The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 7th

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Patrolman Patrick Henry Jordan Bangor Police Department, ME EOW: Saturday, March 7, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles B. Collis Springfield Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, March 7, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Marshal John Clifton Dania Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, March 7, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Walter C. Holcombe Easley Police Department, SC EOW: Monday, March 7, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Lewis J. Lewis Jr. Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, March 7, 1923 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Detective George E. Lawson Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, March 7, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Samuel Claybrooks Locke Williamson County Constable's O..., TN EOW: Saturday, March 7, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John Wesley West Scott County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Monday, March 7, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Edward J. Brennan West Orange Police Department, NJ EOW: Monday, March 7, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Marshal Fred Jordan Monticello Police Department, WI EOW: Friday, March 7, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Border Patrol Inspector Philip D. Strobridge United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, March 7, 1933 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent William Honkala United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, March 7, 1948 Cause of Death: Automobile accident            Police Officer Henry Howard Scarborough Myrtle Beach Police Department, SC EOW: Monday, March 7, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Norman F. Silkworth King County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Friday, March 7, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Chester Arthur Calkins O'Neill Police Department, NE EOW: Friday, March 7, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert V. Bastin Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Saturday, March 7, 1953 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Charlie Fields Sr. Henderson County Sheriff's Depa..., TX EOW: Wednesday, March 7, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Anton Valentine Lehr Jr. New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, March 7, 1960 Cause of Death: Asphyxiation Detective Rodney Leroy Hendricks Fremont Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, March 7, 1968 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Benton McLemore Athens Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, March 7, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector Tammy R. Aamodt United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, March 7, 1987 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Robert H. Perkins Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, March 7, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Gary R. Farley Nassau County Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, March 7, 1993 Cause of Death: Assault Correctional Officer Brent W. Lumley Arizona Department of Corrections, AZ EOW: Friday, March 7, 1997 Cause of Death: Assault           Police Officer II Dannael James Weekes Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, March 7, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Richard F. Dawson Pennsauken Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, March 7, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident           Master Police Officer Steven J. Underwood Des Moines Police Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, March 7, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Keith Alan Dees Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, March 7, 2002 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Michael Eron Shannon Adams County Sheriff's Office, WI EOW: Friday, March 7, 2003 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: 29
Asphyxiation: 1
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 6
Gunfire: 15
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Motorcycle accident: 3
Vehicular assault: 1