The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 3rd

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Patrick Jones Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, April 3, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Marshal R. W. (Dick) Townsend United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, April 3, 1886 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael O'Brien Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, April 3, 1887 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police George T. Shires Ronceverte Police Department, WV EOW: Saturday, April 3, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Will P. Stillwell Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Wednesday, April 3, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ernest H. Cassidy Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, April 3, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John J. Rudolph Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, April 3, 1923 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Constable Edward P. Neu St. Louis County Sheriff's Office, MO EOW: Tuesday, April 3, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Leroy J. Youmans United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, April 3, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Henry Bodendieck East St. Louis Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, April 3, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Thomas Edward Lipka Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Sunday, April 3, 1927 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Charles R. Harris San Diego Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, April 3, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Patrick J. Costello Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, April 3, 1931 Cause of Death: Fall Patrolman Raymond C. Kelly Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, April 3, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Horace C. Parker Richmond Police Department, VA EOW: Wednesday, April 3, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff William Albert Pope Halifax County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Wednesday, April 3, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Joe Runions Mercer County Sheriff's Department, ND EOW: Thursday, April 3, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy William Marshall Monroe County Sheriff's Office, NY EOW: Wednesday, April 3, 1946 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer James J. Quigley Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, April 3, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Chester W. Korfhage Jefferson County Police Department, KY EOW: Sunday, April 3, 1949 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman John L. Pendergrass New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, April 3, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Deputy Thomas William Buck Caswell County Sheriff's Depart..., NC EOW: Wednesday, April 3, 1963 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Perry Bud Davis Buncombe County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Saturday, April 3, 1965 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Harry Lee Mills Jr. Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Saturday, April 3, 1965 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Tom Sam Hakaim Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, April 3, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Gerald A. Foote Johnson County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Saturday, April 3, 1971 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Jerome Thurman Spybuck Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, April 3, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Paul John Metzger Kettering Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, April 3, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective William R. Capers New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, April 3, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrol Officer James Leroy Bennett Decatur Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, April 3, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Christopher M. Dunn Jefferson County Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, April 3, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Logan L. Scott Fort Myers Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, April 3, 1981 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Trooper Roland Edgar (Skip) Chevalier Jr. Alaska State Troopers, AK EOW: Saturday, April 3, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert E. Fitzpatrick Miami Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, April 3, 1985 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Police Officer Richard Wayne Clark Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, April 3, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joe Orduño San Luis Police Department, AZ EOW: Thursday, April 3, 1986 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Joseph Ralph Silva New Mexico Department of Correc..., NM EOW: Friday, April 3, 1987 Cause of Death: Assault Special Agent Duane R. Christian United States Department of Com..., US EOW: Wednesday, April 3, 1996 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident             Senior Officer Specialist Scott James Williams United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, April 3, 1997 Cause of Death: Stabbed Trooper Cory R. Elson Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Saturday, April 3, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Charles Roy Clark Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, April 3, 2003 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: 41
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 9
Duty related illness: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 23
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1