The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 13th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman John Gear Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, March 13, 1868 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Amos Markle Richmond Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, March 13, 1884 Cause of Death: Unidentified Chief of Police Philip Paul Renovo Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, March 13, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Henry Layne Hopkinsville Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, March 13, 1897 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Joe D. Price Fresno County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, March 13, 1907 Cause of Death: Stabbed Officer John Patrick Maloney Williamsport Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, March 13, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Jose M. Lopez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Monday, March 13, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Walter S. Gideon Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, March 13, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Herbert J. Bischoff Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, March 13, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Keeper Frank Butcher New Jersey Department of Correc..., NJ EOW: Thursday, March 13, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George T. Barker Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, March 13, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Herman M. Rollins Knoxville Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, March 13, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Hubert J. Treacy Jr. United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, March 13, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Lawrence Inman Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, March 13, 1947 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Curtis Owen Starry Viroqua Police Department, WI EOW: Friday, March 13, 1953 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Jereimiah Mattox Nassau County Sheriff's Department, FL EOW: Saturday, March 13, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward Frank Meagher Henderson Police Department, NV EOW: Tuesday, March 13, 1956 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Reserve Officer William H. Freytag Rochester Police Department, MN EOW: Monday, March 13, 1961 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Joseph Richard Roessner Springfield Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, March 13, 1962 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit           Assistant Sergeant Ammy Bogue Kendall Mississippi Department of Corre..., MS EOW: Wednesday, March 13, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Sherrell Lloyd King Sansom Park Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, March 13, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Agent Richard Frank Morris Pasadena Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, March 13, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Leslie Haskins Jr. Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, March 13, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Sherba Bell Acres Borough Police Depar..., PA EOW: Thursday, March 13, 1975 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff Michael David Yahl Lee County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Saturday, March 13, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Agent Ronald P. Chelius Nevada Division of Investigatio..., NV EOW: Tuesday, March 13, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Daniel Morrison Higdon Jr. Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Sunday, March 13, 1983 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle              Assistant Chief of Police Jim Ray Kennedy Jr. Locust Police Department, NC EOW: Wednesday, March 13, 1991 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer II James Rex Jensen Jr. Oxnard Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, March 13, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Agent Michael Joseph Cowdery Jr. Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Police Officer Wilfredo Monserrate-Rivera Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Gary R. Lindell Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 Cause of Death: Animal related Security Policeman Erin S. Frasier United States Air Force Securit..., US EOW: Monday, March 13, 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: 33
Animal related: 1
Automobile accident: 4
Gunfire: 20
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Unidentified: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 1