The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - January 29th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Constable Jacob Montgomery Howard Elliott County Sheriff's Depart..., KY EOW: Thursday, January 29, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal John H. Bowman Punta Gorda Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, January 29, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Thomas S. Blair Monroe County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Sunday, January 29, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman William J. Davis Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, January 29, 1921 Cause of Death: Unidentified              Detective Lieutenant Charles A. Harm West Hoboken Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, January 29, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George E. Clark Dayton Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, January 29, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Patrolman William Julert Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, January 29, 1924 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Stacey C. Mizner Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, January 29, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Assistant Chief of Police Silas W. Cope Wewoka Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, January 29, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Emilio Candelaria Bernalillo County Sheriff's Dep..., NM EOW: Wednesday, January 29, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Lee Wright Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Wednesday, January 29, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Deputy Sheriff Frank DeWar Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Friday, January 29, 1932 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Detective Fred R. Grant Shreveport Police Department, LA EOW: Friday, January 29, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Chief Deputy Sheriff Thomas Jenkins Jones Wilcox County Sheriff's Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, January 29, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Motorcycle Policeman James J. Reilly Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, January 29, 1942 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff Earl Confer Greene County Sheriff's Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, January 29, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George Clayton Ayres Moorestown Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, January 29, 1958 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman John J. Nobrega Portsmouth Police Department, VA EOW: Wednesday, January 29, 1958 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper John Richard Barter Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OK EOW: Thursday, January 29, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Walter Leigh Dodgeville Police Department, WI EOW: Tuesday, January 29, 1963 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Charles Strawhun Holtville Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 29, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)              Police Officer Glennon Raymond Jasper St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, January 29, 1964 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Joe Preson Murphy Frisco Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, January 29, 1968 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Larry Bruce Smith Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OK EOW: Friday, January 29, 1971 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Kenneth E. Campbell Phoenix Police Department, AZ EOW: Sunday, January 29, 1984 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit             Correctional Officer Boyd H. Spikerman United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, January 29, 1984 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sergeant Joseph M. Cournoyer Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Tuesday, January 29, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Auxiliary Sergeant Larry L. Cohen New York City Police Department..., NY EOW: Sunday, January 29, 1989 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Auxiliary Sergeant Noel R. T. Faide New York City Police Department..., NY EOW: Sunday, January 29, 1989 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Lieutenant Joseph Francis Adamy Amherst Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, January 29, 1990 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Brian David Klinefelter St. Joseph Police Department, MN EOW: Monday, January 29, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Willie Neal Jr. St. Louis County Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, January 29, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Sande Sanderson Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Thursday, January 29, 1998 Cause of Death: Bomb Patrolman Don Williams Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, January 29, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Agent John Gilberto Orellana United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, January 29, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Hector L. Ortiz-Alvarez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Supervisor Stanley A. Wiley Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 Cause of Death: Stabbed Trooper Michael Todd Blanton Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Steven Phillips Westminster Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, January 29, 2004 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 39
Aircraft accident: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Bomb: 1
Gunfire: 16
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 4