The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 5th

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Patrolman John Hassett Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, March 5, 1880 Cause of Death: Weather/Natural disaster Deputy Marshal John D. Kirby United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, March 5, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable P. Joseph Deeghan Clinton County Sheriff's Depart..., PA EOW: Saturday, March 5, 1904 Cause of Death: Unidentified Captain William H. Mathews Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Friday, March 5, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Wren Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, March 5, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Guy White St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, March 5, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Abe Schneider St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, March 5, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Frederick E. Goddard Spokane Police Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, March 5, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer John Ryan Nashville City Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, March 5, 1914 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Patrick F. Cannon New Haven Police Department, CT EOW: Wednesday, March 5, 1919 Cause of Death: Fall Deputy Sheriff George T. Requa Elko County Sheriff's Office, NV EOW: Friday, March 5, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Prohibition Officer Ernest W. Walker United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, March 5, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Principal Keeper Edward L. Beckwith New York State Department of Co..., NY EOW: Wednesday, March 5, 1930 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sergeant Robert W. Anderson Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, March 5, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Charles Clark McKnight Grayson County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Sunday, March 5, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Oscar D. McMurry California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, March 5, 1934 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Thomas J. O'Connor Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Monday, March 5, 1934 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Assistant Inspector Patrick J. Clune Newport Police Department, RI EOW: Saturday, March 5, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Customs Agent Matthew Kononen United States Department of the..., US EOW: Sunday, March 5, 1939 Cause of Death: Drowned Police Officer Arthur Simpson Riverside Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, March 5, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief William Thomas Mull McCaysville Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, March 5, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Detective Jose L. Castellanos Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, March 5, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Gary George Wohlfeil Alaska Department of Fish and Game, AK EOW: Thursday, March 5, 1964 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Leroy Garvin Bohuslov Alaska Department of Fish and Game, AK EOW: Thursday, March 5, 1964 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Sergeant Edwin C. Hosli Sr. New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Monday, March 5, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Irving E. Wright New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, March 5, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer Robert J. Rogerson New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, March 5, 1975 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman James Lonchiadis Shrewsbury Police Department, MA EOW: Wednesday, March 5, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James E. Griffin Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, March 5, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Charles H. Roche Abbottstown / Hamilton Police D..., PA EOW: Saturday, March 5, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Robert David Sorrell Humphreys County Sheriff's Depa..., MS EOW: Saturday, March 5, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault             Corrections Employee Albert Jerald Cox Oklahoma Department of Corrections, OK EOW: Saturday, March 5, 1977 Cause of Death: Stabbed Special Agent Francis J. Miller United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, March 5, 1977 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Allen J. Fednik Hackensack Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, March 5, 1980 Cause of Death: Struck by train Patrolman Henry David McCall Frostproof Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, March 5, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Donald A. Bejcek United States Department of the..., US EOW: Saturday, March 5, 1983 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent George P. LaBarge United States Department of the..., US EOW: Saturday, March 5, 1983 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent Donald W. Robinson United States Department of the..., US EOW: Saturday, March 5, 1983 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Special Agent Enrique Salazar Camarena United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, March 5, 1985 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Sherman L. Toler Jr. New Mexico State Police, NM EOW: Wednesday, March 5, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Sherdard Raymund Brison Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, March 5, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Investigator Joseph Thomas Aversa New York State Police, NY EOW: Monday, March 5, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Anthony James Cilurso Warner Robins Police Department, GA EOW: Monday, March 5, 1990 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Trooper Carlos Ray Warren Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Tuesday, March 5, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Catherine M. Crawford Monroe County Sheriff's Office, NY EOW: Sunday, March 5, 1995 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Hector Manuel Gomez Marion Police Department, LA EOW: Tuesday, March 5, 2002 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: 46
Aircraft accident: 2
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 5
Drowned: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 21
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 2
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Unidentified: 1
Vehicular assault: 3
Weather/Natural disaster: 1