The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - February 23rd

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Lest we forget...  

 

Policeman August F. Brusius Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Judson P. Davis Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Thursday, February 23, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective William L. Humphreys Wichita Police Department, KS EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward L. Broadfoot Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William F. Hayes St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, February 23, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William H. Welch Framingham Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, February 23, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Joseph B. Friesz East St. Louis Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1924 Cause of Death: Unidentified Policeman Carl Drank Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer Fred A. Peitsch St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John Schultz St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William T. Wilson Dayton Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, February 23, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Linder Newsome Forsyth County Sheriff's Depart..., NC EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1929 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit              Probationary Patrolman Edward P. Keenan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, February 23, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer Robert Bahlke Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1932 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Patrick F. Whalen Yonkers Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, February 23, 1934 Cause of Death: Explosion Officer James Banahan Lexington Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1935 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Reynold Wolfe Omaha Police Department, NE EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Colonel Francis E. Riggs Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, February 23, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector Howard Russell Bunting Illinois Department of Conserva..., IL EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1957 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Richard D. Duvall California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Victor H. TURPEN Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1965 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Ernest Wilson Walters Forsyth County Sheriff's Depart..., NC EOW: Wednesday, February 23, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Joseph D. Ferris Louisiana State Police, LA EOW: Friday, February 23, 1968 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Melvin Wilmoth St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jonah Darrell Cox Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Richard P. Burns Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, February 23, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George Howard Hall Metro Nashville Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, February 23, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Police Officer Charles Robert Coates II Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, February 23, 1983 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle              Deputy Sheriff Richard Walter Blancher Alameda County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Sunday, February 23, 1986 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Thomas M. Rees West Jordan Police Department, UT EOW: Sunday, February 23, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Jeffrey Norman Ritchey Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Monday, February 23, 1987 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle             Border Patrol Agent John Robert McCravey United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, February 23, 1987 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Kevin Michael Burrell Compton Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1993 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: 33
Automobile accident: 3
Explosion: 1
Gunfire: 18
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Heart attack: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 1