The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 12th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Policeman Thomas Reed Virginia City Police Department, NV EOW: Sunday, April 12, 1863 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Dennis McMahon Virginia City Police Department, NV EOW: Sunday, April 12, 1863 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William Johnson Jacksonville Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 1870 Cause of Death: Assault Sergeant Alonzo M. Wilson Salt Lake City Police Department, UT EOW: Thursday, April 12, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Detective Patrick Fitzgerald Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, April 12, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James Patrick Tucker Greenville Police Department, SC EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Constable James L. Grayson Harris County Constable's Offic..., TX EOW: Monday, April 12, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Alvin C. Gillem Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, April 12, 1917 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer George W. Mattern Des Moines Police Department, IA EOW: Friday, April 12, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Frank Burns El Paso Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, April 12, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Frank Remer Rahway Police Department, NJ EOW: Monday, April 12, 1926 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Lieutenant Scott Roe Steubenville Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, April 12, 1928 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Andrew McLean Wood New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, April 12, 1929 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Policeman Michael Donnelly Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, April 12, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Frederick Plumstead Roxbury Township Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, April 12, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Special Agent Lamar Watson York United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, April 12, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Nels Berglin Forest Lake Police Department, MN EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Edward E. Parr Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective William L. Mulligan Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Chester C. Hutcheson Merkel Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, April 12, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Arthur E. Sponsel Hamilton Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, April 12, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Charlie Herbert Baker Charlotte Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, April 12, 1941 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper George Branny Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Wednesday, April 12, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James E. Walker Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Saturday, April 12, 1952 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Denny D. Shannon Madera Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, April 12, 1954 Cause of Death: Unidentified Chief of Police Dennis Titla Sr. San Carlos Tribal Police Depart..., TR EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Oscar Mills Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 1966 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman George Edward Lanigan Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, April 12, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Marion Richard Bowman Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, April 12, 1968 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Lawrence Conley Floyd County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Wednesday, April 12, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Clifton Henderson Bolton Police Department, MS EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Augustus J. Perreira Jr. Colorado Springs Police Department, CO EOW: Saturday, April 12, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Jailer Charles D. Wentworth Shelby County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 1983 Cause of Death: Assault Officer Daniel Wayne Cogburn West Columbia Police Department, SC EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Steven Harold Downing Gallatin Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, April 12, 1985 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Leo Whitt Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Friday, April 12, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman David W. Rickman Roanoke City Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, April 12, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Daniel Scott Wasson Milford Police Department, CT EOW: Sunday, April 12, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper David Bruce Ladner Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS EOW: Sunday, April 12, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Keith B. Farley San Bernardino County Sheriff's..., CA EOW: Sunday, April 12, 1987 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Wayne D. Bilheimer Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Wednesday, April 12, 1989 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Corporal Paul I. Almer Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Wednesday, April 12, 1989 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Police Officer Robert T. D'Egidio Cornwall-on-Hudson Police Depar..., NY EOW: Friday, April 12, 1991 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Bruno David Soboleski Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, April 12, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Bill Davidson Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Sunday, April 12, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Alvin Clayton Palmer Philadelphia Housing Authority ..., PA EOW: Wednesday, April 12, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Glenda Joyce Carmack Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office, LA EOW: Monday, April 12, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Corporal Tommy Prezzy Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Monday, April 12, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Clyde Wilson Alley III Tybee Island Police Department, GA EOW: Monday, April 12, 1999 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Jeffrey Lynn Azuar Vallejo Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 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
Aircraft accident: 2
Assault: 3
Automobile accident: 4
Gunfire: 29
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 3
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 3