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Wednesday, March 08, 2006

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

 
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