The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - February 15th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff William H. Hendricks Santa Clara County Sheriff's Of..., CA EOW: Thursday, February 15, 1866 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Ellis T. Jenkins United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, February 15, 1871 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John F. Suggs Montgomery Police Department, AL EOW: Saturday, February 15, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Samuel S. Drummy Omaha Police Department, NE EOW: Saturday, February 15, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Joseph Schooley Artley Blairsville Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, February 15, 1918 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Emery McCreight Wilmington Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, February 15, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Nolan W. Huntsman Salt Lake City Police Department, UT EOW: Friday, February 15, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John F. Saxton Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, February 15, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Jasper H. Fincher Williamsport Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, February 15, 1930 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman James B. Goodwin New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, February 15, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Henry J. Lindsey Granger Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, February 15, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Patrolman Hansford McKinley Reeves South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Thursday, February 15, 1934 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Inspector Charles Bazil Bullock Virginia Division of Motor Vehi..., VA EOW: Thursday, February 15, 1934 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Thomas Jack Tubre Highland Park Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, February 15, 1938 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Constable R. T. Chisholm San Patricio County Constable's..., TX EOW: Tuesday, February 15, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Thomas F. Lynch Abington Police Department, MA EOW: Sunday, February 15, 1942 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Irving Rosenberg Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Sunday, February 15, 1942 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Forrest C. Gerken California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 15, 1944 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff William W. Paul Garvin County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Saturday, February 15, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper John F. Bass Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Wednesday, February 15, 1950 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Marvin Wayne Haney Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, February 15, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert W. Suess California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, February 15, 1958 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Felix A. Barta Cedar Rapids Police Department, IA EOW: Wednesday, February 15, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Arnold Z. Gamble Sacramento Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, February 15, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Don Reese Dallas County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, February 15, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Deputy Sheriff Samuel Garcia Infante Jr. Dallas County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, February 15, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Arthur James Robertson Ellis County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, February 15, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Joseph A. Picciano New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, February 15, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Raymond Leonard Hawkins United States Department of the..., US EOW: Tuesday, February 15, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Jack E. Boone Columbus Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, February 15, 1973 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Patrolman Ernest Clarence Dobbs Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Friday, February 15, 1974 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Kenneth A. Lenerville Reeder Police Department, ND EOW: Saturday, February 15, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Edgar J. Rumpf Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Wednesday, February 15, 1978 Cause of Death: Fire Lieutenant Dennis Lee Sheffield Montgomery County Sheriff's Dep..., NC EOW: Wednesday, February 15, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John King Healy Seminole Tribe of Florida Depar..., TR EOW: Saturday, February 15, 1986 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff John Dean Landrum Edgar County Sheriff's Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, February 15, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Stephen Franklin House Titusville Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, February 15, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Dennis J. Wustenhoff Suffolk County Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, February 15, 1990 Cause of Death: Bomb Deputy Ernest W. Heikkila Muskegon County Sheriff's Depar..., MI EOW: Wednesday, February 15, 1995 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer David Wayne Manning California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, February 15, 1996 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Michael David Moore Garland Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, February 15, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Keith George Ruiz Travis County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Thursday, February 15, 2001 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: 42
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Bomb: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 25
Motorcycle accident: 5
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicular assault: 1