The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 1st

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff George Hindman Lincoln County Sheriff's Depart..., NM EOW: Monday, April 1, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff William Brady Lincoln County Sheriff's Depart..., NM EOW: Monday, April 1, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff David F. Craeghe Apache County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Thursday, April 1, 1880 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Edward McGrath Morris Mobile Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, April 1, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Casper Mayer Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, April 1, 1904 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Deputy Chief William E. Murphy Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, April 1, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Patrick Andrew Carr Fort Smith Police Department, AR EOW: Monday, April 1, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Warden Ernest Raynaud California Department of Fish a..., CA EOW: Tuesday, April 1, 1913 Cause of Death: Assault Captain Henry Lee Ransom Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Monday, April 1, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Louis Jaswiecki Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, April 1, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James O'Brien East St. Louis Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, April 1, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Benjamin G. Root San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, April 1, 1923 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit              Field Inspector William Davis (Dave) Allison Texas and Southwestern Cattle R..., TX EOW: Sunday, April 1, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Field Inspector Horace Lorenzo (Hod) Roberson Texas and Southwestern Cattle R..., TX EOW: Sunday, April 1, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ralph L. Croxton Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, April 1, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Gus Barnett Bailey Swainsboro Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, April 1, 1925 Cause of Death: Fire Agent Harold V. Mooring United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, April 1, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Simon Arthur Carie Vincennes Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, April 1, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Almer L. Terry Hutchinson County Sheriff's Dep..., TX EOW: Friday, April 1, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff D. P. Kenyon Hutchinson County Sheriff's Dep..., TX EOW: Friday, April 1, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Andrew W. Miller Pennsylvania Highway Patrol, PA EOW: Sunday, April 1, 1928 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer William Blackett Santa Monica Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, April 1, 1933 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Detective Lieutenant Lew Roberts Scranton Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, April 1, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman H. D. Murphy Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Sunday, April 1, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward Bryan Wheeler Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Sunday, April 1, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph Ternansky Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, April 1, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Andrew O. Brassington Montgomery Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, April 1, 1936 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Roy J. Carney Wilmington Police Department, NC EOW: Thursday, April 1, 1937 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Private George J. Yashur Pennsylvania Motor Police, PA EOW: Monday, April 1, 1940 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Edgar Claude Smith Salinas Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, April 1, 1945 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Alva M. Jackson Pasco Police Department, WA EOW: Friday, April 1, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Alex Hurst New Brockton Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, April 1, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector George T. Mullikin Maryland Natural Resources Police, MD EOW: Friday, April 1, 1966 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrolman J. W. Wallin North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Friday, April 1, 1966 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer John W. Phillips Knoxville Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, April 1, 1969 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident              Corrections Employee Robert Jefferson Illinois Department of Corrections, IL EOW: Thursday, April 1, 1971 Cause of Death: Stabbed Special Agent Richard Heath Jr. United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, April 1, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Frank A. Bersito Mount Vernon Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, April 1, 1974 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Phillip N. Lopez United States Department of the..., US EOW: Tuesday, April 1, 1975 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Clark Hamilton Curlette Metro-Dade Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, April 1, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Frank Kenneth D'Azevedo Metro-Dade Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, April 1, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Police Officer Thomas Allen Hodges Jr. Metro-Dade Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, April 1, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Corrections Employee Charles Sickles California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Wednesday, April 1, 1981 Cause of Death: Stabbed Constable Bill Garsee Polk County Constable's Office ..., TX EOW: Sunday, April 1, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William Leo Parrish Jr. Crenshaw Police Department, MS EOW: Saturday, April 1, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Ronald Leon DeHerrera Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Tuesday, April 1, 1997 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Brian E. Meilbeck Yuba County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, April 1, 1997 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: 47
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 1
Drowned: 1
Electrocuted: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 29
Motorcycle accident: 4
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 2