The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 19th

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Deputy Marshal Rufus Springs United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, April 19, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Albert D. Sterling White Mountain Apache Tribal Po..., TR EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 1882 Cause of Death: Unidentified Constable James Gabriel Hawkins Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Sunday, April 19, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff R. B. Williams Gilpin County Sheriff's Department, CO EOW: Sunday, April 19, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William E. Tibbet Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Sunday, April 19, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal James Ryan Warrensburg Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, April 19, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Joseph Krupp Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, April 19, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Samuel C. Hickey Knoxville Police Department, TN EOW: Sunday, April 19, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James P. Parkinson Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, April 19, 1914 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Officer Edward Maloney San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, April 19, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Town Marshal Jasper Newton Scroggins Colusa Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, April 19, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman John E. Price Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, April 19, 1920 Cause of Death: Train accident Patrolman Samuel Kilbane Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, April 19, 1923 Cause of Death: Animal related Officer Johnnie C. Gibson Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, April 19, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Thomas Wilkinson Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, April 19, 1923 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident              Special Ranger Timothy Samuel Willard Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Thursday, April 19, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Russell T. Swanson Pennsylvania Highway Patrol, PA EOW: Friday, April 19, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Marshal Jacob Neitzling Columbia Falls Police Department, MT EOW: Sunday, April 19, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Frank John McManus Nevada State Police, NV EOW: Saturday, April 19, 1941 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent Robert R. Evans United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, April 19, 1941 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Edward Wiley Fox Evarts Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, April 19, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Aubrey L. Lowman Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Monday, April 19, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable John T. Martin Carnegie Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, April 19, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Trooper First Class Harold Bruce Rupert Delaware State Police, DE EOW: Thursday, April 19, 1962 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Kenneth Cozier New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, April 19, 1963 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Claude M. Fisher Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, April 19, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Andrew L. Collins Sacramento Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 1972 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Albert Haupt Orland Park Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, April 19, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Trooper Kenyon M. Lassiter Alabama Department of Public Sa..., AL EOW: Friday, April 19, 1974 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman William J. Cady South Plainfield Police Department, NJ EOW: Saturday, April 19, 1975 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault            Deputy Sheriff Andrew Edward Vertolli Stark County Sheriff's Office, OH EOW: Saturday, April 19, 1975 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer James Taylor Thomas Dania Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, April 19, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Dennis R. Allred Kitsap County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy George R. Barthel Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Thursday, April 19, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Customs Agent Michael J. Reimers United States Department of the..., US EOW: Thursday, April 19, 1979 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sergeant Alvin T. Wolf Jr. Butler County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Monday, April 19, 1982 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Trooper William Paul Kohlleppel III Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Friday, April 19, 1985 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Danny Lee Elbert Johnson County Sheriff's Depart..., GA EOW: Thursday, April 19, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Allen Arthur Albee Burnett County Sheriff's Depart..., WI EOW: Friday, April 19, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James L. Prieto Pennsylvania State Capitol Police, PA EOW: Friday, April 19, 1991 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Michael Tarone Hester Lilburn Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, April 19, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Special Agent Paul Gregory Broxterman United States Department of Hou..., US EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 1995 Cause of Death: Terrorist attack             Special Agent Kenneth G. McCullough United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 1995 Cause of Death: Terrorist attack Senior Special Agent Paul Douglas Ice United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 1995 Cause of Death: Terrorist attack             Senior Special Agent Claude Arthur Medearis United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 1995 Cause of Death: Terrorist attack             Special Agent Cynthia Campbell Brown United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 1995 Cause of Death: Terrorist attack Special Agent Donald R. Leonard United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 1995 Cause of Death: Terrorist attack Assistant SAC Alan G. Whicher United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 1995 Cause of Death: Terrorist attack Special Agent Mickey B. Maroney United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 1995 Cause of Death: Terrorist attack Deputy Jailer Deadrick A. Taylor Shelby County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Friday, April 19, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Robert Lee Fisher Jr. Teaneck Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, April 19, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Allan Lee Warner United States Department of Ene..., US EOW: Monday, April 19, 1999 Cause of Death: Heart attack Corrections Sergeant Michael Price New Jersey Department of Correc..., NJ EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 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: 53
Animal related: 1
Automobile accident: 3
Gunfire: 25
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 4
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Terrorist attack: 8
Train accident: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 3