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Saturday, January 28, 2006

The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - January 28th

 
Lest we forget...  
 
Deputy Sheriff John Tileston Downes
Hancock County Sheriff's Depart..., ME
EOW: Monday, January 28, 1811
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Posse Member Jack Candy
United States Department of the..., US
EOW: Saturday, January 28, 1888
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Posse Member Medley Hair
United States Department of the..., US
EOW: Saturday, January 28, 1888
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Pantaleon Lara
Uvalde County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1892
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sheriff A. D. Welfelt
Cowley County Sheriff's Office, KS
EOW: Monday, January 28, 1907
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patrolman McDuffie Hampton Stone
Laurens Police Department, SC
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1909
Cause of Death: Gunfire
           Deputy Sheriff Howard Edmond Murray
Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office, OK
EOW: Friday, January 28, 1910
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Herman Reimer
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, January 28, 1911
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sergeant Jefferson A. F. Smoak
Augusta Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1915
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Officer John B. Hurd
San Francisco Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, January 28, 1918
Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar
            Police Officer William F. Kaemmerling
Milwaukee Police Department, WI
EOW: Saturday, January 28, 1922
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
            Deputy Game Warden Robert H. Marshall
Ohio Department of Natural Reso..., OH
EOW: Saturday, January 28, 1922
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Policeman James L. Beck
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, January 28, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Officer Clinton R. Rhodes
Maryland State Police, MD
EOW: Wednesday, January 28, 1931
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patrolman Joseph J. Beran
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, January 28, 1931
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Officer James Francis Grove
United States Department of the..., US
EOW: Saturday, January 28, 1933
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Officer Lawrence W. Claycomb
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1937
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Sergeant David Kilpatrick
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Friday, January 28, 1938
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Special Agent Walter C. Guinn
United States Department of Jus..., US
EOW: Tuesday, January 28, 1941
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Constable Clarence Wesley Reed
Williamson County Constable's O..., TN
EOW: Friday, January 28, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff A. Hagood Ellzey
Levy County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Sunday, January 28, 1945
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Deputy George Avery Boice
Kittitas County Sheriff's Depar..., WA
EOW: Monday, January 28, 1946
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Special Agent Don E. Gresham
Tennessee Department of Finance..., TN
EOW: Sunday, January 28, 1951
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Harrison Dunning
Saline County Sheriff's Department, IL
EOW: Monday, January 28, 1952
Cause of Death: Unidentified
Trooper Donald R. Turner
Indiana State Police, IN
EOW: Saturday, January 28, 1956
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Officer Gary Lee Larson
Sunnyvale Department of Public ..., CA
EOW: Sunday, January 28, 1962
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sergeant Thomas P. McAvoy
Albany Police Department, NY
EOW: Tuesday, January 28, 1964
Cause of Death: Gunfire
            Police Officer Edmond Leo McGehee
Picayune Police Department, MS
EOW: Tuesday, January 28, 1964
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Maurice J. Vonck
Oregon Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1965
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patrolman Paul David Murphy
Plymouth Police Department, MA
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1965
Cause of Death: Fall
Lieutenant James E. O'Connor
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Wednesday, January 28, 1970
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sergeant Roger Leslie Rosengren
Ramsey County Sheriff's Department, MN
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sergeant Paul Stevens
Ripon Police Department, CA
EOW: Friday, January 28, 1972
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Officer Code W. Beverly Jr.
San Francisco Police Department, CA
EOW: Friday, January 28, 1972
Cause of Death: Gunfire
            Chief of Police Roy Leonard Pederson
Thief River Falls Police Depart..., MN
EOW: Monday, January 28, 1974
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Police Officer George G. Rojas
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, January 28, 1976
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Police Officer Cecil Frank Sledge
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Monday, January 28, 1980
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Chief of Police Alfred F. Burden
Kerens Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, January 28, 1984
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Sergeant Floyd Milton Moore Jr.
Bay County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Tuesday, January 28, 1986
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sergeant Kenneth John Koeller Jr.
Jennings Police Department, MO
EOW: Wednesday, January 28, 1987
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Lieutenant Freddie Floyd House
Utah Department of Corrections, UT
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1988
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Special Agent Douglas John Morris
United States Department of the..., US
EOW: Sunday, January 28, 1990
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Police Officer Ralph Henry Mock Jr.
Hampton Township Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, January 28, 1991
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
           Corrections Officer Kenneth M. Hendrick
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1993
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Police Officer Brian Todd Batchelder
Bentonville Police Department, AR
EOW: Tuesday, January 28, 1997
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Deputy Sheriff Ernest Willis
Allen Parish Sheriff's Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1999
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Sergeant George Ross Dingwall
Middletown Police Department, CT
EOW: Friday, January 28, 2000
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Sergeant Cornel Young Jr.
Providence Police Department, RI
EOW: Friday, January 28, 2000
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
            Police Officer Wilfredo Santiago Sánchez
San Juan Municipal Police Depar..., PR
EOW: Friday, January 28, 2000
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Officer Jeffery Alan Wroten
Maryland State Division of Corr..., MD
EOW: Saturday, January 28, 2006
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: 50
Aircraft accident: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 25
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 4
Stabbed: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1