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Saturday, April 22, 2006

The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 22nd

 
Lest we forget...  
 
Jailer Charlie A. Batts
Bastrop County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Tuesday, April 22, 1879
Cause of Death: Weather/Natural disaster
Officer Eugene Barker
Newport Police Department, RI
EOW: Tuesday, April 22, 1884
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Officer Robert J. Rusk
Spokane Police Department, WA
EOW: Thursday, April 22, 1886
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Police Officer William Kime
Coffeyville Police Department, KS
EOW: Friday, April 22, 1898
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Constable Ernest Milton Howell
Winn Parish Sheriff's Office, LA
EOW: Saturday, April 22, 1916
Cause of Death: Unidentified
Patrolman Isaac Fenno
Kansas City Police Department, MO
EOW: Tuesday, April 22, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Police Officer Bernard C. Mengel
St. Louis Police Department, MO
EOW: Saturday, April 22, 1922
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Police Officer Michael O'Connor
St. Louis Police Department, MO
EOW: Saturday, April 22, 1922
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Detective Sergeant Francis P. Baker
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Sunday, April 22, 1923
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patrolman Troy C. Stewart
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Tuesday, April 22, 1924
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Police Officer Anthony Siemon
Newport Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, April 22, 1924
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Deputy Sheriff William Pape
Gillespie County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Sunday, April 22, 1928
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Chief of Police John Hunley
Prestonburg Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, April 22, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Floyd Winningham
Pickett County Sheriff's Depart..., TN
EOW: Saturday, April 22, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sheriff Walter Warren Hollingsworth
Coryell County Sheriff's Depart..., TX
EOW: Sunday, April 22, 1934
Cause of Death: Assault
Special Agent W. Carter Baum
United States Department of Jus..., US
EOW: Sunday, April 22, 1934
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Trooper Richard F. England
Indiana State Police, IN
EOW: Wednesday, April 22, 1942
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patrolman Milton L. Hodder
Hamden Police Department, CT
EOW: Thursday, April 22, 1943
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Constable Harry Hunt
Ojai Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, April 22, 1943
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Rufus H. Rodgers
Aiken Department of Public Safety, SC
EOW: Saturday, April 22, 1950
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Trooper Herbert E. Nixon
Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS
EOW: Sunday, April 22, 1951
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
             Deputy Sheriff Joseph Elmer Whitworth
Escambia County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Thursday, April 22, 1954
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sheriff James Vardman Polk
Marion County Sheriff's Department, MS
EOW: Friday, April 22, 1960
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman George J. Woerhle
Stockton Police Department, CA
EOW: Friday, April 22, 1960
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Alonzo Brownlow Tyler
Hancock County Sheriff's Depart..., TN
EOW: Saturday, April 22, 1961
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Alex Gary Morris Sr.
Hancock County Sheriff's Depart..., TN
EOW: Saturday, April 22, 1961
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Chief of Police P. A. Goyne
New Salem Police Department, ND
EOW: Thursday, April 22, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Emery Grant Mabry
Carroll County Sheriff's Office, VA
EOW: Monday, April 22, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Officer Martin Douglas Chivas
Troy Police Department, MI
EOW: Monday, April 22, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Deputy Mark Claude Featherstone
Calvert County Sheriff's Office, MD
EOW: Thursday, April 22, 1976
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Police Officer Arthur Del Gaudio Jr.
Phoenix Police Department, AZ
EOW: Thursday, April 22, 1976
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Police Officer James M. Richardson II
York Police Department, NE
EOW: Friday, April 22, 1977
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Daniel J. Hughes
Oakland Police Department, NJ
EOW: Saturday, April 22, 1978
Cause of Death: Assault
Deputy Sheriff Willard Pope Hill
Robertson County Sheriff's Depa..., TN
EOW: Tuesday, April 22, 1980
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Police Officer Euel Thomas Smith
Bibb County Board of Education ..., GA
EOW: Friday, April 22, 1983
Cause of Death: Gunfire
             Patrol Officer Aubrey Eugene McCurry
Myrtle Point Police Department, OR
EOW: Friday, April 22, 1988
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
            Patrolman Ryan Christopher Johnson Sr.
Prince George's County Police D..., MD
EOW: Wednesday, April 22, 1992
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Parole Officer Theodore R. Clark Jr.
New York State Division of Parole, NY
EOW: Thursday, April 22, 1993
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Trooper III William Schoenberger
Wisconsin State Patrol, WI
EOW: Thursday, April 22, 1993
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Police Officer Aaron Jovon Blount
Fulton County Police Department, GA
EOW: Tuesday, April 22, 2003
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: 40
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 5
Gunfire: 25
Stabbed: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 2
Weather/Natural disaster: 1