The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 9th

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

City Marshal Edward J. Masterson Dodge City Police Department, KS EOW: Tuesday, April 9, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal John Tyler Pierce Mitchell Department of Public S..., SD EOW: Wednesday, April 9, 1884 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Henry Miller United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, April 9, 1886 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff John M. Cleary Vigo County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Saturday, April 9, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Thomas A. Gordon Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, April 9, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Thomas L. Fitzgibbon Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, April 9, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Park Policeman Robert M. Love West Park District Police Depar..., IL EOW: Wednesday, April 9, 1919 Cause of Death: Struck by train Patrolman Dennis Wilson Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, April 9, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George G. Gresham Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, April 9, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James A. Preston Wakefield Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, April 9, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Almon W. Dana Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Sunday, April 9, 1922 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Albert J. Fink Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, April 9, 1924 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Jesse E. Farr Beverly Hills Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, April 9, 1925 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Marshal Peter Dumele North College Hill Police Depar..., OH EOW: Monday, April 9, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert H. Granger Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, April 9, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Clarence Q. Evans Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Monday, April 9, 1934 Cause of Death: Automobile accident            Deputy Sheriff Conrad Franklin Bunton Johnson County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Thursday, April 9, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Odus Sisk Ray County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Saturday, April 9, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire               U.S. Customs Inspector Joseph T. Brown United States Department of the..., US EOW: Tuesday, April 9, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Marion Martin Knott County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Thursday, April 9, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Pierce W. Farr Waycross Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, April 9, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George Edward Muriset Pomona Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, April 9, 1954 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident              Trooper First Class Arthur W. Plummer Jr. Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Sunday, April 9, 1961 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident             Deputy Sheriff Leon Alexander Bernard Polk County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Tuesday, April 9, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman David A. McKee Sr. Fort Atkinson Police Department, WI EOW: Tuesday, April 9, 1968 Cause of Death: Drowned Sergeant Earl P. Wilkins Portsmouth Police Department, VA EOW: Tuesday, April 9, 1968 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Chief of Police Richard Robert Vandermate Oshkosh Police Department, NE EOW: Friday, April 9, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Ernest Van Haaften Pella Police Department, IA EOW: Wednesday, April 9, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Giles Arthur Harmon North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Tuesday, April 9, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Gary Alan Maas Yuma Police Department, AZ EOW: Wednesday, April 9, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper First Class Eric Dwight Monk Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Saturday, April 9, 1988 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Robert J. Shaw Monterey County Sheriff's Depar..., CA EOW: Saturday, April 9, 1988 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff David Lee Braunholz Fort Bend County Sheriff's Depa..., TX EOW: Monday, April 9, 1990 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Chief of Police Johnny Lee Teter Oxford Police Department, KS EOW: Sunday, April 9, 1995 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Charles E. McDougald Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, April 9, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Joseph C. Rodgers Florence County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Wednesday, April 9, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Police Officer Michael Steven Delgado Tohono O'odham Nation Police De..., TR EOW: Thursday, April 9, 1998 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Kurt Andrew Ford Harvey County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Saturday, April 9, 2005 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Daniel Paul Figgins St. Charles Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, April 9, 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: 39
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 3
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 22
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 3