The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - February 4th

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Lest we forget...  

 

City Marshal William F. Miller Carmi Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, February 4, 1880 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman John Huebner Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, February 4, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable John S. Wofford Wood County Constable's Office ..., TX EOW: Monday, February 4, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Amos R. Wofford Wood County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, February 4, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Homer White Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Tuesday, February 4, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Railroad Policeman Alexander S. Smith Northern Pacific Railroad Polic..., RR EOW: Thursday, February 4, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman James O'Brien Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, February 4, 1910 Cause of Death: Fire Patrolman William Daywalt Waynesboro Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, February 4, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Grant Dosch Madison Police Department, WI EOW: Monday, February 4, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William J. Finnigan Irvington Police Department, NJ EOW: Saturday, February 4, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Fred Wachendorf Rushville Police Department, IN EOW: Saturday, February 4, 1922 Cause of Death: Unidentified Corrections Officer James Hart Missouri Department of Corrections, MO EOW: Monday, February 4, 1924 Cause of Death: Assault Officer Clarence Marshall Isbell Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, February 4, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman David J. Cairns Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, February 4, 1927 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Keeper Joseph H. Tinney New Jersey Department of Correc..., NJ EOW: Saturday, February 4, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Carl L. Wunderlich Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, February 4, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Bailey Bell Leavenworth Police Department, KS EOW: Saturday, February 4, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Eugene Monahan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, February 4, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Albert Pike Powell Rogers County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Sunday, February 4, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Ches H. Estes Whitesboro Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, February 4, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William Lawrence Nichols Miami Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, February 4, 1936 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman James E. Shoemaker Montgomery County Police Depart..., MD EOW: Friday, February 4, 1938 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman James A. Ranna New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Friday, February 4, 1938 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman George J. Weslar Binghamton Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, February 4, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Walter Bell South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Saturday, February 4, 1939 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Edward A. Bertino Riverside Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, February 4, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Walter H. Kesterson Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, February 4, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John E. West Nassau County Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, February 4, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Ray Cowan Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, February 4, 1947 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Walter Akers Yuma County Sheriff's Department, AZ EOW: Wednesday, February 4, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Theodore Laux Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Saturday, February 4, 1950 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Arthur Paul Goetting Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Sunday, February 4, 1951 Cause of Death: Struck by train Officer Edward H. Berry Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, February 4, 1954 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Customs Agent George M. Bacon United States Department of the..., US EOW: Friday, February 4, 1955 Cause of Death: Unidentified Private Bobby G. Padgett Alexandria Police Department, VA EOW: Wednesday, February 4, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Carmin Fuscellaro Jr. Camden Police Department, NJ EOW: Saturday, February 4, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer J. D. Blackwell Baton Rouge City Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, February 4, 1968 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Richard Lee Henke St. Charles County Sheriff's De..., MO EOW: Thursday, February 4, 1971 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Joseph G. Pudlick Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Friday, February 4, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Larry Eugene Quinn DeKalb County Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, February 4, 1973 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrol Agent Edwin C. Dennis United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, February 4, 1974 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Policeman William Serrano-Maldonado Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, February 4, 1977 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Richard F. Gipson Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, February 4, 1981 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper George Danny Nash Jr. Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS EOW: Friday, February 4, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Hiram Givens McDonald County Sheriff's Depar..., MO EOW: Saturday, February 4, 1984 Cause of Death: Unidentified Jailer Jose Gerardo Herrera Webb County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, February 4, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Timothy David White Stockton Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, February 4, 1990 Cause of Death: Assault              Police Officer Steven Joseph Reuther Milan Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, February 4, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Rickey Joe Simmons Jackson Police Department, MS EOW: Tuesday, February 4, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Kevin Tilman Lewis United States Department of the..., US EOW: Thursday, February 4, 1993 Cause of Death: Drowned                Detective Deputy Sheriff Robin Ann Arnold Manistee County Sheriff's Depar..., MI EOW: Friday, February 4, 1994 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Corporal Edward Roy Davenport Long Beach Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 4, 2003 Cause of Death: Fall Detective William (Wally) Rolniak Jr. Riverdale Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, February 4, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Anthony Lucas French Camp Police Department, MS EOW: Friday, February 4, 2005 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: 54
Assault: 3
Automobile accident: 6
Drowned: 1
Fall: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 28
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 4
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2