The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 4th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sheriff James Preston Fulkerson Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Sunday, April 4, 1852 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Policeman Clark Washington Orange Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer James Moran Charlotte Police Department, NC EOW: Monday, April 4, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Hurley New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Monday, April 4, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Henry A. Stotko Spokane Police Department, WA EOW: Tuesday, April 4, 1905 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer J. D. Carter Pensacola Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, April 4, 1909 Cause of Death: Stabbed Undersheriff Richard Burmeister Sheridan County Sheriff's Depar..., MT EOW: Friday, April 4, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Tom A. Courtney Sheridan County Sheriff's Depar..., MT EOW: Friday, April 4, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Robert Carl Scott King County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Sunday, April 4, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Forrest Ross Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Monday, April 4, 1921 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer William W. McClintock St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Tuesday, April 4, 1922 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Chief of Police Harry S. Hartman Columbia Boro Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, April 4, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman James Shannon Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Harry W. Schmidt Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Harry Wise St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1925 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Corporal Walter A. Wood St. Joseph Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, April 4, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James Cooley Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, April 4, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Patrick J. Doyle New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1931 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Officer James J. Sullivan Omaha Police Department, NE EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff George B. Adams St. Louis County Sheriff's Office, MO EOW: Wednesday, April 4, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Mack R. Carmichael McKinley County Sheriff's Depar..., NM EOW: Thursday, April 4, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Truett E. Rowe United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, April 4, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jack Chason New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, April 4, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James L. Joyce Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Monday, April 4, 1949 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Constable Sam Linn Graysville Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, April 4, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police S. R. Howton Graysville Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, April 4, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Michael Peltz Arnold Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Assistant Superintendent James G. Godwin Florida Department of Corrections, FL EOW: Monday, April 4, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Fish Warden Raymond Leroy Schroll Jr. Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Comm..., PA EOW: Friday, April 4, 1958 Cause of Death: Drowned Officer Kenneth E. Bell Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, April 4, 1968 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Rodney Joseph Trahan Kaplan Police Department, LA EOW: Friday, April 4, 1969 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Robert Michael Dale Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, April 4, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Mark Alan Frederick Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Sunday, April 4, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Larry Verne Crabtree Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OK EOW: Monday, April 4, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James William Nunalee Sr. Wilmington Police Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, April 4, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James N. Bowers Columbus Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, April 4, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Correctional Officer Louis F. Jewett Jr. New Mexico Department of Correc..., NM EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1981 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sergeant Paul L. Mooneyham Sr. Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1981 Cause of Death: Heart attack Corrections Employee Billy M. Moore Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Warden Wallace M. Pack Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1981 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Charles Frank Jordan Cheatham County Sheriff's Depar..., TN EOW: Sunday, April 4, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John C. Thomas III Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Wednesday, April 4, 1984 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff James Arthur Bevis Jackson County Sheriff's Depart..., FL EOW: Thursday, April 4, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Investigator Pablo Ramirez-Morales Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Thursday, April 4, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Donald Lee Ferguson Albany Police Department, KY EOW: Wednesday, April 4, 1990 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Detective Charles Edward Harris Southern Pines Police Department, NC EOW: Thursday, April 4, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Group Supervisor Arnold Castilleja Garcia Los Angeles County Probation De..., CA EOW: Monday, April 4, 1994 Cause of Death: Assault Lieutenant Charles Matthew Turner West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Thursday, April 4, 1996 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Trooper David Harold Dees North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Sunday, April 4, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Investigator Sherry Elizabeth Lyons-Williams Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, April 4, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Neil Keith Wells Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, April 4, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Border Patrol Agent Jason Christopher Panides United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, April 4, 2001 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant Jeffrey Todd Hewitt Buncombe County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Sunday, April 4, 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: 53
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 3
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 35
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 4
Stabbed: 2
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1