The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 10th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Officer C. Edward Foley Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, March 10, 1860 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Constable Benton Nance Cooke County Constable's Office..., TX EOW: Sunday, March 10, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal John Howard Oklahoma City Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, March 10, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Sam Holman Calaveras County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Sunday, March 10, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Thomas New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, March 10, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Clarence K. Till Key West Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, March 10, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Willis A. Smith Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, March 10, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer L. F. Harvey Muskogee Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, March 10, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Harry L. Sauer San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, March 10, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Virgil Elmer Healea Marion Police Department, KS EOW: Friday, March 10, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Lober New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, March 10, 1917 Cause of Death: Boating accident Patrolman DeForest Fredenburg New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, March 10, 1917 Cause of Death: Boating accident Police Officer Marion Ross Manhattan Police Department, KS EOW: Sunday, March 10, 1918 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Enos Murphy Hopkins County Sheriff's Office, KY EOW: Tuesday, March 10, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Matthew C. Gebhardt Fort Wayne Police Department, IN EOW: Wednesday, March 10, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Barney Edward Harmon Augusta Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, March 10, 1932 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Inspector Ralph E. Bowden United States Department of the..., US EOW: Thursday, March 10, 1932 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Stephen S. Kent California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, March 10, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Special Police Officer Frederick Chicago Porter Santa Monica Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, March 10, 1933 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Sergeant Rolland Morton Santa Monica Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, March 10, 1933 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Deputy Sheriff Carlton Mason Stearns Grays Harbor County Sheriff's O..., WA EOW: Tuesday, March 10, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Donald C. Tisdale Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, March 10, 1937 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff Jerry Alexander Brown Marion County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, March 10, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Thomas Metcalf Pontiac Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, March 10, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy City Marshal Tobe E. DeRacy Pecos Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, March 10, 1945 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sergeant Fred P. Guiol Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Sunday, March 10, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Alva Webb Kimerer Sutter County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Sunday, March 10, 1946 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Game Warden Francis E. Lindsay Virginia Department of Game and..., VA EOW: Thursday, March 10, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Auxiliary Sergeant Herbert L. Goss Cape Girardeau Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, March 10, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Wilburn Burleson Jackson Police Department, MS EOW: Friday, March 10, 1961 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Constable Clarence E. Prince American Township Police Depart..., OH EOW: Saturday, March 10, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Pat Slape El Paso County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Sunday, March 10, 1968 Cause of Death: Struck by train Officer Glenn Patrick Fisher Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Wednesday, March 10, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert B. Woodall Oberlin Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, March 10, 1971 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Melvin C. Colebrook Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, UT EOW: Saturday, March 10, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Fulton House Anthony South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Saturday, March 10, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Warren Gene Jackman Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, March 10, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert J. Markley Highland Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, March 10, 1978 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Alan Wayne Shubert Roane County Sheriff's Office, TN EOW: Saturday, March 10, 1979 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Detective Curtis C. Hagele Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, March 10, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Kevin Jolyon Williams Huntsville Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, March 10, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James David Ketchum Costa Mesa Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, March 10, 1987 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer John William Libolt Costa Mesa Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, March 10, 1987 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Trooper Larry Eugene Small Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Tuesday, March 10, 1987 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Trooper First Class John Edward Sawa Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Tuesday, March 10, 1987 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Chief of Police Patrick Boden McCready Fairchild Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, March 10, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Luis R. Lopez New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, March 10, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John Lee Butler Sr. Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Monday, March 10, 1997 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Gregory Hans Jefferson County Sheriff's Depa..., KY EOW: Monday, March 10, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Senior Border Patrol Agent Miguel Javier Maldonado United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, March 10, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Randall Ross Kugler Miami-Dade Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, March 10, 2000 Cause of Death: Heart attack Detective Rodney J. Andrews New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, March 10, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective James Verneuil Nemorin New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, March 10, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Kenneth Louis Brown Atlantic City Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 Cause of Death: Heart attack Jailer Thomas Flores Douglas Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 Cause of Death: Heart attack

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 55
Aircraft accident: 4
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Boating accident: 2
Gunfire: 29
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 5
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 1
Struck by train: 1
Vehicular assault: 2