The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 3rd

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Police Officer Mansel W. Rasbury Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, March 3, 1872 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Deputy Sheriff Moses L. (Moak) Wright McLennan County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Friday, March 3, 1876 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Jason W. Fussell Madison County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Saturday, March 3, 1877 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Policeman Alfred B. Jewell Rahway Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, March 3, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police J. A. Chason Fayetteville Police Department, NC EOW: Sunday, March 3, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal J. W. Newsome Floral City Marshal's Office, FL EOW: Tuesday, March 3, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael Grab Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, March 3, 1914 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Officer Plummer Ray Riggan Tarboro Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, March 3, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Matt Ransom Gwatney Tarboro Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, March 3, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Henry Hennekes Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Sunday, March 3, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff John M. Harlow Jr. Barton County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Monday, March 3, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Immigrant Inspector James McCabe United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, March 3, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Wiley Pierce Washington Parish Sheriff's Dep..., LA EOW: Saturday, March 3, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Robert Wesley Crain Washington Parish Sheriff's Dep..., LA EOW: Saturday, March 3, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Arthur F. Lackey Greenville Police Department, SC EOW: Tuesday, March 3, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Elsie Turner Lewis Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Saturday, March 3, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George E. Duggan Irvington Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, March 3, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper John Madden New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Sunday, March 3, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Police Officer Edwin Rassmus Peter Jensen Santa Ana Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, March 3, 1931 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrol Officer George P. Kelley Marblehead Police Department, MA EOW: Thursday, March 3, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman William J. Henderson Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, March 3, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Kenneth Knepp Akron Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, March 3, 1933 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant William P. Cullen St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, March 3, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Louis A. Abbott Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, March 3, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Garland E. Fields Georgia Bureau of Investigation, GA EOW: Wednesday, March 3, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Jesse W. Jones United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, March 3, 1948 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Floyd N. Bristol Stockton Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, March 3, 1949 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper John D. Ryan Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Friday, March 3, 1950 Cause of Death: Struck by train Policeman James D. Kennard Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, March 3, 1952 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Frank C. Crawford Cherokee County Sheriff's Depar..., NC EOW: Tuesday, March 3, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Lee E. Murrow United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, March 3, 1960 Cause of Death: Automobile accident               Chief of Police Charles Edwin Newton Southern Pines Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, March 3, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Benjamin T. Newman Idaho State Police, ID EOW: Saturday, March 3, 1962 Cause of Death: Heart attack Chief of Police Keith Judd Caldwell Police Department, ID EOW: Wednesday, March 3, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Michael J. Curley Livingston Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, March 3, 1965 Cause of Death: Exposure to toxins Lieutenant George W. Bannister Baton Rouge City Police Department, LA EOW: Thursday, March 3, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Edward Anthony Rea Warren Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, March 3, 1969 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Thomas J. Kelly Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, March 3, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William J. Otis Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, March 3, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Sollie Waller Rabun Jr. Polk County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, March 3, 1974 Cause of Death: Struck by train Chaplain William Paris Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, March 3, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Elvin E. Wedge Mason County Sheriff's Department, WV EOW: Wednesday, March 3, 1976 Cause of Death: Bomb Police Officer William P. Bosak Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, March 3, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Roger W. Van Schaik Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, March 3, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert James Davey Jr. Alameda Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, March 3, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Gary W. Wolfley Rialto Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, March 3, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James Chiverton Livingston County Sheriff's Dep..., NY EOW: Tuesday, March 3, 1987 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Manuel Lopez Jr. Sunnyvale Department of Public ..., CA EOW: Tuesday, March 3, 1987 Cause of Death: Struck by train               Deputy Sheriff Richard Robert McHale Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Friday, March 3, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Robert E. Machate New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, March 3, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Dwayne Martin Williams Shreveport Police Department, LA EOW: Wednesday, March 3, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Christopher Todd Horner Haines City Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, March 3, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire                      Parole Agent Russell Clarence Anderson South Dakota Department of Corr..., SD EOW: Tuesday, March 3, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Master Deputy Steven Wesley Roberts St. Lucie County Sheriff's Depa..., FL EOW: Wednesday, March 3, 1999 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Special Agent Daniel Miles James Jr. United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, March 3, 2001 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent Thomas John Wyatt Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Ap..., MN EOW: Wednesday, March 3, 2004 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: 56
Automobile accident: 6
Bomb: 1
Exposure to toxins: 1
Gunfire: 36
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by train: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 2