The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 10th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sergeant John Sturdy St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, April 10, 1863 Cause of Death: Assault Private Andrew Melville Texas State Police, TX EOW: Thursday, April 10, 1873 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Dave H. Layman United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, April 10, 1883 Cause of Death: Gunfire Guard William Leech United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, April 10, 1884 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Martin Duggan Leadville Police Department, CO EOW: Sunday, April 10, 1887 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal William Fields United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, April 10, 1887 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Samuel Preston Greenlee Grainger County Sheriff's Depar..., TN EOW: Wednesday, April 10, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable W. W. Lowther Bisbee Police Department, AZ EOW: Thursday, April 10, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Lon F. Jones Piedmont Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, April 10, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Thomas L. Roberts Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Sunday, April 10, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Paul W. Hilton Monroe Police Department, LA EOW: Tuesday, April 10, 1900 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer John T. Crum Danville Police Department, KY EOW: Wednesday, April 10, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman August Lind Danville Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, April 10, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Harry E. Miller Kent Police Department, WA EOW: Friday, April 10, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Rupert Becker Amherst Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, April 10, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward F. Hall Wichita Police Department, KS EOW: Friday, April 10, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Mitchell Compier Hughes County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Saturday, April 10, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles A. Skeen Middletown Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, April 10, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Weldon N. Wilson Wetumka Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, April 10, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert Forbish Vicksburg Police Department, MS EOW: Sunday, April 10, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman David H. Wiley Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, April 10, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Michael J. Foley New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, April 10, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Erwin Tate Zanesville Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, April 10, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Cecil M. Crawford Page County Sheriff's Department, IA EOW: Saturday, April 10, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Hartley F. Richter Lakewood Police Department, NJ EOW: Thursday, April 10, 1947 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Oscar Roberts Fayette County Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, April 10, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Louis Balzano New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, April 10, 1950 Cause of Death: Drowned Trooper John T. Meistrell Nebraska State Patrol, NE EOW: Friday, April 10, 1953 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Bill Hugh Broadwell Giles County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Saturday, April 10, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Police Officer James Michael Considine Syracuse Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, April 10, 1954 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Vito Valenzano New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, April 10, 1960 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Benjamin J. Solomon Imperial County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Wednesday, April 10, 1963 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Kenneth Couch New Milford Police Department, CT EOW: Wednesday, April 10, 1963 Cause of Death: Drowned            Chief of Police David Albert McCutchen Sr. Tybee Island Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, April 10, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Eugene Hooper Akron Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, April 10, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Allan H. Lewin Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, April 10, 1975 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Gordon L. Heisa Dunn County Sheriff's Department, WI EOW: Tuesday, April 10, 1979 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Wayne Richard Presley Downey Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, April 10, 1981 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Detective Sergeant Raymond L. White Nether Providence Township Poli..., PA EOW: Sunday, April 10, 1983 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Guy J. Barringer Albany Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, April 10, 1987 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Maria Michelle Groves Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, April 10, 1987 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sergeant Gary Dale Wilson Duluth Police Department, MN EOW: Tuesday, April 10, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James Thomas Kelley Livonia Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, April 10, 1992 Cause of Death: Heart attack              Police Officer Joseph T. Fitzsimmons Jr. Wellesley Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, April 10, 1992 Cause of Death: Heart attack Acting Chief Isaac Benjamin Martinez San Ildefonso Pueblo Tribal Police, TR EOW: Sunday, April 10, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal James Joseph Silva Shreveport Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, April 10, 1994 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Stewart L. Beasley Jr. Jasper Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, April 10, 1995 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman James H. Collins Farmington Police Department, AR EOW: Wednesday, April 10, 1996 Cause of Death: Heart attack Chief of Police James Leonard Speer Calipatria Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, April 10, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Isaac Anthony Espinoza San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, April 10, 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: 50
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 3
Drowned: 2
Gunfire: 30
Heart attack: 7
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicular assault: 4