The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 27th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Warden Daniel Webster Connecticut Department of Corre..., CT EOW: Thursday, March 27, 1862 Cause of Death: Stabbed Police Officer William S. Elliott Columbus Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, March 27, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Edward Baum Checotah Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, March 27, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Herman Odom McIntosh County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Saturday, March 27, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Thomas Thomas New Castle Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, March 27, 1913 Cause of Death: Drowned Detective L. Arthur Mann Lynchburg Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, March 27, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph L. Connelly New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, March 27, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Walter H. Marlow Savannah Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, March 27, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward F. Finnegan Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, March 27, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Motorcycle Officer William Milton Humphrey Logan County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Sunday, March 27, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident               Traffic Officer Albert S. (Sunny Jim) Margason Santa Clara County State Traffi..., CA EOW: Sunday, March 27, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Thomas E. Wright Decatur Police Department, AL EOW: Thursday, March 27, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William T. Barnett Lakeland Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, March 27, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Alonzo Nicholson Lakeland Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, March 27, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Lee Flacy Jackson County Sheriff's Depart..., MO EOW: Tuesday, March 27, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Burr Robertson Harrison Police Department, AR EOW: Wednesday, March 27, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Theodore Husting Sheboygan Police Department, WI EOW: Saturday, March 27, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Turnkey Harry Miller Swartz Chemung County Sheriff's Depart..., NY EOW: Sunday, March 27, 1938 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Arthur F. Eggers New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, March 27, 1944 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Leon W. Gooding Charleston County Police Depart..., SC EOW: Saturday, March 27, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Francis P. Konen Kelso Police Department, WA EOW: Saturday, March 27, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Robert Hensley Owsley County Sheriff's Office, KY EOW: Saturday, March 27, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Clarence Taylor Owsley County Sheriff's Office, KY EOW: Saturday, March 27, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Charles R. Jones Connersville Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, March 27, 1970 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Policeman Kenneth E. Walters Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, March 27, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Joseph Henry Skrabek Bureau County Sheriff's Department, IL EOW: Sunday, March 27, 1977 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer III Philip Carl Metz Montgomery County Police Depart..., MD EOW: Friday, March 27, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph W. Lawlor Jr. North Andover Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, March 27, 1981 Cause of Death: Exposure to toxins Detective Michael L. Raburn King County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Tuesday, March 27, 1984 Cause of Death: Stabbed Investigator James Kenneth Kennedy Knox County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, March 27, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Edward Strunk Billerica Police Department, MA EOW: Wednesday, March 27, 1985 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Ronald Jeffery Turek Blair Township Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, March 27, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Samuel F. Holcomb Jr. Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Sunday, March 27, 1988 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Gary Lee Williams San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, March 27, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Michael Capparelli Chicago Department of Aviation ..., IL EOW: Friday, March 27, 1992 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Agent Santos Febus Ocasio Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, March 27, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer II Kenneth Kanani Keliipio Hawaii County Police Department, HI EOW: Thursday, March 27, 1997 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Border Patrol Agent Stephen M. Sullivan United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, March 27, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Perry Austin Fillmore Clinton County Sheriff's Depart..., MI EOW: Saturday, March 27, 2004 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Kevin Scott Kight Panama City Beach Police Depart..., FL EOW: Sunday, March 27, 2005 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Terry Micheal Byrd Pascagoula Police Department, MS EOW: Monday, March 27, 2006 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

 

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 41
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Drowned: 1
Exposure to toxins: 1
Gunfire: 23
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicular assault: 3