Prayer for America 04/30/06

God, thank you for giving our leaders, past and present, the eyes to see that you created people to be free. Thank you for helping them realize that nothing should take away that freedom--not skin color, not race, not ethnic background. “We hold these truths to be self-evident.” they wrote, “that all men are created equal.”

Father, I thank you for creating us free and equal. I ask that you will continue to heal past wounds of racial inequality and prevent new wounds of racial strife. Please give us a unity as Americans that is bolstered by the diversity of our ethnicity. Please make it self-evident to all of us that you made us to become one nation under you.

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Patrolman Robert T. Frazier Nashville City Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, April 30, 1875 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy James A. Coggburn Taney County Sheriff's Office, MO EOW: Wednesday, April 30, 1879 Cause of Death: Gunfire Correctional Officer John Elder Iowa Department of Corrections, IA EOW: Sunday, April 30, 1882 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Daniel Summitt Nashville City Police Department, TN EOW: Sunday, April 30, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain William A. Brown Ogden Police Department, UT EOW: Sunday, April 30, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff John R. Shaver Clackamas County Sheriff's Depa..., OR EOW: Monday, April 30, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Frederick Wright Honolulu Police Department, HI EOW: Sunday, April 30, 1916 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Private Thomas Carlyle (Carlie) Hyde Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Tuesday, April 30, 1918 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Special Agent Irby U. Scruggs United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, April 30, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Hugh Lee McNamara Hyde County Sheriff's Office, SD EOW: Friday, April 30, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant John P. Dowd Nassau County Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, April 30, 1929 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Game Warden Alan G. Curry California Department of Fish a..., CA EOW: Wednesday, April 30, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper John L. Furlong New York State Police, NY EOW: Wednesday, April 30, 1930 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Anthony L. Ruthy Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, April 30, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective James L. Kelly Gary Police Department, IN EOW: Saturday, April 30, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Stanley J. Lutke Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, April 30, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Raymond Mathis Montgomery Police Department, AL EOW: Thursday, April 30, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Willie R. Denson Daytona Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, April 30, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Frank E. Herrmann Jefferson County Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, April 30, 1938 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Captain Charles R. Gougenheim Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, April 30, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Jack B. Beets Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, April 30, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles Washington Ardmore Police Department, OK EOW: Wednesday, April 30, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer O. J. Weldon Cumberland Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, April 30, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Herbert I. Wexler Lucas County Sheriff's Department, OH EOW: Sunday, April 30, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Gordon D. Erickson Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Thursday, April 30, 1970 Cause of Death: Fall             Police Officer James R. Reifschneider St. Louis County Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, April 30, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Robert E. Betsch New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, April 30, 1979 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Anthony E. Jenkins Meigs Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, April 30, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Vincente Ramos-Lebron United States General Services ..., US EOW: Friday, April 30, 1982 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Policeman Luis B. Vega-Cotto Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, April 30, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Commander Angel Francisco Rodriguez-Melendez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, April 30, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Steve M. Crerar Fremont County Sheriff's Office, WY EOW: Sunday, April 30, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Daryle Wayne Black Long Beach Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, April 30, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Patrol Officer Dannygriggs M. Padayao Honolulu Police Department, HI EOW: Monday, April 30, 2001 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Robert Daniel Targosz Gilbert Police Department, AZ EOW: Sunday, April 30, 2006 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 35
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 4
Duty related illness: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 22
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicular assault: 3

 

 

Prayer for America 04/29/06

Thank you, Lord, for music. For country music and rock music. Thank you for Handel and Bach, for Elvis and the Beatles. Thank you for marching bands and jazz bands and everything in between.

“Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises,” the Scriptures say (Psalm 98:4), and I am glad to do it. Thank you for stores filled with CDs and radio stations filled with songs. Thank you for old hymns and new praise songs. Give me a song today. In this and every way I give you praise. Amen.

To be an American is to be free to dance to a tune and only you can hear,
to march to a drumbeat of all your own.

