death: Unidentified Correctional Officer Michael R. Green Jefferson County Corrections De..., KY EOW: Sunday, January 26, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Raymond J. Stastny United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, January 26, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Auxiliary Lieutenant Nicholas Galasso Larchmont Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, January 26, 1988 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Philip J. Stabile Long Beach Community College Di..., CA EOW: Friday, January 26, 1990 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Glen Michael Huber New Mexico State Police, NM EOW: Saturday, January 26, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Jerry Arnold Martinez Rio Arriba County Sheriff's Dep..., NM EOW: Saturday, January 26, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper George Van Dorse Holcomb Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Sunday, January 26, 1992 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Michael Ray Jennings Winston-Salem Police Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, January 26, 1993 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrol Agent Aurelio Esparz Valencia United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, January 26, 1996 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff David Charles Jones Garfield County Sheriff's Office, UT EOW: Sunday, January 26, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Ronald H. Phillips Polk County Sheriff's Department, NE EOW: Monday, January 26, 2004 Cause of Death: Heart attack             Detective Sergeant Thomas L. Cochran Lawrenceburg Police Department, IN EOW: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff James P. Tutino Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

 

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 51
Accidental: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 8
Drowned: 1
Electrocuted: 1
Gunfire: 20
Heart attack: 5
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 2
Unidentified: 3
Vehicular assault: 4