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

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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