The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 6th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy William G. Cherry King County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Saturday, March 6, 1852 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Constable Isaac L. Roberts Cochise County Constable's Offi..., AZ EOW: Thursday, March 6, 1884 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles H. Wilson Shreveport Police Department, LA EOW: Tuesday, March 6, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William Cluff Schultz Paris Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, March 6, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Night Watchman James Delmar Ellis Brighton Police Department, CO EOW: Friday, March 6, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police John Ellis Alexandria Police Department, IN EOW: Monday, March 6, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer R. N. Deaver Brunswick Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, March 6, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Francis X. Tierney Wilmington Police Department, DE EOW: Saturday, March 6, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Robert E. Nolen Lebanon Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, March 6, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police John Raymond Nelson Winnemucca Police Department, NV EOW: Sunday, March 6, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff John T. Roach Graves County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Monday, March 6, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector James A. Wallen United States Department of the..., US EOW: Tuesday, March 6, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent William E. Collins United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, March 6, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert H. Halstead Long Beach Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, March 6, 1926 Cause of Death: Struck by train Officer Norman L. Schoen Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, March 6, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Carl H. Sherman Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, March 6, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Clarence G. Rapson Jefferson County Police Department, KY EOW: Friday, March 6, 1931 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Felix Edgar Redwine Lynn County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Friday, March 6, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Warden Eugene Reilly South Dakota Department of Corr..., SD EOW: Friday, March 6, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Valentine Adam Jr. Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Saturday, March 6, 1948 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff William Reed Peters Siskiyou County Sheriff's Depar..., CA EOW: Saturday, March 6, 1954 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Chief of Police Angelo J. Leonetti Long Beach Township Police Depa..., NJ EOW: Tuesday, March 6, 1962 Cause of Death: Drowned Sergeant Walter W. Cox Idaho State Police, ID EOW: Friday, March 6, 1970 Cause of Death: Struck by train Deputy Sheriff Duran Ratliff Dickenson County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Tuesday, March 6, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John L. McConnaughey Ligonier Township Police Depart..., PA EOW: Tuesday, March 6, 1973 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Robert T. Seiffert Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Tuesday, March 6, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Dennis E. Bennington Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Tuesday, March 6, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Deputy Sheriff Edward A. (Bud) Morrow Grant County Sheriff's Department, OR EOW: Saturday, March 6, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Policeman Angel R. Camacho-Rodriguez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, March 6, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Charles Lendy Freeman Aiken County Sheriff's Department, SC EOW: Tuesday, March 6, 1990 Cause of Death: Assault Police Officer Joseph J. Grill Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, March 6, 1991 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Thomas L. Herron Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, March 6, 1991 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Kevin Douglas Mathews Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Friday, March 6, 1992 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Gary Cecil Hires Haltom City Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, March 6, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Craig Steven Herbert Lawrence Police Department, IN EOW: Sunday, March 6, 2005 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

 

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 35
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 1
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 22
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 2