The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 15th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Stephen P. Hardenbrook New York Municipal Police Force, NY EOW: Wednesday, April 15, 1857 Cause of Death: Stabbed Posseman George Selridge United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, April 15, 1872 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Special Deputy Marshal William Hicks United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, April 15, 1872 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Marshal Jim Ward United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, April 15, 1872 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Marshal Sam Beck United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, April 15, 1872 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Marshal Riley Woods United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, April 15, 1872 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Special Deputy Marshal Black Sut Beck United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, April 15, 1872 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Acting Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Nowlin Llano County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Sunday, April 15, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable William Clinton Harless Harris County Constable's Offic..., TX EOW: Thursday, April 15, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Patrick A. Butler Weymouth Police Department, MA EOW: Thursday, April 15, 1915 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman James M. Tillery Knoxville Police Department, TN EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Emil Woelffel Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1922 Cause of Death: Struck by train Detective Frank Hueftlein Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Milan Pratt Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1922 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Gordon Stuart Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, UT EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff John A. Cline Grundy County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Monday, April 15, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James A. Morrissey New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, April 15, 1932 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Carl Strom Sedro-Woolley Police Department, WA EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James M. Early Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, April 15, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edwin E. Peppard Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, April 15, 1935 Cause of Death: Fall Patrolman Burtis Birkhoff Passaic Police Department, NJ EOW: Monday, April 15, 1935 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer William Ray Holbrook Nashville City Police Department, TN EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1939 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer George N. Guempel Elizabeth Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, April 15, 1941 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle             Motorcycle Officer Gordon Udell Warrick Beaumont Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1944 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Ray E. Rogers South Pasadena Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1944 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Private Joseph E. Shawhan United States Department of the..., US EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1944 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Willis Edwin Sanders Sr. Anderson Police Department, SC EOW: Tuesday, April 15, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Joe McDaniel Williams Police Department, AZ EOW: Tuesday, April 15, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Albert Gasperetti Oxnard Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, April 15, 1956 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Vernon J. Corbell Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Monday, April 15, 1957 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Police Officer William Duross Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, April 15, 1960 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer George Comes At Night United States Department of the..., US EOW: Sunday, April 15, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William C. Woodgeard Hocking County Sheriff's Depart..., OH EOW: Monday, April 15, 1963 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer James A. Krupp St. Petersburg Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, April 15, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Walter J. Kotch Florence Police Department, NJ EOW: Thursday, April 15, 1965 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Vernon Cox Tulare County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Thursday, April 15, 1965 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff William Goldy Winnebago County Sheriff's Office, IL EOW: Thursday, April 15, 1965 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman John Banks New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, April 15, 1968 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Wesley D. Johnson California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, April 15, 1969 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Rene G. Lacau San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, April 15, 1969 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Troy Key Clay County Sheriff's Department, AR EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Larry Gene Beery Kingman Police Department, KS EOW: Sunday, April 15, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James Dewey Chamblin Oklahoma City Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, April 15, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer James Kenneth Armstrong Bensalem Township Police Depart..., PA EOW: Tuesday, April 15, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John Whiteoak Buckley Arlington County Police Department, VA EOW: Friday, April 15, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Jimmie Elliott Linegar Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO EOW: Monday, April 15, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Robert Paul Perry Jr. South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Wednesday, April 15, 1987 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit               Trooper First Class James Thomas Brammer West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Scotty Lee Bennett Pocahontas Police Department, AR EOW: Monday, April 15, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Damon Franklin Smith Oakboro Police Department, NC EOW: Monday, April 15, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Charles A. Schuta Pelham Manor Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, April 15, 1996 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Gary F. Dockery Walden Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, April 15, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective William Henry Weatherly V Warren County Sheriff's Department, NC EOW: Thursday, April 15, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire         Lieutenant Robert Eugene Frazier Jr. Charlottesville Police Department, VA EOW: Monday, April 15, 2002 Cause of Death: Heart attack               Inspector Raymond Joseph Giacomelli Pittsburg Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Stephan Gene Gray Merced Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, April 15, 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: 56
Aircraft accident: 1
Automobile accident: 7
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 30
Heart attack: 5
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 2