The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 16th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Warden Matthew B. Burgher Utah Department of Corrections, UT EOW: Thursday, March 16, 1876 Cause of Death: Assault            Special Deputy Marshal W. C. McDaniels United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, March 16, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal George Leonard Cameron Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, March 16, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas Goslee Hot Springs Police Department, AR EOW: Thursday, March 16, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Thomas Toler Hot Springs Police Department, AR EOW: Thursday, March 16, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer J. E. Hart Hot Springs Police Department, AR EOW: Thursday, March 16, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Richard Swanton New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, March 16, 1917 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer John Wesley Webb DeKalb County Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, March 16, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Harry J. Stauffer Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, March 16, 1922 Cause of Death: Fall Police Officer David G. Snell Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, March 16, 1927 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Undersheriff Edward Rarey Benzie County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Sunday, March 16, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Frank C. Foster Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, March 16, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Motorcycle Officer C. F. Bazzell Pensacola Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, March 16, 1932 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Constable George J. Prescott Medford Police Department, OR EOW: Thursday, March 16, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Anthony Gustave Plains Township Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, March 16, 1933 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Undersheriff Charles A. Cavanagh St. Clair County Sheriff's Depa..., MI EOW: Friday, March 16, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Walter Koella New Haven Police Department, CT EOW: Saturday, March 16, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent John Bradberry Southern Pacific Railroad Polic..., RR EOW: Saturday, March 16, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Conservation Officer Maurice C. Luck Michigan Department of Natural ..., MI EOW: Wednesday, March 16, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Willis Jackson Genes Fayetteville Police Department, NC EOW: Thursday, March 16, 1939 Cause of Death: Unidentified Marshal Charles Lewis Powell Police Department, WY EOW: Thursday, March 16, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Julius Mayer Jr. Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Saturday, March 16, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Francis P. Dolan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, March 16, 1940 Cause of Death: Fall Special Agent Winfield S. Wooten Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad ..., RR EOW: Sunday, March 16, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer L. R. Rogers Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, March 16, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Ralph Broullire Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Tuesday, March 16, 1943 Cause of Death: Drowned Sergeant Charles H. Bridgeman Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, March 16, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Detective William J. O'Brien St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, March 16, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert D. Dale California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, March 16, 1960 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Detective Sergeant Charles E. Lewis East St. Louis Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, March 16, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Herman T. Morris Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Thursday, March 16, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Enforcement Officer II Carle E. Hetrick Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, PA EOW: Saturday, March 16, 1974 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Gordon Nicholas Smith Boonton Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, March 16, 1975 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Dennis Simmons Hyde County Sheriff's Department, NC EOW: Sunday, March 16, 1975 Cause of Death: Heart attack              Correctional Officer Ronald A. Barnes Virginia Department of Corrections, VA EOW: Sunday, March 16, 1975 Cause of Death: Assault Detective James M. Compton Jr. Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, March 16, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Merlin Clyde Kaeo Honolulu Police Department, HI EOW: Wednesday, March 16, 1977 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Pilot Thomas A. Moher Honolulu Police Department, HI EOW: Wednesday, March 16, 1977 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Deputy Sheriff Ronald Lee Fewell Lee County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Wednesday, March 16, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Roosevelt Ferrell Compton Unified School District..., CA EOW: Monday, March 16, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer I Carmen J. Renda Jr. Youngstown State University Pol..., OH EOW: Saturday, March 16, 1996 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Myron Kelly Osceola Police Department, AR EOW: Sunday, March 16, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Philip J. O'Reilly Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, March 16, 2003 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Police Officer Jackson Vernon (Jack) Lone Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 Cause of Death: Drowned

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 44
Aircraft accident: 2
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 4
Drowned: 2
Fall: 2
Gunfire: 22
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 2
Struck by vehicle: 2
Unidentified: 1
Vehicular assault: 1