The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 8th

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Sergeant D. J. Finch Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, March 8, 1869 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Cornelius L. Fahey Austin Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, March 8, 1875 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Newton Sam Gorman Kimble County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Friday, March 8, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal John T. Van Doren Wilmington Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, March 8, 1884 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Paul Mendelssohn Waterbury Police Department, CT EOW: Sunday, March 8, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Warden John Robinson Montana Department of Correctio..., MT EOW: Sunday, March 8, 1908 Cause of Death: Stabbed               Deputy U.S. Marshal William Benjamin Franklin Corbin United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, March 8, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy U.S. Marshal Christopher Duffie Corbin United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, March 8, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Ellsworth G. Deitz Bridgeport Police Department, CT EOW: Tuesday, March 8, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire                  Park Policeman Raymond Earl Walsh North Shore Park District Polic..., IL EOW: Sunday, March 8, 1925 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Dayton A. Winegar Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, March 8, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Herman B. Pahler Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, March 8, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Robert S. Walton Minidoka County Sheriff's Depar..., ID EOW: Thursday, March 8, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Forrest E. Sawyer Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Monday, March 8, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent William J. Jackson Jr. United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, March 8, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Lee N. Bunch Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, March 8, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Johnnie Young Miami Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, March 8, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Staff Sergeant Fred Cole Waldrop Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Wednesday, March 8, 1950 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Corwin L. McConkey Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Thursday, March 8, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Police Officer Raymond Vincent O'Connor California State Police, CA EOW: Saturday, March 8, 1958 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Odis Yoho Harrison County Sheriff's Depar..., OH EOW: Saturday, March 8, 1958 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer John Thomas Burlinson Miami Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, March 8, 1958 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy R. A. (Bob) Rogers Polk County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Saturday, March 8, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Deputy James Louis Wright Polk County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Saturday, March 8, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James T. Walker Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, March 8, 1963 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Richard Dale Berens Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Friday, March 8, 1963 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Detective Clarence D. Thompson Terre Haute Police Department, IN EOW: Sunday, March 8, 1964 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Charles T. Kramer New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Monday, March 8, 1965 Cause of Death: Asphyxiation Corrections Officer Donald Hiles New Jersey Department of Correc..., NJ EOW: Friday, March 8, 1968 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Robert Earl Sparks Raleigh Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, March 8, 1968 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Jackie T. Thiels Alexandria Police Department, LA EOW: Monday, March 8, 1971 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff William D. Simmons Sangamon County Sheriff's Depar..., IL EOW: Saturday, March 8, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Dominick Samuel Carso Fort Bend County Sheriff's Depa..., TX EOW: Tuesday, March 8, 1977 Cause of Death: Struck by train              Deputy Sheriff William Lonnie Wadford Jr. Madison County Sheriff's Office, MS EOW: Thursday, March 8, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Larkin V. Pettit DeSoto County Sheriff's Department, MS EOW: Sunday, March 8, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Michael J. Bossuyt Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, March 8, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant John Harold Gilbert Brockton Police Department, MA EOW: Thursday, March 8, 1984 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Daniel J. Doffyn Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, March 8, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Patrol Officer Johnnie Norris Patterson Jr. Winter Haven Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, March 8, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Jamie Allen Roussey Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Wednesday, March 8, 2000 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Rupert Holliday Peete Jr. Shelby County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, March 8, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Matthew Melchionda Watchung Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, March 8, 2006 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: 42
Asphyxiation: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 6
Gunfire: 24
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 2
Struck by train: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 2