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Deputy Sheriff Rodney Badger Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, UT EOW: Friday, April 29, 1853 Cause of Death: Drowned Guard Joe Epperson Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Monday, April 29, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff George W. Hoffman Windsor County Sheriff's Office, VT EOW: Sunday, April 29, 1900 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Satters Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Monday, April 29, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Patrick Devaney Minot Police Department, ND EOW: Monday, April 29, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police George Riehm West Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, April 29, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Frank J. Blazek Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward Leeney Iowa City Police Department, IA EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1926 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Town Marshal Phillip Lee Hallandale Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, April 29, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John Malcolm San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, April 29, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Troy (Zeke) Clevenger Winchester Police Department, IN EOW: Wednesday, April 29, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Fred W. Nolan St. Cloud Police Department, MN EOW: Sunday, April 29, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Bertram Lou Agnew Richmond Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, April 29, 1942 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman John Joseph Moore Wilkes-Barre Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, April 29, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jacob Szwedowski New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, April 29, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sergeant Theodore R. Chambers Oregon State Police, OR EOW: Sunday, April 29, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Rufus Barrow Adairville Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Robert John Fulton Superior Police Department, WI EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1948 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff William A. White Mendocino County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Saturday, April 29, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Night Marshal Albert Rinks Marked Tree Police Department, AR EOW: Tuesday, April 29, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James Tillotson Anderson County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Monday, April 29, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Novel McReynolds Murray Police Department, KY EOW: Monday, April 29, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Mitchell A. Stone Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, April 29, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas E. Kittinger Roanoke City Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, April 29, 1961 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Chief of Police Walter R. Little Washtucna Police Department, WA EOW: Saturday, April 29, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Robert L. Stevens Benton Township Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, April 29, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Chief of Police William E. (Bill) Lewis Capac Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, April 29, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Theodore Turner Kershaw County Sheriff's Depart..., SC EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Morris E. Greenwalt Hazen Police Department, AR EOW: Monday, April 29, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Renault R. Bayhi United States Department of the..., US EOW: Tuesday, April 29, 1975 Cause of Death: Unidentified Investigator Larry Douglas Bullock Durham Police Department, NC EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Bill Jean Lea Polk County Sheriff's Office, AR EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire   Captain James Alexander Bradley Oilton Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, April 29, 1985 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle             Patrol Deputy Thomas Edward Felton Jr. Sussex County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Saturday, April 29, 1989 Cause of Death: Struck by train Lieutenant Thomas James Leis Metro-Dade Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, April 29, 1990 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Captain James Lutz Waukesha Police Department, WI EOW: Friday, April 29, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Kenneth J. Wolf Frontier County Sheriff's Office, NE EOW: Tuesday, April 29, 1997 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer John Michael Richardson Nashville International Airport..., TN EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Lieutenant Christopher Neal Claypool Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Sunday, April 29, 2001 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff David William March Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Monday, April 29, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael Thomas Hartzell Youngstown Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Tommy Edward Scott Los Angeles World Airports Poli..., CA EOW: Friday, April 29, 2005 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 42
Automobile accident: 1
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 1
Gunfire: 28
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 1
Vehicular assault: 3

 

 

Prayer for America 04/28/06

God, our armed forces have been trained to protect our country in war and peace. They place their trust in you. We pray now that you would protect them as they fulfill their promises.

These gallant citizens make untold sacrifices to keep our homes and country safe. They pledged to give their lives, if necessary, to defend the principles that made our country free.

Honor their commitment and their courage, Father, as you encourage us to do the same.

Each one of them is precious to us, as they are to you. Comfort them and the families from whom they are separated. Give them strength, guidance, and convictions as they face the unknown with the name of God and country on their lips and in their hearts.

