The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - March 31st

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Lest we forget...  

 

Police Officer Thomas Cloud United States Department of the..., US EOW: Tuesday, March 31, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private James H. (Jim) Moore Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Thursday, March 31, 1887 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward Harper Kenton Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, March 31, 1891 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman James A. Mynderse Schenectady Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, March 31, 1900 Cause of Death: Struck by train Police Officer Lemuel R. Boyce St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, March 31, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman James F. Crehan Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, March 31, 1914 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Patrolman Thomas Wynn New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, March 31, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William Good Omaha Police Department, NE EOW: Friday, March 31, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Charles E. Hall Lincoln Police Department, NE EOW: Saturday, March 31, 1917 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Charles Hatfield Ashland Police Department, KY EOW: Monday, March 31, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Antonio Pingitore Kenosha Police Department, WI EOW: Monday, March 31, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Manuel Stuart Cocke County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Monday, March 31, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Railroad Detective Ralph Robinson Chicago, Rock Island and Pacifi..., RR EOW: Wednesday, March 31, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John W. Bell New Hanover County Sheriff's De..., NC EOW: Wednesday, March 31, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman James C. Costello Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, March 31, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John J. O'Leary Fresno County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, March 31, 1931 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Night Marshal M. Anthony Swatta West Des Moines Police Department, IA EOW: Tuesday, March 31, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John Brubaker Miami Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, March 31, 1933 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Walter A. Purcell New York State Police, NY EOW: Friday, March 31, 1933 Cause of Death: Accidental Special Agent William S. Grubb United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, March 31, 1933 Cause of Death: Assault Special Agent Levi G. Trexler United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, March 31, 1933 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Policeman Matthew Clowry Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, March 31, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Olof F. Wilson Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Sunday, March 31, 1935 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault             Police Officer Jack Grace Wadlington West Palm Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, March 31, 1935 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Special Officer Owen McManus Southern Pacific Railroad Polic..., RR EOW: Thursday, March 31, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Otto Jirecek Solon Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, March 31, 1939 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Otto J. Ziska Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, March 31, 1940 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Policeman John F. Schaefer Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, March 31, 1945 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Frank C. Larson Spokane Police Department, WA EOW: Friday, March 31, 1950 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff J. Holland Thomas Sr. Pittsylvania County Sheriff's O..., VA EOW: Saturday, March 31, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert E. Karsmizki Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Sunday, March 31, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Benjamin Herrera Farmington Police Department, NM EOW: Saturday, March 31, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Glenn Harvey Williams Yuba City Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, March 31, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Charles Scott Dutchess County Sheriff's Depar..., NY EOW: Thursday, March 31, 1966 Cause of Death: Drowned Correctional Officer Joe D. Crater Michigan Department of Corrections, MI EOW: Friday, March 31, 1967 Cause of Death: Explosion Correctional Officer Max M. Hinckley Michigan Department of Corrections, MI EOW: Friday, March 31, 1967 Cause of Death: Explosion Agent Garnett E. (Dick) Dabney South Carolina Alcoholic Bevera..., SC EOW: Sunday, March 31, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Edward O. Kanz University of Washington Police..., WA EOW: Wednesday, March 31, 1971 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Dominic Guglielmi Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, March 31, 1972 Cause of Death: Fall Patrol Deputy Charles E. Barnes Sr. Miller County Sheriff's Department, AR EOW: Saturday, March 31, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Agent Thomas E. Riggs San Diego Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, March 31, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Ralph M. Galdi Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, March 31, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant George Aguilar Inglewood Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, March 31, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Victor Estefan Miami Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, March 31, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Richard Lee Housworth Juneau County Sheriff's Department, WI EOW: Friday, March 31, 1989 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Giles R. Landry Maine State Police, ME EOW: Friday, March 31, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Nelson Henry Yamamoto Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Tuesday, March 31, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Youth Development Worker Eugene Rockett Georgia Department of Corrections, GA EOW: Wednesday, March 31, 1993 Cause of Death: Assault Officer Jesse Don Moorman Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, March 31, 1994 Cause of Death: Heart attack Special Agent David Elliott Sullivan United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, March 31, 1994 Cause of Death: Automobile accident                Senior Trooper James Patrick Bartram Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Police Officer Russell Travis (Rusty) Stalnaker Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Jaime Betancourt New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, March 31, 2002 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff Donald Lee Schavolt Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, March 31, 2002 Cause of Death: Assault            Deputy Sheriff Christopher Michael Burgert Bradford County Sheriff's Depar..., PA EOW: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire           Deputy Sheriff Michael Allen Van Kuren Bradford County Sheriff's Depar..., PA EOW: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 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: 56
Accidental: 1
Assault: 3
Automobile accident: 7
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 2
Explosion: 2
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 29
Heart attack: 2
Stabbed: 2
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2