The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - February 26th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Officer Carlton Lowe Jacksonville Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Charles Washington Hodges Haskell County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Saturday, February 26, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Warden Charles W. Estes Oklahoma Department of Wildlife..., OK EOW: Sunday, February 26, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff William Brewer Shirey Troup County Sheriff's Office, GA EOW: Monday, February 26, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Henry C. Seamon Wheeling Police Department, WV EOW: Monday, February 26, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Jacob Kraus Rahway Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James Lynch Rahway Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jesse Reall Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Saturday, February 26, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Robert Donnelly Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, February 26, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Claude E. Ryan Okemah Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, February 26, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Traffic Officer Luther W. (Pat) Hogan Kern County State Traffic Force, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 26, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff Charles J. Taylor San Luis Obispo County Sheriff'..., CA EOW: Tuesday, February 26, 1929 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective John Barnes Portsmouth Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, February 26, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James H. Mann San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, February 26, 1934 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Fred L. Klenk Cleveland, Cincinnati and St. L..., RR EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1936 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault               Detective Sergeant Thomas Joseph Sullivan St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, February 26, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Clinton A. Green Pensacola Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, February 26, 1938 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman William Teasley Owens Toccoa Police Department, GA EOW: Monday, February 26, 1940 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sheriff Champ Crawford Franklin County Sheriff's Office, AR EOW: Thursday, February 26, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Border Patrol Inspector Ralph W. Ramsey United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, February 26, 1942 Cause of Death: Struck by train             Policeman Lorenzo Maldonado-Velez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Tuesday, February 26, 1946 Cause of Death: Unidentified Lieutenant William J. Taylor Mansfield Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, February 26, 1949 Cause of Death: Unidentified Captain Roland Barbeau Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Thursday, February 26, 1953 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Thomas F. Jackson New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Saturday, February 26, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Delmar E. Stone New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Monday, February 26, 1968 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Howard Thomas Horton Hogansville Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, February 26, 1972 Cause of Death: Unidentified Detective Rodney Scott Morgan Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, February 26, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Dennis J. McInerney New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Tuesday, February 26, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer I Donnie Gene Kelley Leland Police Department, MS EOW: Sunday, February 26, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Gregory L. Low Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Sunday, February 26, 1978 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Angel L. Colon-Alicea Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, February 26, 1978 Cause of Death: Unidentified             Chief of Police Guy Oakley Barnett Sr. Waverly Police Department, TN EOW: Sunday, February 26, 1978 Cause of Death: Explosion Trooper George L. Hanna Massachusetts State Police, MA EOW: Saturday, February 26, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Obra Wilson Chilton County Sheriff's Depart..., AL EOW: Sunday, February 26, 1984 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Cecil E. Enlow Wake Forest Police Department, NC EOW: Sunday, February 26, 1984 Cause of Death: Heart attack Corporal Barry Lee Pendrey Roanoke City Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Tuesday, February 26, 1985 Cause of Death: Assault Officer Gary Don McCarthy Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, February 26, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Edward R. Byrne New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, February 26, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal George Don Peeler South Carolina Department of Na..., SC EOW: Sunday, February 26, 1989 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Michael L. Cole El Dorado County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Tuesday, February 26, 1991 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Reserve Sergeant Scott E. Collins Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, OR EOW: Friday, February 26, 1993 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Reserve Deputy Sheriff Mark Alan Whitehead Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, OR EOW: Friday, February 26, 1993 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault State Trooper Willis Von Moore Alabama Department of Public Sa..., AL EOW: Monday, February 26, 1996 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Oliver Wendell Smith Jr. Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Glenn Rowe Austraw Pensacola Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Captain Elmer L. Dosier Gallaway Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, February 26, 1999 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrol Officer Angela K. Payne Knox County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Saturday, February 26, 2000 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Eric Jay Van Fossan Eagle Pass Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, February 26, 2005 Cause of Death: Heart attack

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 48
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 7
Explosion: 1
Gunfire: 20
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 4
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 5
Vehicular assault: 3