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Deputy Sheriff George Hammond St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1836 Cause of Death: Stabbed Constable William Mull St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1836 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff Granville A. Hayden Aroostook County Sheriff's Depa..., ME EOW: Monday, April 28, 1873 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff William Hubbard Aroostook County Sheriff's Depa..., ME EOW: Monday, April 28, 1873 Cause of Death: Assault Policeman James B. Wiggins Chattanooga Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, April 28, 1879 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James W. Bell Lincoln County Sheriff's Depart..., NM EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Robert Olinger United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Albert P. Crigler Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Saturday, April 28, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Abner Whitney Missouri Valley Police Department, IA EOW: Saturday, April 28, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles A. Ware Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Wednesday, April 28, 1897 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George Claud Holt Pickett Pine Bluff Police Department, AR EOW: Sunday, April 28, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sanitary Officer W. L. Steele Decatur Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, April 28, 1905 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Andrew Czap Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Sunday, April 28, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Arthur Frank Utter Schuyler County Sheriff's Depar..., IL EOW: Friday, April 28, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Thomas Edward Lashbrook Schuyler County Sheriff's Depar..., IL EOW: Friday, April 28, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Carl William Neff Schuyler County Sheriff's Depar..., IL EOW: Friday, April 28, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Harold C. Mattice New York State Police, NY EOW: Saturday, April 28, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Chief of Police John Ferdinand Bockman Libby Police Department, MT EOW: Monday, April 28, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Warden Frank H. Gillam Virginia Department of Game and..., VA EOW: Sunday, April 28, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Special Agent Durward Faulding Geddes Burlington Northern Railroad Po..., RR EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Paul Donath Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Robert K. Hannahs Richfield Springs Police Depart..., NY EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1938 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Trooper John I. Gregerson New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Monday, April 28, 1941 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Patrolman Fred Parker Clayton County Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, April 28, 1959 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit             Corrections Employee Bernard Fancher Michigan Department of Corrections, MI EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1960 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Elmer M. Beers Waverly Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, April 28, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire        Patrolman John Stachnik Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, April 28, 1969 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Jesse Lynwood Mallett Clarendon County Sheriff's Depa..., SC EOW: Saturday, April 28, 1979 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Daryl W. Shirley Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, April 28, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Chief Deputy Sheriff Wayne Lewis Wahl Crockett County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Sunday, April 28, 1985 Cause of Death: Drowned              Sergeant Timothy Michael Mossbrucker Jefferson County Sheriff's Depa..., CO EOW: Friday, April 28, 1995 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: 31
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 1
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 20
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1

 

 

Prayer for America 04/27/06

God, at this very moment, thank you
for the teachers who are teaching our children,
for the doctors who are treating our sick,
for the farmers who are sowing our food,
for the judges who are protecting our laws,
for the police who are watching our streets,
for the firefighters who are saving our lives,
for the carpenters who are building our homes,
for the postal employees who are sorting our mail,
for the cobblers who are resoling our shoes,
for the students who are studying our past,
for the janitors who are cleaning our schools,
for the gardeners who are maintaining our parks,
for the engineers who are designing our roads,
and for all the other people who make life not only possible but precious. Amen.

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Watchman David Estes Boston Watch, MA EOW: Thursday, April 27, 1848 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Cyrus Beebe Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Thursday, April 27, 1854 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Levi Parker Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Sunday, April 27, 1856 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Teen New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Monday, April 27, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Meagher New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, April 27, 1899 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Patrick Melia Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, April 27, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Chief of Police Emilio Girona-Vizcarrondo Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, April 27, 1917 Cause of Death: Stabbed Special Agent Kersey E. Gowin North Dakota Attorney General's..., ND EOW: Saturday, April 27, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police C. M. Fly Commerce Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, April 27, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Game Warden William J. Nattkemper Indiana Department of Natural R..., IN EOW: Tuesday, April 27, 1926 Cause of Death: Drowned Game Warden William J. Peare Indiana Department of Natural R..., IN EOW: Tuesday, April 27, 1926 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrolman Arthur F. Esau Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, April 27, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire              City Marshal Jefferson Davis (J.D.) Graham Temple Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, April 27, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Leslie Lee Potts Malvern Police Department, AR EOW: Thursday, April 27, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Richard Rivers Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Monday, April 27, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Joseph A. Hoffer Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Tuesday, April 27, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Martin C. McCaw Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, April 27, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Daniel E. Hobbs Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Sunday, April 27, 1952 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Hugh Greer Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Friday, April 27, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police James Ivan Knick Suwanee Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, April 27, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles Austin Pryor Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Tuesday, April 27, 1965 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff William C. Jackson Trinity County Sheriff's Depart..., CA EOW: Tuesday, April 27, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Jailer Roy Alonzo Sturges La Salle County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Friday, April 27, 1973 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sheriff Ernest Daniel Hamilton Presidio County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Friday, April 27, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Armond VanCleave Shively Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, April 27, 1974 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Michael David Stewart Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, April 27, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Ernest Loyd Wilson Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, April 27, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Robert F. Sexton Olanta Police Department, SC EOW: Tuesday, April 27, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire First Lieutenant Cell C. Howell Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OK EOW: Wednesday, April 27, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Lieutenant William James Nixon Jackson Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, April 27, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Warden Arnold J. Magoon Vermont Fish and Wildlife Depar..., VT EOW: Thursday, April 27, 1978 Cause of Death: Assault Parole Officer Robert A. White Ohio Department of Rehabilitati..., OH EOW: Friday, April 27, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Detective Lieutenant William L. McCarthy Montcalm County Sheriff's Depar..., MI EOW: Tuesday, April 27, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Donald E. Pittenger Pottawatomie County Sheriff's O..., KS EOW: Sunday, April 27, 1986 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Sergeant John F. McCormick New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, April 27, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Donald Terry Garrison Cobb County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Friday, April 27, 1990 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Joseph Preston Martin Metro-Dade Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, April 27, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Terry James Jablonski Bay City Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, April 27, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Raymond Paul Rexer Bay City Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, April 27, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper James Keith Stewart Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Saturday, April 27, 1991 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Douglas Odell Parsons Kissimmee Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, April 27, 1993 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Jose Perez New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, April 27, 1994 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Agent Wilfredo Rojas-Albino Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Thursday, April 27, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Claton Morris Medrano Harrison County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Friday, April 27, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Deputy Sheriff Toney Clayton Summey Randolph County Sheriff's Depar..., NC EOW: Sunday, April 27, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant George A. (Andy) Brown III Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault               Police Officer James Gordon (Jim) Lewis Tacoma Police Department, WA EOW: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 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: 47
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 6
Drowned: 2
Duty related illness: 1
Gunfire: 27
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicular assault: 2

