The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 4th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Town Marshal John T. Arnold Colusa Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, March 4, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Nelson Heuston White Pine County Sheriff's Dep..., NV EOW: Monday, March 4, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Edward Shoemaker Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, March 4, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Charles K. Stuart United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, March 4, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire                Deputy U.S. Marshal John Dees (Buck) Crews United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Virgil Kirkman Alexandria Police Department, IN EOW: Saturday, March 4, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman W. I. Wright Nashville City Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, March 4, 1914 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Robert F. Gushe Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, March 4, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jacob Heffelfinger Ashtabula Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, March 4, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal John Haven United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, March 4, 1919 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Maurice Murphy Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Jess L. Sitton Union Pacific Railroad Police D..., RR EOW: Saturday, March 4, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Roscoe William Wheless Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Po..., RR EOW: Tuesday, March 4, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Frank Boza Hamtramck Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, March 4, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Henry J. Farrell New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, March 4, 1927 Cause of Death: Fire Trooper Peter W. Ignatz New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Wednesday, March 4, 1931 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident              Officer First Class Imia Doran Hubbard Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Saturday, March 4, 1933 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Hiram Daniel Potts Malvern Police Department, AR EOW: Monday, March 4, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Vance Cooper Niles Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1937 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Corporal John E. Ruch Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Wednesday, March 4, 1942 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Policeman James O. Summers Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, March 4, 1944 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer William J. Weston Jr. Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Sunday, March 4, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Oscar Ward Grundy County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, March 4, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Marion H. Key Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jack Norwood Jernigan Cheyenne Police Department, WY EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Erwin W. Schink Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1954 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Felix A. Murphy Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1954 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Edward Phillips Sweetwater County Sheriff's Dep..., WY EOW: Friday, March 4, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Thomas W. Mendina Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Sunday, March 4, 1956 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer John G. Wedding Connersville Police Department, IN EOW: Sunday, March 4, 1962 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Donald C. Sparks St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, March 4, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Correctional Officer Robert McCarthy California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1971 Cause of Death: Stabbed               Detective Sergeant William Kenneth Mortimer Dayton Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, March 4, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael Joseph Saulin Upper Merion Township Police De..., PA EOW: Tuesday, March 4, 1975 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Craig Alan Love Caliente Police Department, NV EOW: Friday, March 4, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Claude E. Flinchum Wolfe County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Sunday, March 4, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John R. Fallis Pine Bluff Police Department, AR EOW: Monday, March 4, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Isidro Rodriguez-Monclova Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Monday, March 4, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Officer Harold F. Leary Lincoln Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, March 4, 1989 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle             Police Officer Alejo Maldonado-Serrano Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Monday, March 4, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Ronald A. Williams II New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Saturday, March 4, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Virgil W. Dobbs Jr. Midland City Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, March 4, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent Gary Paul Friedli United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, March 4, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Richard Terrell Gaston Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1999 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Trooper Mark Paul Wagner Nebraska State Patrol, NE EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff Kelly Fay Clark Sierra County Sheriff's Department, NM EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Angelic Suzette Garcia Bernalillo County Sheriff's Dep..., NM EOW: Sunday, March 4, 2001 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Earl Alison Hall Austin Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, March 4, 2002 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer II Glen Alvin Gaspar Honolulu Police Department, HI EOW: Tuesday, March 4, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas J. McMeekin Jr. Atlantic City Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, March 4, 2005 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 50
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 6
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 27
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 5
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2