The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - February 27th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Marshal Jim Nakedhead United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, February 27, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Patrick Fenton Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, February 27, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Smith New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, February 27, 1909 Cause of Death: Accidental Patrolman Marion League East St. Louis Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, February 27, 1916 Cause of Death: Unidentified            Deputy Sheriff Charles Marion Hawkins Halifax County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Sunday, February 27, 1916 Cause of Death: Unidentified Officer Willis Martin Cape Girardeau Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, February 27, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Samuel C. Hayden Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Sunday, February 27, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Henry A. Richter Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, February 27, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Albert B. Cummings Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, February 27, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Martin Aloysius Hanahoe Pennsylvania Highway Patrol, PA EOW: Sunday, February 27, 1927 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Inspector Stephen S. Dawson United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, February 27, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman John M. Schomaker Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, February 27, 1929 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Policeman William H. Marple Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, February 27, 1929 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Policeman John C. Keen Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, February 27, 1931 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Lloyd L. Thompson South Bend Police Department, IN EOW: Saturday, February 27, 1932 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Chief of Police Joseph Wilson Davis Ansted Police Department, WV EOW: Tuesday, February 27, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George W. Ham Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, February 27, 1936 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Gerald De La Mater Hasbrouck Heights Police Depart..., NJ EOW: Monday, February 27, 1939 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Detective Charles E. Hefner Lima Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, February 27, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Auxiliary Officer Arthur L. Reifeis Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, February 27, 1953 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Maurice M. Miller Bossier Parish Sheriff's Depart..., LA EOW: Saturday, February 27, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Chief of Police Edward Gaston Huckabay Shreveport Police Department, LA EOW: Saturday, February 27, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Thad Dewitt West Ector County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Thursday, February 27, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper John Henry Powell Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Friday, February 27, 1959 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Roy M. Trimm Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Of..., VA EOW: Saturday, February 27, 1960 Cause of Death: Explosion Security Policeman Roy Lee Hursey United States Air Force Securit..., US EOW: Wednesday, February 27, 1963 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Sergeant Raymond M. Carlton Alabama Department of Public Sa..., AL EOW: Saturday, February 27, 1965 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Sheldon J. Zweck Liberty Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, February 27, 1965 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Jon D. Birchem Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Monday, February 27, 1967 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Walter J. Rouse Goldsboro Police Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, February 27, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Eugene I. Williams Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Tuesday, February 27, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Otto Michael Roberto Irvington Police Department, NJ EOW: Thursday, February 27, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Gerald N. Harris California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, February 27, 1974 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Police Officer William Charles Marsek Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, February 27, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Bruce N. Garrison Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, February 27, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper William Ronald Brooks III Arkansas State Police, AR EOW: Thursday, February 27, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Wayne M. Stedman Jr. Bloomfield Police Department, NM EOW: Saturday, February 27, 1982 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Ernesto Alanis Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Sunday, February 27, 1983 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Correctional Officer Jerome Combs Kankakee County Sheriff's Depar..., IL EOW: Thursday, February 27, 1986 Cause of Death: Assault Sergeant Theodore Moos New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Friday, February 27, 1987 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Lieutenant John C. Helmick California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, February 27, 1989 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Charles B. Kubala Sr. Sumter County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Tuesday, February 27, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Correctional Officer Eddie Mack Davis Georgia Department of Corrections, GA EOW: Thursday, February 27, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Tommie Lee Goggins Georgia Department of Corrections, GA EOW: Thursday, February 27, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Correctional Officer Wayne Herman Griglen Georgia Department of Corrections, GA EOW: Thursday, February 27, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident                Correctional Officer Carlton R. Cherry Sr. Georgia Department of Corrections, GA EOW: Thursday, February 27, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Mark William Brown King County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Saturday, February 27, 1999 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Corporal Mark Jones Hardeeville Police Department, SC EOW: Sunday, February 27, 2005 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Joseph Corr New Hartford Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, February 27, 2006 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: 49
Accidental: 1
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 11
Explosion: 1
Gunfire: 20
Motorcycle accident: 2
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 3