 

 

 

Prayer for America 04/26/06

What will y our children have tomorrow, God? It’s so easy to get caught up in the here and now that we often forget to think about tomorrow. Will the sun shine as brightly for our grandchildren? Will the summer breezes feel as warm? There have been great changes since the birth of our country and our world. May we continue to move forward with positive steps--one step at a time. Amen.

America is only as strong as her families. If we lose the ability to hold those families together, we risk losing America as we know it.

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Sheriff Edward Newton Campbell Hinsdale County Sheriff's Depar..., CO EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Nathan Busby Milam County Constable's Office, TX EOW: Thursday, April 26, 1894 Cause of Death: Stabbed Policeman Jeremiah Dunham Rahway Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 1899 Cause of Death: Struck by train Constable W. G. Reddick Jefferson County Constable's Of..., TX EOW: Sunday, April 26, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James W. Dunn II Benton County Sheriff's Office, OR EOW: Tuesday, April 26, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Deputy Sheriff Lewis Markham Huffman Harrison County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Monday, April 26, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Henry J. Arends Cedar Rapids Police Department, IA EOW: Sunday, April 26, 1914 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Patrolman Fred Kuncl Berwyn Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, April 26, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer Brice Hurst Anniston Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Joe Holliday Anniston Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Burleson Avery County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Thursday, April 26, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Sidney Clarence Crews Miami Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, April 26, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Ira Burnett Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Thursday, April 26, 1934 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Detective Sergeant John A. Cameron Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Friday, April 26, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John R. Cramer El Paso County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Friday, April 26, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Neal R. Courtney St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, April 26, 1946 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman George T. Freeman Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, April 26, 1947 Cause of Death: Assault Patrol Officer Eugenio Luna Laredo Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, April 26, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police George C. Mitchell Wake Forest Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, April 26, 1947 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Motorcycle Officer Henry N. Williams Beaumont Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 1950 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Alvin Foss California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff T. N. Westmoreland Forsyth County Sheriff's Depart..., NC EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 1950 Cause of Death: Stabbed Police Officer Lloyd Eugene Murphy Whitefish Police Department, MT EOW: Thursday, April 26, 1956 Cause of Death: Heart attack               Conservation Officer George B. Driscoll South Dakota Department of Game..., SD EOW: Sunday, April 26, 1964 Cause of Death: Drowned               Corrections Employee Lester B. Sumner Florida Department of Corrections, FL EOW: Monday, April 26, 1965 Cause of Death: Assault Sergeant Robert J. Zinck Framingham Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, April 26, 1968 Cause of Death: Exposure to toxins Sergeant Glen R. Hosier Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Monday, April 26, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant William Carter Smith Kentucky State Police, KY EOW: Thursday, April 26, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Nathan Shapiro Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, April 26, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Morris Edward Brossette Natchitoches Police Department, LA EOW: Friday, April 26, 1974 Cause of Death: Drowned Correctional Officer Richard Ochoa California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Monday, April 26, 1976 Cause of Death: Assault Lieutenant Willis Durwood Martin Kentucky State Police, KY EOW: Tuesday, April 26, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Bruce W. Wilson Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Tuesday, April 26, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Charles Matthews East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff..., LA EOW: Monday, April 26, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Philip Bruce Mathis Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, April 26, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal John Novabilski Prince George's County Police D..., MD EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert L. Johnson Jr. Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Saturday, April 26, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Morris Cavaliere Jr. New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, April 26, 1998 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Lieutenant James LaDow Davis Ocean Shores Police Department, WA EOW: Sunday, April 26, 1998 Cause of Death: Drowned               Police Officer Cuthbert Ezekiel Chapman Virgin Islands Police Department, VI EOW: Monday, April 26, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Kenneth P. Wilcox Albany Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 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: 41
Assault: 3
Automobile accident: 3
Drowned: 3
Electrocuted: 1
Exposure to toxins: 1
Gunfire: 20
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 3
Struck by train: 1
Vehicular assault: 2

