The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 9th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff John J. Kohl Marquette County Sheriff's Office, MI EOW: Monday, March 9, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Charles N. Haygood Milledgeville Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1886 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Sebold Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1886 Cause of Death: Animal related Chief of Police John E. Moore Stanley Police Department, WI EOW: Saturday, March 9, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Syl G. Ford Kay County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Monday, March 9, 1908 Cause of Death: Struck by train Deputy Sheriff Albert V. Elmer Grays Harbor County Sheriff's O..., WA EOW: Saturday, March 9, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Colin M'Kenzie Grays Harbor County Sheriff's O..., WA EOW: Saturday, March 9, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Robert Logan United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George Werne Akron Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, March 9, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Armstrong Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, March 9, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Charles Danowitz Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, March 9, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harry E. Shaffer Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Monday, March 9, 1925 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sheriff Newton Fred Collings Union County Sheriff's Department, IA EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Patrick J. Lane Hoboken Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, March 9, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Carl J. Carlson Salt Lake City Police Department, UT EOW: Saturday, March 9, 1929 Cause of Death: Accidental Officer Harland F. Manes Akron Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, March 9, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Albert E. Oestriecher New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Wednesday, March 9, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Cornelius L. Ford New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Wednesday, March 9, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal George P. Weidert New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Wednesday, March 9, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Rempsey H. Sullivan Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, March 9, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Leonard R. Clarke Rockingham County Sheriff's Dep..., NC EOW: Wednesday, March 9, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Herbert C. Wiegand Goldsboro Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, March 9, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Forest Underwood California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, March 9, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Roy Bower Hazen Chemung County Sheriff's Depart..., NY EOW: Thursday, March 9, 1944 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Gordon E. Brinthaupt Chemung County Sheriff's Depart..., NY EOW: Thursday, March 9, 1944 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Captain Alfred Basler Brownsville Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, March 9, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph Chmelynski Bethel Park Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Julius Mirell New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Harold E. Groover Chambers County Sheriff's Office, AL EOW: Thursday, March 9, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Henry S. Halvorson Grand Forks County Sheriff's De..., ND EOW: Sunday, March 9, 1952 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman M. W. Vinson Jr. Hattiesburg Police Department, MS EOW: Sunday, March 9, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jessie James Everett Hattiesburg Police Department, MS EOW: Sunday, March 9, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John J. Plunkett Jenkintown Borough Police Depar..., PA EOW: Saturday, March 9, 1957 Cause of Death: Heart attack District Ranger Gale H. Wilcox United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, March 9, 1960 Cause of Death: Exposure Park Ranger John C. Fonda United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, March 9, 1960 Cause of Death: Drowned Policeman Ian J. Campbell Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, March 9, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper William F. Kieser Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Herman Peccarelli Orange Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, March 9, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Detective Lieutenant Donald A. Robertson Montgomery County Police Depart..., MD EOW: Thursday, March 9, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Larry L. Wetterling California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, March 9, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Alfred Elden Stewart San Bernardino County Sheriff's..., CA EOW: Friday, March 9, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Timothy M. Hurley New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, March 9, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Jailer Ernest R. Hesson Mason County Sheriff's Department, WV EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1976 Cause of Death: Bomb Trooper Verlyn Lamonte Mettler South Dakota Highway Patrol, SD EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Arlyn Gae Lockley St. Clair County Sheriff's Depa..., AL EOW: Sunday, March 9, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff Richard D. Glass Mason County Sheriff's Office, WA EOW: Saturday, March 9, 1985 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit              Police Officer Jane E. Thompson-Bowman Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Thursday, March 9, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas J. Smith Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Howard Ellsworth Dallies Jr. Garden Grove Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Major Deputy Chief C. Spencer Guerry Georgetown Police Department, SC EOW: Wednesday, March 9, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Reserve Robert Bernie McMaster Warrenton Police Department, OR EOW: Saturday, March 9, 1996 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer James Henry Camp Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer James Williams Branson Jr. St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, March 9, 2003 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 53
Accidental: 1
Animal related: 1
Automobile accident: 4
Bomb: 1
Drowned: 1
Exposure: 1
Gunfire: 38
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2