The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - February 6th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Austin H. Easterbrook New York Metropolitan Police Force, NY EOW: Saturday, February 6, 1864 Cause of Death: Animal related Police Officer Alpheus D. Neill Waco Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, February 6, 1877 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Marshal William Dooley Hartwell Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, February 6, 1883 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective William Hulligan Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, February 6, 1887 Cause of Death: Assault              Special Deputy Marshal Steve Pen-Su-Wau United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, February 6, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff Benjamin F. Holland Fannin County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Saturday, February 6, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward Murtha New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, February 6, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sergeant James L. Honsa Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, February 6, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Francis Martin Heenan Marysville Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, February 6, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer E. Earl Hackert St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Tuesday, February 6, 1923 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer William F. Wilson St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Tuesday, February 6, 1923 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Henry Oats United States Department of the..., US EOW: Friday, February 6, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal C. R. Pake Yelm Police Department, WA EOW: Saturday, February 6, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Sharon C. Wible Pennsylvania Highway Patrol, PA EOW: Monday, February 6, 1928 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Alfred Thiele Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, February 6, 1929 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Lieutenant J. Harry Knollman Dunkirk Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, February 6, 1932 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman John H. Manning Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Sunday, February 6, 1938 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Ralph K. Ghivizzani Hampton Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, February 6, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police John James Faircloth Cadwell Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, February 6, 1944 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Eugene J. Mahoney New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, February 6, 1944 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer James Lonnie Mize DeKalb County Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, February 6, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Francis W. Castle Albany Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, February 6, 1961 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Lieutenant Glenn Norman Peters Chautauqua County Sheriff's Dep..., NY EOW: Tuesday, February 6, 1962 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff George Eikhoff Richland County Sheriff's Depar..., MT EOW: Tuesday, February 6, 1962 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Claude J. Profili Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Thursday, February 6, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Cloyd A. Charlton Adairville Police Department, KY EOW: Monday, February 6, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Y. Bell Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, February 6, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Revenue Agent Carlton J. Peebles Georgia Department of Revenue -..., GA EOW: Friday, February 6, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Frank E. Dombrowski Monroe County Sheriff's Office, NY EOW: Friday, February 6, 1970 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Clifton E. Palmer Person County Sheriff's Department, NC EOW: Friday, February 6, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Edward James Parker Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, February 6, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Carl L. Thrush Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Sunday, February 6, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer William D. McKim California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 6, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Charles W. Parks Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Tuesday, February 6, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Patrolman Michael Raymond Hutchison Mansfield Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, February 6, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Correction Officer Claude W. Cromie New York State Department of Co..., NY EOW: Saturday, February 6, 1982 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sheriff Wyman S. Basinger Cole County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Thursday, February 6, 1986 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Deputy Sheriff Travis O. Biddle Rankin County Sheriff's Department, MS EOW: Thursday, February 6, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Willie Donald Cameron Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, February 6, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Scott Stanton Smith Odessa Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, February 6, 1988 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Special Agent Paul S. Seema United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, February 6, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Assistant Chief of Police Corbett W. Penton Franklinton Police Department, LA EOW: Monday, February 6, 1989 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Daniel R. Boyle Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, February 6, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Frances Marie Collender Delaware State Police, DE EOW: Tuesday, February 6, 2001 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

 

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 44
Animal related: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 6
Duty related illness: 1
Gunfire: 22
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Unidentified: 6