The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 20th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Marshal Leonard Armes United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, April 20, 1860 Cause of Death: Gunfire Undersheriff Henry Bodine Labette County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Wednesday, April 20, 1870 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Volney Turner Wood County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Saturday, April 20, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer W. J. Haynie Monroe Police Department, LA EOW: Friday, April 20, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Joseph S. Dawson Cocke County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Thursday, April 20, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire             City Marshal Thomas Jefferson Packard Bakersfield Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, April 20, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John Baxter Rawlins Police Department, WY EOW: Monday, April 20, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Thomas J. Kling Rawlins Police Department, WY EOW: Monday, April 20, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James E. Basham Warrensburg Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, April 20, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James O'Neill Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Tuesday, April 20, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective John M. Dumke Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, April 20, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Ula A. MacMahan Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, April 20, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Undersheriff George Warburton Powell County Sheriff's Department, MT EOW: Tuesday, April 20, 1920 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Paul Budich East Chicago Police Department, IN EOW: Sunday, April 20, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William J. Borgman Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, April 20, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Rasmus L. Rasmussen Petaluma Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, April 20, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James A. Staggs Des Moines Police Department, IA EOW: Friday, April 20, 1928 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman W. R. Bridges Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Saturday, April 20, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Sam F. Kaiser Cook County Highway Police, IL EOW: Sunday, April 20, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman William Charles Everett Lynbrook Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, April 20, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Nathan Hattaway Ocala Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, April 20, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer James Richard Hill Marlow Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, April 20, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Leroy J. Sheares New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, April 20, 1936 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sergeant William J. Gayne New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, April 20, 1936 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Deputy Sheriff Eugene C. Brister Rapides Parish Sheriff's Depart..., LA EOW: Saturday, April 20, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Warden Walter K. Krukow California Department of Fish a..., CA EOW: Sunday, April 20, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Chief E. Clarence Martin Las Animas Police Department, CO EOW: Sunday, April 20, 1947 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Travis Milton French McDowell County Sheriff's Depar..., WV EOW: Wednesday, April 20, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Boss Johnson Welch Police Department, WV EOW: Wednesday, April 20, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Clyde A. Wehunt Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Friday, April 20, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Bobby J. Thatcher Montgomery County Sheriff's Dep..., OH EOW: Sunday, April 20, 1952 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Ulysses (Buck) Dobson Sr. Hartsville Department of Public..., SC EOW: Monday, April 20, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Thomas P. Mulrooney St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, April 20, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Burtis Jackson Starke Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, April 20, 1956 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Ernest Charles Register Jacksonville Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, April 20, 1960 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Frederick Raymond Haller San Leandro Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, April 20, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James Edward Collard Monterey Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, April 20, 1969 Cause of Death: Drowned Police Officer Phillip W. Cardillo New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, April 20, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Tommy Ray Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Friday, April 20, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper George William Amos Jr. Nebraska State Patrol, NE EOW: Friday, April 20, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James Leon Riley Royal Oak City Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, April 20, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Charles Grady Sheppard Anderson Police Department, SC EOW: Sunday, April 20, 1975 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Robert D. Mitchem Richland Police Department, MS EOW: Monday, April 20, 1981 Cause of Death: Struck by train Corporal Dale W. Wallis Arkansas Highway Police, AR EOW: Tuesday, April 20, 1982 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper Jean Claude Crescionne Louisiana State Police, LA EOW: Tuesday, April 20, 1982 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman John Raymond Tucker Fort Gay Police Department, WV EOW: Saturday, April 20, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Norman D. Eckles Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, April 20, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Douglas Scott Goeble San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, April 20, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Chief Deputy Sheriff Ken Norris Meister Zavala County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Saturday, April 20, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Kolone Kolone Jr. Marina Department of Public Safety, CA EOW: Monday, April 20, 1992 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Michael A. Browning West Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, April 20, 1992 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Trooper Randall Lamar Hester South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Wednesday, April 20, 1994 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Investigator John D. McLaughlin Camden County Prosecutor's Office, NJ EOW: Thursday, April 20, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Frank Norcross Haddon Heights Police Department, NJ EOW: Thursday, April 20, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Fred Malouf Colton Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, April 20, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Timothy Joe Hunt Alcoa Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, April 20, 2000 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Agent Angel Gonzalez-Fontanez San Juan Municipal Police Depar..., PR EOW: Sunday, April 20, 2003 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Sergeant James Richard Miller Upper Dublin Township Police De..., PA EOW: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Ralph C. Tatoian Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO EOW: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

 

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 59
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 1
Gunfire: 34
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 5
Stabbed: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 3