The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 17th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Marshal Charles H. V. (Charley) Fusselman United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, April 17, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Marion Marchant Columbus Police Department, GA EOW: Monday, April 17, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal John H. Scott Quinton Police Department, OK EOW: Wednesday, April 17, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles I. Gunter New York State Department of Co..., NY EOW: Thursday, April 17, 1919 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Thomas F. Kelly New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, April 17, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edwin M. Janes Shaker Heights Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, April 17, 1926 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Private Theodore R. Meadows West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Saturday, April 17, 1926 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Special Deputy Sheriff Jessie J. Pace Harlan County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Friday, April 17, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Augustus W. Pease Thayer Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, April 17, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Joseph A.C. Kelly New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, April 17, 1932 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault               Federal Prohibition Agent Henry Harrison Jackson United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, April 17, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Albert A. Bush Canton Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, April 17, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles B. Sanders Nashville City Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, April 17, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles P. Nichols Charlotte Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, April 17, 1936 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Detective Pasquale C. Marinaro Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Friday, April 17, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector Albert L. Jacks Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, April 17, 1936 Cause of Death: Duty related illness              Night Policeman Beverly Clark Hollifield Prestonburg Police Department, KY EOW: Friday, April 17, 1936 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle              Deputy Sheriff Clarence Edward Simmons Roanoke County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Friday, April 17, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Wimberly W. Baker United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, April 17, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Humbert Morruzzi New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, April 17, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John Germano Winnebago County Sheriff's Office, IL EOW: Sunday, April 17, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Joseph Kostik Yonkers Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, April 17, 1938 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Raymond L'Hommedieu Smithtown Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, April 17, 1941 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Sergeant Joseph P. Husken Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, April 17, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Hughey Sylvester Kitchens Parma Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, April 17, 1943 Cause of Death: Unidentified Chief Kendrick Lloyd Joplin Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, April 17, 1948 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Elbert R. Claar Pullman Police Department, WA EOW: Sunday, April 17, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Louis W. Dickson Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Sunday, April 17, 1949 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Gilbert W. Gallagher Whitman County Sheriff's Depart..., WA EOW: Sunday, April 17, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Levi M. Parnell Whitman County Sheriff's Depart..., WA EOW: Sunday, April 17, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Terrell M. Dodson Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Sunday, April 17, 1960 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman John J. Nolan Suffolk County Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, April 17, 1960 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Ocie Desay Howard Monroe Police Department, LA EOW: Monday, April 17, 1961 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Marvin Jesse Gravitt Gwinnett County Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, April 17, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Ralph King Davis Gwinnett County Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, April 17, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Jerry Reed Everett Gwinnett County Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, April 17, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Technical Sergeant Isiah Roberts United States Air Force Securit..., US EOW: Thursday, April 17, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corrections Sergeant Brent Miller Louisiana Department of Correct..., LA EOW: Monday, April 17, 1972 Cause of Death: Stabbed Trooper Lamon Weaver Louisiana State Police, LA EOW: Tuesday, April 17, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Detective Wayne Bradford McClelland St. Louis County Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, April 17, 1975 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Wilson McLain Harlan County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Saturday, April 17, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Detective Sergeant Edward Francis Wilkinson Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Sunday, April 17, 1977 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Deputy Sheriff James J. Jardine Jr. Delaware County Sheriff's Depar..., PA EOW: Monday, April 17, 1978 Cause of Death: Heart attack               Deputy Sheriff Charles Lee Herrington Sr. Glynn County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, April 17, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Richard J. Adair Juneau Police Department, AK EOW: Tuesday, April 17, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Jimmy Earl Kennedy Juneau Police Department, AK EOW: Tuesday, April 17, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Richard Gomez New Mexico State Police, NM EOW: Thursday, April 17, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper David D. Monahan Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Thursday, April 17, 1980 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Marc Bump Washington County Sheriff's Dep..., OR EOW: Thursday, April 17, 1980 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Constable Thomas Dean Jahelka East Haddam Police Department, CT EOW: Friday, April 17, 1981 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Michael J. McNabb Klickitat County Sheriff's Depa..., WA EOW: Thursday, April 17, 1986 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff John Hall Rowe Jr. Lowndes County Sheriff's Depart..., GA EOW: Thursday, April 17, 1986 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Thomas Joseph Keller Torrance Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, April 17, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Russell Richard Bell Beaufort County Sheriff's Depar..., SC EOW: Tuesday, April 17, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Rodney Kevin Kinzy Washington County Sheriff's Office, OH EOW: Tuesday, April 17, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John Mark Dial Richland County Sheriff's Depar..., SC EOW: Friday, April 17, 1992 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer John Norbert McVeigh Jr. California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, April 17, 1993 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Lance Corporal Michael Allen Chappell South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Monday, April 17, 1995 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit First Sergeant Karl Eugene Kelley Indiana Department of Natural R..., IN EOW: Friday, April 17, 1998 Cause of Death: Drowned Police Officer Mary Ann Collura Fair Lawn Police Department, NJ EOW: Thursday, April 17, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sergeant James Lloyd Allen Providence Police Department, RI EOW: Sunday, April 17, 2005 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: 61
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 6
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 2
Gunfire: 32
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 7