The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 18th

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Sheriff John Quincy Daugherty Sr. Uvalde County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Saturday, March 18, 1865 Cause of Death: Gunfire Keeper Edwin A. Craft New York State Department of Co..., NY EOW: Thursday, March 18, 1869 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Marshal Tom C. Hall United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, March 18, 1886 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Fred A. Parlin Butte Police Department, MT EOW: Wednesday, March 18, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William P. Walton Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, March 18, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John Williams King County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, March 18, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William B. Burnham Pensacola Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, March 18, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Thomas Harris Rock Springs Police Department, WY EOW: Thursday, March 18, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William McAuliffe New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, March 18, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harry J. Keating Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, March 18, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Chief of Police Lawrence P. Bass Boulder Police Department, CO EOW: Thursday, March 18, 1920 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman John J. O'Connor New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, March 18, 1923 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman William Higgins New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, March 18, 1926 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Policeman James H. Carter Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, March 18, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles A. Robbins Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Monday, March 18, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant John E. Frey New York State Police, NY EOW: Wednesday, March 18, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James Ross White Statesville Police Department, NC EOW: Sunday, March 18, 1934 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman John H. Sellman McKeesport Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, March 18, 1936 Cause of Death: Drowned Police Officer Herman Fleishman Redwood City Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, March 18, 1938 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Special Agent William Franklin Berry United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, March 18, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Alva N. Mead St. Joseph Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, March 18, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John J. Casey New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, March 18, 1948 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman John L. MacKechnie Port Jervis Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, March 18, 1949 Cause of Death: Assault Reserve Officer Louis Dulisse Ontario Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, March 18, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Alvis Benjamin Phillips Greenwood Police Department, SC EOW: Sunday, March 18, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire First Sergeant Marvin E. Walts Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Monday, March 18, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Edward W. Gundel Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Sunday, March 18, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper John C. Hagerty Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Wednesday, March 18, 1970 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Detective John M. Gallino Crestwood Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, March 18, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Elijah G. Stroud New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, March 18, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Billy Dan Howry Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Saturday, March 18, 1972 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Gregory Howard Bailey Dunbar Police Department, WV EOW: Sunday, March 18, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrol Deputy Ervin L. Penland Buncombe County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Monday, March 18, 1974 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Richard Joseph Barth Downers Grove Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, March 18, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas Harold Hood Tennessee Valley Authority Police, US EOW: Monday, March 18, 1974 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle             Deputy Sheriff Willis Herman Ferguson Sr. Henry County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Tuesday, March 18, 1975 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Trooper Layton T. Davis Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Thursday, March 18, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James S. Royal Phillips County Sheriff's Depar..., AR EOW: Saturday, March 18, 1978 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle            Correctional Officer James Walter Harbin II Las Vegas Metropolitan Police D..., NV EOW: Sunday, March 18, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Security Policeman Robert R. Dover United States Air Force Securit..., US EOW: Sunday, March 18, 1979 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Chief of Police Wendell Ray Rowan Wright City Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, March 18, 1980 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Charles H. Dickey Jr. Cache County Sheriff's Office, UT EOW: Sunday, March 18, 1984 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer John Henry Kerr Picher Police Department, OK EOW: Wednesday, March 18, 1987 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit            Deputy Sheriff Wayne Martin Bryant Jr. Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, AR EOW: Friday, March 18, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Waymon W. Ferguson Many Police Department, LA EOW: Monday, March 18, 1991 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Billy Keith Roberts Hardin County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Friday, March 18, 1994 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Stewart E. Savage III Wellesley Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, March 18, 1995 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Robert J. Ventura Jackson Township Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, March 18, 2001 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Brent C. Jenkins Riverside County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 49
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 7
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 22
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 2
Struck by vehicle: 4
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 3