The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - February 11th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Warden Edward D. Davis Nebraska Department of Correcti..., NE EOW: Sunday, February 11, 1912 Cause of Death: Stabbed Detective James J. Arnold East St. Louis Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, February 11, 1913 Cause of Death: Unidentified Marshal James C. Jacoby Carthage Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, February 11, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Stonebraker Salina Police Department, KS EOW: Sunday, February 11, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police J. E. B. Phillips Grafton Police Department, WV EOW: Tuesday, February 11, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Julian Abraham Partin Imperial County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Wednesday, February 11, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Willard C. Bayne Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, February 11, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Timothy Lynch Jr. New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Saturday, February 11, 1922 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Deputy Warden John Pieper Pennsylvania Department of Corr..., PA EOW: Monday, February 11, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corrections Officer John Taylor Coax Pennsylvania Department of Corr..., PA EOW: Monday, February 11, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James G. Helm Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Saturday, February 11, 1928 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant David V. Gemmill Alliance Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, February 11, 1929 Cause of Death: Struck by train Police Officer Ernest H. Philbrick Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, February 11, 1929 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Detective John F. Dea Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Saturday, February 11, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective George P. Schneider Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Saturday, February 11, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant David Cairns Pettigrew Freeport Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, February 11, 1934 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Surgeon Robert M. Campbell Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Tuesday, February 11, 1936 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Willis A. Coy Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, February 11, 1937 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Detective Hoyt L. Gates Ogden Police Department, UT EOW: Tuesday, February 11, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James J. Clarke Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, February 11, 1941 Cause of Death: Explosion Officer Timothy Ryan San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, February 11, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Warren G. Fleshman United States Department of Ene..., US EOW: Saturday, February 11, 1950 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Special Agent Robert Francis Purcell United States Department of Ene..., US EOW: Saturday, February 11, 1950 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Sergeant James McCulloch Flint Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, February 11, 1952 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman William A. Claassen Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Wednesday, February 11, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Clarence Kelly Fayette County Sheriff's Depart..., IL EOW: Wednesday, February 11, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Fred E. Nunnally Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, February 11, 1956 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Constable Alvin Jeffers Scott County Fifth District Con..., TN EOW: Sunday, February 11, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Levi Harness Scott County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Sunday, February 11, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Dalton Toy Garner Hamilton Police Department, AL EOW: Thursday, February 11, 1965 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Stanley Butch New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, February 11, 1966 Cause of Death: Drowned Trooper Roy Alford Mynatt Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Sunday, February 11, 1968 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit               Patrol Sergeant Donald Hartley Basquette Waco Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, February 11, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff George Alvin Robinson Jr. Johnson County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Thursday, February 11, 1971 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Charles D. Logasa San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, February 11, 1971 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Sergeant Frank Peters Keansburg Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, February 11, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Lieutenant William Thomas Manning Tallapoosa Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, February 11, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Angel C. Vargas-Vargas Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Monday, February 11, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jessie J. Brown Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, February 11, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert F. Hand Cranford Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, February 11, 1975 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman William E. Sheehan Westwood Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, February 11, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Chief of Police James Edward Giddens Ray City Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, February 11, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Clinton Eugene Cunningham Kentucky State Police, KY EOW: Sunday, February 11, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James G. Carragher New York City Housing Authority..., NY EOW: Thursday, February 11, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff David R. Clark Onondaga County Sheriff's Depar..., NY EOW: Wednesday, February 11, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Dewey Wayne Dorsey Sr. Athens Police Department, AL EOW: Saturday, February 11, 1989 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Timothy L. Wells Williams County Sheriff's Depar..., ND EOW: Saturday, February 11, 1989 Cause of Death: Drowned Police Officer Tina Frances Kerbrat Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, February 11, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Master Detective Aubrey Fred Johnson Citrus County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Tuesday, February 11, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Corrections Officer Shirlene A. Jenkins Ohio Department of Rehabilitati..., OH EOW: Tuesday, February 11, 1997 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Timothy Lawrence Hecht Porter County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Thursday, February 11, 1999 Cause of Death: Heart attack Lieutenant Thomas Sumner Rettberg Utah Highway Patrol, UT EOW: Friday, February 11, 2000 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Trooper Lawrence P. (Larry) Gleason New York State Police, NY EOW: Monday, February 11, 2002 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: 53
Aircraft accident: 4
Automobile accident: 6
Drowned: 2
Electrocuted: 1
Explosion: 1
Gunfire: 26
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 1
Struck by train: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 3