The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 23rd

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Levi J. Whiteman Red River County Sheriff's Depa..., TX EOW: Monday, March 23, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Charles Bell Brown County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, March 23, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police John J. Finnell Elmira Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, March 23, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sergeant Charles Gradwell Elmira Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, March 23, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Vic Zambroni Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, March 23, 1920 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Constable H. D. Bennett Bradford County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Wednesday, March 23, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sergeant Patrick J. O'Neill Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, March 23, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Harry R. Reinhart Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, March 23, 1924 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Patrolman Elmer I. Rich Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Wednesday, March 23, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman John Volberg Wicks Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, March 23, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Robert A. Johnson Little Rock Police Department, AR EOW: Sunday, March 23, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Constable Stewart G. Coats Forrest County Sheriff's Office, MS EOW: Thursday, March 23, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Clarence E. Fraker Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Friday, March 23, 1934 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Henry DeKeersgieter St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, March 23, 1936 Cause of Death: Stabbed Chief Deputy Olin B. Burrow Fayette County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Saturday, March 23, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent William H. Stuart United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, March 23, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff David Dawson Hefner Lane County Sheriff's Department, OR EOW: Saturday, March 23, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Selwyn C. Adams Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, March 23, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James F. Stamback California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, March 23, 1964 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Marvin Lee Stocker Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Wednesday, March 23, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Assistant Chief of Police Hugh Dorsey Stancil Buford Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, March 23, 1968 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Chief of Police Grady Franklin Dacus Buford Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, March 23, 1968 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Policeman Fred H. Early Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, March 23, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Wilburn A. Kelly Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Saturday, March 23, 1974 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Deputy Sheriff Douglas Allen Arrowood Unicoi County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Saturday, March 23, 1974 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Joseph F. Higgins Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, March 23, 1975 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Rafael R. Rivera-Rivera Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, March 23, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer James Joseph Doyle Ventura County Community Colleg..., CA EOW: Sunday, March 23, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Steven K. Gardner Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS EOW: Friday, March 23, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Police Officer Harold Eugene Snellenberger Pecos Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, March 23, 1984 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Lindell J. Gibbons Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Saturday, March 23, 1985 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Chief of Police Bill Earl Jones Lorenzo Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, March 23, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James Holmes New York City Housing Authority..., NY EOW: Sunday, March 23, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Dell Fountain Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, March 23, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Rufus Earle Brown Mobile Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, March 23, 1997 Cause of Death: Assault Sergeant Bryan Glenn Northern Rocky Ripple Police Department, IN EOW: Sunday, March 23, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Peter Alan Grignon Louisville Metro Police Department, KY EOW: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Joseph Tim Whitehead Jr. Bibb County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Thursday, March 23, 2006 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Pierre Bain Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Thursday, March 23, 2006 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant Gerard W. Burke Jr. Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Thursday, March 23, 2006 Cause of Death: Heart attack

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 40
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 3
Gunfire: 23
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 3