The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 16th

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Posseman William Beck United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, April 16, 1872 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Jacob G. Owens United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, April 16, 1872 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Alfred A. Selleck New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, April 16, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputized Civilian Lewis Blair Grays Harbor County Sheriff's O..., WA EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputized Civilian Charles Lathrop Grays Harbor County Sheriff's O..., WA EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Frank A. Herzog Chickasaw County Sheriff's Depa..., IA EOW: Sunday, April 16, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles L. Rouse Fresno Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, April 16, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William C. Boers Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Monday, April 16, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff R. W. (Bob) Gray Bastrop County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Tuesday, April 16, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Mounted Watchman Clarence M. Childress United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief J. E. Taylor Thomasville Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, April 16, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Robert G. Anderson United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, April 16, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Morgan E. Skidmore Pottsville Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, April 16, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George Zientara Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, April 16, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Deputy Sheriff Edward Sylvester Kinsey Monroe County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, April 16, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William C. Williams Jr. Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer George Schrameyer St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, April 16, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Highway Patrolman Aubrey Lee Moore Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Saturday, April 16, 1932 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Captain James L. Daniels New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, April 16, 1933 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent Leroy R. Wood United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, April 16, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Myron Kohler Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, April 16, 1939 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Roy Newton Smith Corpus Christi Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, April 16, 1953 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Correctional Officer John Claussen Nebraska Department of Correcti..., NE EOW: Friday, April 16, 1954 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Andrew J. Reynolds New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, April 16, 1955 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Warden Theodore Rothe Montana Department of Correctio..., MT EOW: Thursday, April 16, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Border Patrol Inspector Archie L. Jennings United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, April 16, 1960 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Edward G. Byrne Marion County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Sunday, April 16, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Jerrell P. Vaughan North Little Rock Police Depart..., AR EOW: Tuesday, April 16, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Buford R. Bunch Jasper County Sheriff's Office, MS EOW: Saturday, April 16, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Earl H. Berendes Bellevue Police Department, IA EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 1969 Cause of Death: Assault Police Officer Alfred Baird Asheville Police Department, NC EOW: Sunday, April 16, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Rudolpho Filberto Sanchez Costilla County Sheriff's Depar..., CO EOW: Monday, April 16, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective John Paul Tsolis Highland Park Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, April 16, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Archie T. Wahab Hyde County Sheriff's Department, NC EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 1975 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Lewis Edward Phillips Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 1975 Cause of Death: Automobile accident            Police Officer James Dale (Jimmy) Halcomb Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Friday, April 16, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John H. Allen Waldo Police Department, AR EOW: Friday, April 16, 1976 Cause of Death: Struck by train Patrolman Steven Albert Poetker Waldo Police Department, AR EOW: Friday, April 16, 1976 Cause of Death: Struck by train Deputy Sheriff Benton Paul Bordelon Rapides Parish Sheriff's Depart..., LA EOW: Saturday, April 16, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Edward T. Cody Hartford Police Department, CT EOW: Monday, April 16, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Donald Martin Burke Hoquiam Police Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John J. O'Brien St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Thursday, April 16, 1981 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Randall Cook Knott County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Friday, April 16, 1982 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Larrell K. Smith Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Saturday, April 16, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Clifford William George Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Thursday, April 16, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Beth Haynes Boulder Police Department, CO EOW: Saturday, April 16, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper James A. Griffith Maine State Police, ME EOW: Tuesday, April 16, 1996 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Investigator Brandon Heath Thacker Kentucky Department of Alcoholi..., KY EOW: Thursday, April 16, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James Snedigar Chandler Police Department, AZ EOW: Friday, April 16, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Charles Randal (Randy) Smith Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Dep..., LA EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Eddie Mundo Jr. LaGrange Police Department, KY EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Captain Byron Douglas Carpenter Belmont Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, April 16, 2005 Cause of Death: Heart attack

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 52
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 6
Gunfire: 34
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 1
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicular assault: 2