The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - February 9th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sheriff Benjamen McLean Shelby County Sheriff's Office, OH EOW: Friday, February 9, 1866 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Albert Turegano New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Thursday, February 9, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant John A. Berry Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, February 9, 1898 Cause of Death: Fire Sergeant Mark A. Prynn Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Tuesday, February 9, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sheriff John Henry Feeley Culberson County Sheriff's Depa..., TX EOW: Monday, February 9, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Kane Wooten Graham County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Saturday, February 9, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Undersheriff Martin Kempton Graham County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Saturday, February 9, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Robert F. McBride Graham County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Saturday, February 9, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Oren M. Shelmadine Elkhart Police Department, IN EOW: Monday, February 9, 1920 Cause of Death: Struck by train Patrolman Herbert Long Terre Haute Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, February 9, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Morgan Payton West Palm Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, February 9, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Edward T. Murphy Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, February 9, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Eugene J. Keegan Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, February 9, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Indalecio Garcia-Toro Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, February 9, 1930 Cause of Death: Unidentified Guard John L. Kelly United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, February 9, 1931 Cause of Death: Unidentified Special Agent Eugene J. Pearce United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, February 9, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Hubert W. Schenning Burlington Police Department, WI EOW: Saturday, February 9, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Officer Albert T. Hayes Massachusetts State Police, MA EOW: Friday, February 9, 1940 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Night Watchman Clarence Dotson Wickenburg Police Department, AZ EOW: Friday, February 9, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Gene Christopher Kingsville Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, February 9, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff David Alois Horr Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Sunday, February 9, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Richard D. Arundell New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, February 9, 1963 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Charles M. Ross Richmond Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, February 9, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal John C. Sauer Sr. Shelbina Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, February 9, 1966 Cause of Death: Struck by train Officer George E. Welter Lincoln Police Department, NE EOW: Friday, February 9, 1968 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Robert D. Pare Trenton Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, February 9, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Douglas J. Alexander Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, February 9, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Raymond Carl Willert Turlock Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, February 9, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James W. Campbell Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, February 9, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent James M. Ryan United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, February 9, 1977 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Joseph Cernoch Rosenberg Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, February 9, 1978 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Robert E. Hooper San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, February 9, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Richard James O'Brien Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, February 9, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Craig A. Scott Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Tuesday, February 9, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Reserve Deputy Timothy A. Ruggles Placer County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Sunday, February 9, 1986 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Robert W. Wallis Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Tuesday, February 9, 1988 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Pablo Navarro DeLeon Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, February 9, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Michael Ray Jackson Johnston County Sheriff's Depar..., NC EOW: Thursday, February 9, 1995 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrol Officer Vincent A. Julia Delaware River and Bay Authorit..., DE EOW: Friday, February 9, 1996 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Police Officer William Chandler Bean Jr. Sacramento Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 9, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Wayne Koester Lake County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Wednesday, February 9, 2005 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Michael Scarbrough Wayne County Airport Authority ..., MI EOW: Wednesday, February 9, 2005 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

 

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 42
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 25
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 2
Unidentified: 2
Vehicular assault: 1