The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 17th

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Sheriff James Cochran Trinity County Sheriff's Depart..., CA EOW: Tuesday, March 17, 1868 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff Edwin P. Daniels St. Clair County Sheriff's Depa..., MO EOW: Tuesday, March 17, 1874 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Richard Snow Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, March 17, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Special Deputy Marshal William (Bill) Arnold United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, March 17, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Night Watchman Andrew W. McNaughton Oxnard Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, March 17, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Thomas C. Borden Long Beach Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, March 17, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John W. Gaines Howard County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, March 17, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Walter Franklin Granger Tarrant City Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, March 17, 1920 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Charles O. Legate Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Friday, March 17, 1922 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Constable Oliver (Ollie) Park Stephens County Constable's Off..., TX EOW: Thursday, March 17, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Clarence J. McClary Alexandria Police Department, VA EOW: Sunday, March 17, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Ralph O. Marmolejo El Paso Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, March 17, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George J. Lessler Jr. New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, March 17, 1956 Cause of Death: Heart attack Policeman Leo Wise Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, March 17, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William Peterson Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, March 17, 1962 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Dessie Kea Vidalia Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, March 17, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles W. Thomasson Metro Nashville Police Department, TN EOW: Sunday, March 17, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Francis B. Johnson Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Monday, March 17, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Richard L. Weltz New York State Police, NY EOW: Tuesday, March 17, 1970 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Hugh Everette Eubanks Bolivar Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, March 17, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Kenneth Gordon Pine Grosse Pointe Farms Police Depa..., MI EOW: Monday, March 17, 1975 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Carroll W. Millett Paris Police Department, ME EOW: Wednesday, March 17, 1982 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Harry Lee Henderson Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Tuesday, March 17, 1987 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Special Agent Douglas Brian Kocina United States Naval Criminal In..., US EOW: Thursday, March 17, 1988 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent Jerry William Kramer United States Naval Criminal In..., US EOW: Thursday, March 17, 1988 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Chief of Police Orville Edwin Sharbono Fairview Police Department, MT EOW: Saturday, March 17, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Eric King Wilson Aberdeen Police Department, MS EOW: Sunday, March 17, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Nancy Ellen Nichols Naugatuck Police Department, CT EOW: Sunday, March 17, 1991 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrol Officer Sandra Ann Robbins South Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, March 17, 1991 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Ricky Leon Kinchen Fulton County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Friday, March 17, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer III Louis Villalobos Jr. Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, March 17, 2000 Cause of Death: Training accident            Sergeant Donald Frederick Flusche Jr. Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, March 17, 2001 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Terry Eugene Foster Independence Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, March 17, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper John Robert Davis Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Saturday, March 17, 2001 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Michael Keith Buckner Decherd Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, March 17, 2005 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Patrolman Thomas Drumane Catchings Jackson Police Department, MS EOW: Thursday, March 17, 2005 Cause of Death: Gunfire

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 36
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 8
Gunfire: 19
Heart attack: 1
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Training accident: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicular assault: 1