The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 6th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Police Officer John Ferguson Galveston Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, April 6, 1873 Cause of Death: Stabbed City Marshal Charles Batterson Marysville Police Department, KS EOW: Wednesday, April 6, 1898 Cause of Death: Assault Sheriff Charles Gassaway Colbert County Sheriff's Depart..., AL EOW: Sunday, April 6, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Millard Blynn Pontiac Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, April 6, 1913 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit City Marshal John T. Blair Killeen Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, April 6, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant John H. Kane Norwich Police Department, CT EOW: Friday, April 6, 1923 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Patrolman Emmet C. Barnes Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, April 6, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Inspector Joseph P. Riley United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, April 6, 1925 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Arthur J. Kenny New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, April 6, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Irving H. Nelson Connecticut State Police, CT EOW: Friday, April 6, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable William Calvin Campbell Commerce Police Department, OK EOW: Friday, April 6, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jacob H. Jenkins Kenton Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, April 6, 1937 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Daniel Sullivan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, April 6, 1937 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Rural Police Officer William Muldrow Strange Sumter County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Tuesday, April 6, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Harry C. Gibson Columbus Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, April 6, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John Edward Penney Franklin County Sheriff's Depar..., TN EOW: Thursday, April 6, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Samuel Katz New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, April 6, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Harold Griffin Wilson County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, April 6, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John J. Conlon New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, April 6, 1955 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper Michael Theodore Dafferner Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Wednesday, April 6, 1966 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Ronald K. Wells Dayton Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, April 6, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)             Police Officer David Richard Van Curler West Palm Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, April 6, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William Harold Fletcher West Palm Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, April 6, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Frank William Watson Lenoir Police Department, NC EOW: Sunday, April 6, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Harry Lee Davis Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, April 6, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Ben Ray Walker Genesee County Sheriff's Depart..., MI EOW: Tuesday, April 6, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George A. Frees Suffolk County Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, April 6, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Glendale Ray Archer Clay County Sheriff's Department, AR EOW: Thursday, April 6, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Douglas Lucian Batey Clay County Sheriff's Department, AR EOW: Thursday, April 6, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Norman Frederick Buchman Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Friday, April 6, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Patrolman Joseph Raymond Jankovsky Countryside Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, April 6, 1974 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Chief of Police Frederick H. Witte Englewood Cliffs Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, April 6, 1977 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent Dean L. McLaughin Union Pacific Railroad Police D..., RR EOW: Wednesday, April 6, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Daniel Ray Burks Natchez Police Department, MS EOW: Thursday, April 6, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Milwood L. Stokes Whigham Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, April 6, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Rodney C. Bonney Auburn Police Department, ME EOW: Monday, April 6, 1981 Cause of Death: Drowned Sheriff Marion Calkins Muskegon County Sheriff's Depar..., MI EOW: Tuesday, April 6, 1982 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Carl Robert D'Abadie Baton Rouge City Police Department, LA EOW: Friday, April 6, 1984 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer David W. Copelman California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, April 6, 1985 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrol Officer Leland Pye Hoffman Estates Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, April 6, 1985 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Clifford E. Sanchez San Bernardino County Sheriff's..., CA EOW: Saturday, April 6, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Michael Allen Brandt California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, April 6, 1987 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Isidro Lugo Suarez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, April 6, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Cuong Huy (Tony) Trinh Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, April 6, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire           Police Officer Victor De Pedro-Fernandez San Juan Municipal Police Depar..., PR EOW: Saturday, April 6, 2002 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Philip Guy Billings Broward County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, April 6, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Robert Curtis Goodwin Clarke County Sheriff's Department, MS EOW: Tuesday, April 6, 2004 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

 

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: 5
Drowned: 1
Electrocuted: 1
Gunfire: 27
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 4
Vehicle pursuit: 3