The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - February 18th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff Horace P. Stewart Spokane County Sheriff's Depart..., WA EOW: Monday, February 18, 1867 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman George McGonigal Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, February 18, 1877 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman F. J. Downey Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 18, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Policeman Fermin Betances-Mendez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, February 18, 1920 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Phelim McDonough Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, February 18, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Carl J. Wilson Springfield Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, February 18, 1935 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Sergeant Henry A. Chillingsworth Honolulu Police Department, HI EOW: Tuesday, February 18, 1936 Cause of Death: Stabbed Trooper Eugene Roberts Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Sunday, February 18, 1940 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrol Officer William T. Swafford Petersburg Police Department, VA EOW: Monday, February 18, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Roy Edward Mizner Portland Police Bureau, OR EOW: Saturday, February 18, 1956 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Vernon Jacob Stroeder Portland Police Bureau, OR EOW: Saturday, February 18, 1956 Cause of Death: Automobile accident               Deputy Jailer Luther Willis Hammond Shelby County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Monday, February 18, 1957 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Joe Cecil Clark Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Wednesday, February 18, 1959 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Crit Edmond Hall Saint Albans Police Department, WV EOW: Thursday, February 18, 1960 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Herbert N. Planer Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, February 18, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Gilbert Montoya Moriarty Police Department, NM EOW: Saturday, February 18, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Brian V. McDonnell San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, February 18, 1970 Cause of Death: Bomb Trooper Dennis Finbar Cronin Alaska State Troopers, AK EOW: Monday, February 18, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert Alfred Young Roseville Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, February 18, 1978 Cause of Death: Heart attack              Correctional Officer Gerald Featheringill Iowa Department of Corrections, IA EOW: Sunday, February 18, 1979 Cause of Death: Fall Officer Jeffrey H. Ross Tucson Police Department, AZ EOW: Thursday, February 18, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert Anthony Way North Charleston Police Department, SC EOW: Monday, February 18, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sherman C. Griffiths Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Thursday, February 18, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Andrew Winzer Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, February 18, 1988 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Clark Kent Simpson Arkansas State Police, AR EOW: Saturday, February 18, 1989 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman David C. Douglass Sr. Lower Township Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, February 18, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Randy Vincent Sullivan Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO EOW: Sunday, February 18, 1996 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Investigator Bob W. Smith Oakdale Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, February 18, 1996 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Floyd James Fink Jr. Arizona Department of Public Sa..., AZ EOW: Friday, February 18, 2000 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault             Police Officer Alexis Martinez-Pacheco Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, February 18, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Kevin C. Manion Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Saturday, February 18, 2006 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 31
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 6
Bomb: 1
Duty related illness: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 13
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 3
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicular assault: 1