The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 14th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Constable William Davidson Venango County Sheriff's Depart..., PA EOW: Thursday, April 14, 1825 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer George R. Turner Stockton Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, April 14, 1854 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable John Welch Evansville Police Department, IN EOW: Monday, April 14, 1862 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Ignatio Andrea Jacksonville Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, April 14, 1869 Cause of Death: Stabbed Constable Gus Krempkau El Paso County Constable's Offi..., TX EOW: Thursday, April 14, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Lyons Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1885 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Marshal Robert (Bob) Cox United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, April 14, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire Railroad Policeman Henry Talcott Milwaukee Road Railroad Police ..., RR EOW: Friday, April 14, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Railroad Policeman Jake Frith Milwaukee Road Railroad Police ..., RR EOW: Friday, April 14, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Theodore C. Leslie Joplin Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George M. Sechler New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, April 14, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Will Garr Caney Police Department, KS EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Roy W. Jackson Superior Police Department, WI EOW: Friday, April 14, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ward M. Bray Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Thursday, April 14, 1921 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Detective Louis L. Shirley New York Central Railroad Polic..., RR EOW: Saturday, April 14, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Robert Sullivan Hot Springs Police Department, AR EOW: Monday, April 14, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Lawrence Sullivan Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles Frantz Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1925 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Clayton Weed Battle Creek City Police Depart..., MI EOW: Wednesday, April 14, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff Walter Fisher Will County Sheriff's Office, IL EOW: Wednesday, April 14, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Frank Wieter Breese Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, April 14, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John E. Higgins Massachusetts State Police, MA EOW: Saturday, April 14, 1928 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman William Schmelter New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, April 14, 1929 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Harry W. Fielder Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1931 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Patrick J. Gallagher Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Walter R. Grider Beverly Hills Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, April 14, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Edward L. Bond California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, April 14, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Charlie B. Shepherd Alleghany County Sheriff's Depa..., NC EOW: Thursday, April 14, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Undersheriff Arthur Burford Golden Valley County Sheriff's ..., MT EOW: Thursday, April 14, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Guard John Hartye New York State Department of Co..., NY EOW: Monday, April 14, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James W. Fagan Ossining Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, April 14, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Charles Wood Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1942 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Policeman Frank G. Panek Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, April 14, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Dewey Rickles Jefferson County Sheriff's Depa..., AL EOW: Wednesday, April 14, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James S. Peters Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, April 14, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Bryan Scoggins Midland Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, April 14, 1961 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Charles B. Dickson Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, April 14, 1962 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Hugh P. Brady Jr. Rye Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Jerome A. Stubig Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, April 14, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant James R. Schaffer Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, April 14, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Donald Durr Hodges Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Monday, April 14, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Michael S. Lingham Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, April 14, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Baxter G. Shavers Catoosa County Sheriff's Depart..., GA EOW: Friday, April 14, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant John Joseph (J.J.) Brown Savannah Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Chief of Police Milton Paul Antone Ak-Chin Tribal Police Department, TR EOW: Thursday, April 14, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Milton Curtis Alexander Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Thursday, April 14, 1983 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Douglas Eric Drye Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, April 14, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Lawrence J. McCormack St. Louis County Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, April 14, 1989 Cause of Death: Heart attack Commander Isiah Nelson III San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, April 14, 1990 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrol Officer David Allen Thurman Pineville Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, April 14, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sergeant Millard Williams Youngstown Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1992 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Correction Officer Robert B. Vallandingham Ohio Department of Rehabilitati..., OH EOW: Wednesday, April 14, 1993 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy George R. Davis Mendocino County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Friday, April 14, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Timothy B. Howe Oakland Unified School District..., CA EOW: Friday, April 14, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Ismael Morales-Chico Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Monday, April 14, 1997 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Raymond Scott Harvick Mart Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Jose Arturo (Joe) Herrera Friona Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, April 14, 2003 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

 

The brave officers listed here were killed on this date in history. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 57
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Gunfire: 34
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 7
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicular assault: 2