The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 20th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputized Civilian John T. Horton Young County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, March 20, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Alpheus J. Moore Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Wednesday, March 20, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy City Marshal Albert Jordan Howe Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, March 20, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Hugh J. Enright New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, March 20, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Joseph T. Swiercynski Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, March 20, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert C. Scott Newport Police Department, RI EOW: Monday, March 20, 1922 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Lewis H. Mickey Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R..., RR EOW: Friday, March 20, 1925 Cause of Death: Unidentified             Prohibition Officer R. Chapman (Chap) Osborne Tazewell County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Sunday, March 20, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer David C. Bearden Miami Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, March 20, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Axel J. Soderberg St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Tuesday, March 20, 1928 Cause of Death: Fall Deputy Sheriff Louis H. Dayton Clay County Sheriff's Office, IA EOW: Wednesday, March 20, 1929 Cause of Death: Assault Officer John D. (Jack) Gates Oklahoma City Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, March 20, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Elvious Hicks Bandera County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Sunday, March 20, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private William J. Grissam United States Department of the..., US EOW: Sunday, March 20, 1932 Cause of Death: Bicycle accident Patrolman George C. Effinger Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, March 20, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William Joseph Melton Selma Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, March 20, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George J. Hanley Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, March 20, 1934 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Albert Alex Foster Nashville City Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, March 20, 1936 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman C. L. Fidler North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Friday, March 20, 1936 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Detective Frank C. Wypijewski Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, March 20, 1938 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sheriff Charles M. Allmaras Eddy County Sheriff's Department, ND EOW: Friday, March 20, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harold W. Irwin Long Beach Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, March 20, 1945 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Vincent P. Foley Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, March 20, 1949 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Perry Critchell Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Saturday, March 20, 1954 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer C. E. Branon Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, March 20, 1959 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Elmer L. Hunter Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Wednesday, March 20, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Tuohy New York City Transit Police De..., NY EOW: Wednesday, March 20, 1963 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Hoke Dixon Vidalia Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, March 20, 1965 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault             Reserve Deputy Sheriff Michael V. Wigderson Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Monday, March 20, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy City Marshal Floyd M. Melder Glenmora Police Department, LA EOW: Friday, March 20, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Robert Hamrick Rock Creek Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, March 20, 1970 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit              Police Officer Daniel Alexander Hodgson Chatham County Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, March 20, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Felix Mokychic Pennsylvania Department of Corr..., PA EOW: Tuesday, March 20, 1979 Cause of Death: Assault Officer Dennis Jerome Roberts Newport News Police Department, VA EOW: Friday, March 20, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Paul Herman Mueller West Fork Police Department, AR EOW: Friday, March 20, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Marco T. Carias Norwalk Police Department, CT EOW: Saturday, March 20, 1982 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Corporal Gary Reeves Blair Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, March 20, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Kevin J. Mallon Delaware State Police, DE EOW: Tuesday, March 20, 1990 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman James Myron Suggs Pulaski Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, March 20, 1991 Cause of Death: Heart attack              Senior Patrol Officer Keith Allen Braddock Watford City Police Department, ND EOW: Wednesday, March 20, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman III Douglas Michael Adams Elkhart Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff E. C. Mullins Simpson County Sheriff's Depart..., MS EOW: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 Cause of Death: Assault Sergeant Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO EOW: Sunday, March 20, 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: 43
Assault: 3
Automobile accident: 6
Bicycle accident: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 20
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 4
Motorcycle accident: 2
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2