The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 11th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sheriff Matthew L. Browne Cameron County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Monday, April 11, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer John W. Flynn Helena Police Department, MT EOW: Wednesday, April 11, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert D. Austin Richmond Police Department, VA EOW: Monday, April 11, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John F. McDermott Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, April 11, 1900 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff William Wright Letcher County Sheriff's Depart..., KY EOW: Thursday, April 11, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Chief of Police Page Campbell Marstiller Elkins Police Department, WV EOW: Friday, April 11, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Charles W. Sieger Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, April 11, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Ralph Miover Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, April 11, 1925 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer George Campbell San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, April 11, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James R. (Bud) Wilson Anderson County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Sunday, April 11, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Boyd Badour Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, April 11, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jesse Sneed Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, April 11, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Deputy Sheriff Andrew Womack Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Depa..., LA EOW: Friday, April 11, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles Hash Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Friday, April 11, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Jack E. Marks California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, April 11, 1933 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Special Agent Robert C. Nickerson United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, April 11, 1935 Cause of Death: Exposure Deputy Sheriff Raymundo Martinez Conejos County Sheriff's Depart..., CO EOW: Thursday, April 11, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Eduardo Dominguez Conejos County Sheriff's Depart..., CO EOW: Thursday, April 11, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Lester H. Henley Tampa Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, April 11, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Millard R. Courtney Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Wednesday, April 11, 1951 Cause of Death: Struck by train Patrolman Nash Phillip Garcia New Mexico State Police, NM EOW: Friday, April 11, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Patrolman Clarence L. (Boots) Shields Topeka Police Department, KS EOW: Monday, April 11, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James Cavanaugh Fairfield Police Department, CT EOW: Monday, April 11, 1966 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Correctional Officer Samuel Reed Iowa Department of Corrections, IA EOW: Friday, April 11, 1969 Cause of Death: Stabbed Correctional Officer Alvin M. Schmitt Oregon Department of Corrections, OR EOW: Friday, April 11, 1969 Cause of Death: Stabbed Trooper Billy A. Tanner Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Saturday, April 11, 1970 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Anthony Milazzo Jr. New York State Parkway Police D..., NY EOW: Saturday, April 11, 1970 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Auxiliary Trooper Ormand Franklin Watkins Alabama Department of Public Sa..., AL EOW: Sunday, April 11, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Richard D. Vigneault Springfield Police Department, MA EOW: Wednesday, April 11, 1973 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Roy Hugo Dirks Lane County Sheriff's Department, OR EOW: Friday, April 11, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Dwight Lynn Hall Lee County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Wednesday, April 11, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael T. Anaya San Diego Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, April 11, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Harvey David Johnson Fouke Police Department, AR EOW: Friday, April 11, 1980 Cause of Death: Assault Game Warden Nelson Onepennee Yakama Tribal Police Department, TR EOW: Friday, April 11, 1980 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Robert P. McDermon Sr. Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Saturday, April 11, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Joseph Z. Moore Franklin County Sheriff's Depar..., OH EOW: Monday, April 11, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff George Edward Goare Webster County Sheriff's Depart..., GA EOW: Thursday, April 11, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John C. Williamson Dillon County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Friday, April 11, 1986 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Carroll J. Taylor Dillon County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Friday, April 11, 1986 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent Benjamin P. Grogan United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, April 11, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Jerry Dove United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, April 11, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Grady Morris Lamb Cedar Hill Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, April 11, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Detective Albert Leppert North Charleston Police Department, SC EOW: Wednesday, April 11, 1990 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Duane L. Grundy Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OK EOW: Wednesday, April 11, 1990 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff David Delgado Castillo Bexar County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Thursday, April 11, 1991 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Narcotic Agent II Charles Matthew Holmes Pennsylvania Office of Attorney..., PA EOW: Tuesday, April 11, 1995 Cause of Death: Automobile accident            Police Officer Luis M. Hernandez-Vega Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Tuesday, April 11, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Joseph A. Freedman Suffolk County Sheriff's Depart..., MA EOW: Friday, April 11, 1997 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Melvin Earl Collins Brunswick Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, April 11, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Eric J. Verteramo Schenectady Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, April 11, 2004 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

 

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: 6
Exposure: 1
Gunfire: 26
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 2
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2