 

 

Prayer for America 04/25/06

Father, I’m amazed when I think of the pioneers breaking new ground on the American prairie. What courageous men and women they must have been. They moved into the land and occupied it. They set up borders. They coaxed life from new soil. They planted crops. They grew cities out of empty acres. They sacrificed their lives to build this nation, God.

Thank you fro guiding their work, for protecting them, for comforting them in their losses, for seeing them through to eventual success. Thank you, Father, for the spirit that allowed them to establish a great nation from the Atlantic all the way across the plains and the mountains to the Pacific.

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Marshal George O'Connor Leadville Police Department, CO EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal H. Clay Jeans Benton County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Jake Bowman Cochise County Sheriff's Depart..., AZ EOW: Wednesday, April 25, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Sweem Parke County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff William D. Mull Parke County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William F. Messanger Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William E. Tipton Portales Police Department, NM EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Samuel J. Robins Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Tuesday, April 25, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Elmer M. Powers Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1918 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Special Officer Webster C. Gentry Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, April 25, 1922 Cause of Death: Drowned Police Officer John P. Driscoll Holyoke Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, April 25, 1922 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Albert W. Peterson Scottsbluff Police Department, NE EOW: Wednesday, April 25, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Agent Louis McCamant Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R..., RR EOW: Friday, April 25, 1924 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sheriff Henry Hampton Howard Aiken County Sheriff's Department, SC EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Thomas P. Oates Troy Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff William M. (Billy) Lester Wyoming County Sheriff's Depart..., WV EOW: Sunday, April 25, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Conservation Officer Joseph Twaddle Minnesota Department of Natural..., MN EOW: Friday, April 25, 1930 Cause of Death: Struck by train Patrolman Daniel F. Murphy New Rochelle Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, April 25, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Harry McVay Rhode Island Department of Corr..., RI EOW: Friday, April 25, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Special Deputy Constable Bernell Looney Barton Tarrant County Constable's Offi..., TX EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1931 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Daniel A. Romberger United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, April 25, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Special Deputy Sheriff Howard Gunter Grayson County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Wednesday, April 25, 1934 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper William S. Kozlak Minnesota State Patrol, MN EOW: Wednesday, April 25, 1934 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Chief of Police Homer Moss Madill Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Delmond Edward Rondeau Oregon State Police, OR EOW: Friday, April 25, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Rubin A. Paine Marblehead Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, April 25, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Neil Krantz Flint Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, April 25, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Sam Robert Hickey Loudon Police Department, TN EOW: Sunday, April 25, 1954 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Donald Wiseman New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, April 25, 1955 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Darvin K. Hogg Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Monday, April 25, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Jack R. Armstrong Southern Railroad Police Depart..., RR EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Douglas M. Price United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Bruce C. Rankin Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Wednesday, April 25, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Special Agent Wilmer Fuentes-Villanueva Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, April 25, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Investigator Claude Everett Seymour Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Friday, April 25, 1975 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Julian Branch Clio Police Department, SC EOW: Sunday, April 25, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Eugene N. Luther Sacramento County Sheriff's Dep..., CA EOW: Friday, April 25, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Larry F. McMaster Montrose Police Department, CO EOW: Monday, April 25, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Raymond E. Radel Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1991 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Michael David Gartrell Sacramento Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1991 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Daniel E. Rice Bethlehem Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, April 25, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Henry Allen Brown Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, April 25, 1997 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper Andrew Patrick Winzenread Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Friday, April 25, 1997 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman David John Chetcuti Millbrae Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Allen William Gibson Jr. Waverly Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Johnathan (Cole) Martin Chatsworth Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, April 25, 2003 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Police Officer Gerald Kieffer Griffin Jr. San Diego Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, April 25, 2003 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Detective Anthony J. (Tony) Hosey Illinois State University Polic..., IL EOW: Monday, April 25, 2005 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Harold Loyd Thorne Jr. Tuscaloosa Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, April 25, 2005 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: 49
Automobile accident: 10
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 26
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 4
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 1