The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 29th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff John T. Ross Erath County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Saturday, March 29, 1879 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Deputy Sheriff Marion David Robertson Erath County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Saturday, March 29, 1879 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Wagon Driver Joseph Sturm Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Saturday, March 29, 1884 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Sam Cudgo United States Department of the..., US EOW: Sunday, March 29, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal James E. Richardson United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, March 29, 1886 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Jailer Marvin Conover Adair County Sheriff's Office, KY EOW: Tuesday, March 29, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John Robert Estridge Charlotte Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, March 29, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Alvah A. Miller Canton Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, March 29, 1919 Cause of Death: Struck by train Patrolman George Leonard Youngstown Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, March 29, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Horace D. Elliott Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Tuesday, March 29, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Traffic Officer Ralph Jarrell Rutherford Hereford Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, March 29, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer W. Frank Godbold Chatham County Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, March 29, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer John E. Harmann Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Tuesday, March 29, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Patrick Howell Baldwin Miami Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, March 29, 1940 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Claude William Johnson Lamesa Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, March 29, 1950 Cause of Death: Assault Sheriff Louis F. Kreilein Dubois County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Monday, March 29, 1954 Cause of Death: Accidental Patrolman Orville C. Trinkle Jr. Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, March 29, 1960 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman George F. Crane New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, March 29, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Francis J. (Frank) Shannon Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, March 29, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Eugene Verdall Vickers Tyler Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, March 29, 1963 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant Gerald E. Doll Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, March 29, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Michael J. Czapski Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, March 29, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Correctional Officer Robert E. Kendricks Alabama Department of Corrections, AL EOW: Monday, March 29, 1971 Cause of Death: Stabbed Police Officer George F. Stuckey Bristol Township Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, March 29, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Wendell Hicks Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, March 29, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Frank C. Irvin Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Thursday, March 29, 1973 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Border Patrol Agent Lee L. Bounds United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, March 29, 1974 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Corporal John Michael Frontczak Jr. Montgomery County Police Depart..., MD EOW: Monday, March 29, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William Green Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, March 29, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William E. DeLeon Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, March 29, 1982 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Winston J. Rawlins Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, March 29, 1982 Cause of Death: Fire Patrolman Michael K. Aselton Barnstable Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, March 29, 1983 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff Amedicus Q. Howell III Collier County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Tuesday, March 29, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Theodore Dennis Wolf Sr. Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Thursday, March 29, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Senior Officer Specialist Daniel J. Bryer United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, March 29, 1991 Cause of Death: Training accident Deputy Frank V. Trejo Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, March 29, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Police Officer Keith Tadashi Hashimoto Reno Police Department, NV EOW: Friday, March 29, 1996 Cause of Death: Training accident Patrolman Hector Garza San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, March 29, 2001 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: 38
Accidental: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 2
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 21
Motorcycle accident: 4
Stabbed: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Training accident: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 1