The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 2nd

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Deputy Keeper James B. Lippincott New Jersey Department of Correc..., NJ EOW: Friday, March 2, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Officer L. Seeley Houk Pennsylvania Game Commission, PA EOW: Friday, March 2, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Owen Lockamy Fayetteville Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, March 2, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Willie R. Gawen Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Tuesday, March 2, 1915 Cause of Death: Bicycle accident Policeman Thomas Patrick Farrell Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, March 2, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Frank L. Latham Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Sunday, March 2, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Gaffney New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, March 2, 1924 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Charles Lewis Elko County Sheriff's Office, NV EOW: Monday, March 2, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Percy Z. Brewster Sultan Police Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, March 2, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Motorcycle Policeman William C. Mueller Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, March 2, 1928 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman John J. Shanahan Jersey City Police Department, NJ EOW: Saturday, March 2, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Walter O'Neill Jersey City Police Department, NJ EOW: Saturday, March 2, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Captain Steven Tabor Howard Des Moines Police Department, IA EOW: Saturday, March 2, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Night Watchman Charles O. Riske Moulton Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, March 2, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Sumner A. Dillard Shelbyville Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, March 2, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Stanley J. Ronczkowski Summit Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, March 2, 1936 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Patrol Officer Marion E. Taylor McKinney Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, March 2, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman A. B. Smart North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Thursday, March 2, 1939 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Phillip Farshman San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, March 2, 1946 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer J. Wesley Moore Clendenin Police Department, WV EOW: Sunday, March 2, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James Woodard McLaurin Fayetteville Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, March 2, 1951 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Robert E. Flynn Salem Police Department, MA EOW: Sunday, March 2, 1958 Cause of Death: Fall Trooper Charles Eugene Morris Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Friday, March 2, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman John C. Smith Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, March 2, 1966 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident              Deputy Sheriff William McKinley Goodwin Halifax County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Sunday, March 2, 1969 Cause of Death: Train accident Officer Leslie G. Lane Jr. Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, March 2, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Special Agent James Maurice Bostick Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ..., RR EOW: Sunday, March 2, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Kenneth Ward Love Mason County Sheriff's Department, WV EOW: Tuesday, March 2, 1976 Cause of Death: Bomb Officer Ludwig Bruno Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, March 2, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Charles J. Wilson Penobscot County Sheriff's Depa..., ME EOW: Wednesday, March 2, 1977 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Charles Alvin Snider Charleston Police Department, SC EOW: Friday, March 2, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Carl Joel Norris Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, March 2, 1983 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper James M. Froemsdorf Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO EOW: Saturday, March 2, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper James S. Gain Washington State Patrol, WA EOW: Monday, March 2, 1987 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Lieutenant Earl James Kennicutt Ramsey County Sheriff's Department, MN EOW: Wednesday, March 2, 1988 Cause of Death: Heart attack Chief of Police James Donald Miller Shelley Police Department, ID EOW: Thursday, March 2, 1989 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Larry David Griffith Lassen County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Thursday, March 2, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Derrik Lanier Cuyahoga Metro Housing Authorit..., OH EOW: Saturday, March 2, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Harrison Dean Pulliam United States Air Force Office ..., US EOW: Sunday, March 2, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Detention Officer Casey Ryan Harmon Lee County Sheriff's Department, MS EOW: Monday, March 2, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ward Lee Canfield Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Thursday, March 2, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Samuel F. Smith Crawford County Sheriff's Depar..., GA EOW: Friday, March 2, 2001 Cause of Death: Heart attack             Senior Agent Jim Robyn Bennet Matkin Louisiana Department of Wildlif..., LA EOW: Wednesday, March 2, 2005 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

 

The brave officers listed here were killed on this date in history. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 43
Automobile accident: 5
Bicycle accident: 1
Bomb: 1
Duty related illness: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 21
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by vehicle: 3
Train accident: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1