The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 21st

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Sheriff Robert D. Lester Crawford County Sheriff's Depar..., WI EOW: Thursday, March 21, 1844 Cause of Death: Gunfire Undersheriff J. J. Ellis Elko County Sheriff's Office, NV EOW: Saturday, March 21, 1874 Cause of Death: Exposure Constable James Robert Allison Fresno County Constable's Offic..., CA EOW: Thursday, March 21, 1889 Cause of Death: Unidentified Town Marshal John Z. Norris Randolph County Sheriff's Office, AR EOW: Thursday, March 21, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman John George McNamara Anne Arundel County Fifth Elect..., MD EOW: Tuesday, March 21, 1905 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Enos L. McCracken Barber County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Saturday, March 21, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Frederick Barner Pueblo Police Department, CO EOW: Sunday, March 21, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James M. Griffin Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, March 21, 1913 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman James H. Llewellyn Springfield Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, March 21, 1915 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Police Officer Orlando E. Bridgeman Long Beach Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, March 21, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Martin J. Gaffeney Pennsylvania Railroad Police De..., RR EOW: Friday, March 21, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police W. L. Echols Van Alstyne Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, March 21, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Dan Sandlin Middletown Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, March 21, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sam Booth Fort Smith Police Department, AR EOW: Saturday, March 21, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Roscoe C. Johnston Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, March 21, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Clifford Stang Ann Arbor Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, March 21, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James B. Roche Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, March 21, 1936 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sheriff Franklin Aubrey Loyd Lamb County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Sunday, March 21, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer George Corneail Pontiac Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, March 21, 1937 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Policeman Eusebio Sanchez-Perez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, March 21, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Ceferino Loyola-Lopez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, March 21, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Kitchen Keeper James H. Donovan New York State Department of Co..., NY EOW: Thursday, March 21, 1940 Cause of Death: Assault Sergeant Oliver D. Williamson Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Friday, March 21, 1952 Cause of Death: Weather/Natural disaster Patrolman Donald Harold Crittendon Cape Girardeau Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, March 21, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ronald Lynn Haggard Oklahoma City Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, March 21, 1963 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff William A. White Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Saturday, March 21, 1964 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Rodney K. Wentling Greenville / West Salem Police ..., PA EOW: Monday, March 21, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James J. Rivers Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Monday, March 21, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private John William Leatherbury Jr. Prince George's County Police D..., MD EOW: Thursday, March 21, 1968 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Patrolman Melvin A. Galloway Jr. Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, March 21, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Bertram Winkler Port Authority of New York and ..., NY EOW: Tuesday, March 21, 1972 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Marlin S. Stephens Miller County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Friday, March 21, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Robert D. Backes Germantown Police Department, WI EOW: Saturday, March 21, 1981 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sheriff Matthew Victor Schofield Haakon County Sheriff's Department, SD EOW: Thursday, March 21, 1985 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Deputy Sheriff Eugene James Heimann Fort Bend County Sheriff's Depa..., TX EOW: Monday, March 21, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Major Paul Joseph Ernst Marion County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Saturday, March 21, 1992 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Michael R. Frey Eastchester Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, March 21, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Albert Arthur Hanes Hutchinson County Sheriff's Dep..., TX EOW: Friday, March 21, 1997 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Brett C. Buckmister Arizona Department of Public Sa..., AZ EOW: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 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: 39
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 2
Exposure: 1
Gunfire: 21
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1
Weather/Natural disaster: 1