The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 23rd

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Patrolman John M. Claridge Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, April 23, 1867 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Brack Mitchell Fisher County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Sunday, April 23, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James Sweeney Joplin Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, April 23, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer George J. Hanlon Oregon City Police Department, OR EOW: Monday, April 23, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer J. O. Miller Little Rock Police Department, AR EOW: Sunday, April 23, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff August D. Singler Jackson County Sheriff's Depart..., OR EOW: Wednesday, April 23, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Hiram Davis Nelson Marshal's Office, MO EOW: Monday, April 23, 1917 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Henry A. Mandleco Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, April 23, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff August Esteves St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's De..., LA EOW: Monday, April 23, 1923 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Joseph Estopinal St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's De..., LA EOW: Monday, April 23, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Sergeant Hugh Thomas Lowery Bon Air Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, April 23, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Hiram Gregory Burnside Police Department, KY EOW: Friday, April 23, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Inspector William W. McKee United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, April 23, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Sargent M. Willis Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Wednesday, April 23, 1930 Cause of Death: Explosion Patrolman Ralph Hiram Castner Bowling Green Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, April 23, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff George Winningham Pickett County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Sunday, April 23, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Henry C. Morrison Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, April 23, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Dumas A. Phillips Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, April 23, 1934 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Private John E. Fessler Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Friday, April 23, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Ernest T. Wessells Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Saturday, April 23, 1938 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Wallace J. Muscovich Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, April 23, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff S. Marion Bliss Carbon County Sheriff's Department, UT EOW: Monday, April 23, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sergeant Samuel Hewitt Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, April 23, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Franklin Pierce Culp Fostoria Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, April 23, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Wallace E. Mathews Massachusetts State Police, MA EOW: Thursday, April 23, 1953 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Clayton G. Graham Atlantic City Police Department, NJ EOW: Monday, April 23, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Donald E. Brandon California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, April 23, 1963 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Corrections Employee Ralph Canning California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Friday, April 23, 1965 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Tom P. Holland Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Wednesday, April 23, 1969 Cause of Death: Struck by train Officer Dorman Wheelock Berlin Police Department, NH EOW: Thursday, April 23, 1970 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Robert Devoid Berlin Police Department, NH EOW: Thursday, April 23, 1970 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Policeman Earl L. Riddick Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, April 23, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Loren D. Scruggs California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, April 23, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Joe Ward Jr. Kentucky State Police, KY EOW: Monday, April 23, 1973 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Robert W. Mandel New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, April 23, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Maynard L. Cubbage Stanley Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, April 23, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Sergeant Robert John Barlow Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Sunday, April 23, 1978 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Robert S. Smith Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, April 23, 1980 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Dale E. Eggers Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Tuesday, April 23, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Gerald Douglas Johnson Palm Bay Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, April 23, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Ronald Midgley Grogan Palm Bay Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, April 23, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Dennis Wayne Bryant Benton County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Tuesday, April 23, 1991 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sergeant Billy Ray Baruday Garland County Sheriff's Office, AR EOW: Tuesday, April 23, 1991 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Captain Floyd Allen Riley Garland County Sheriff's Office, AR EOW: Tuesday, April 23, 1991 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Sergeant John Lee Steel California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, April 23, 1993 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Gus George Spanos Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Friday, April 23, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Senior Police Officer Bobby Farrell Beane Winston-Salem Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, April 23, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Kenneth Wade Holland Benton County Sheriff's Office, AR EOW: Thursday, April 23, 1998 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Jason Wayne Cammack Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement, KY EOW: Sunday, April 23, 2000 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Reserve Deputy John Paul Sandlin Solano County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Friday, April 23, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Correctional Officer Steven P. Carroll Stephenson County Sheriff's Dep..., IL EOW: Friday, April 23, 2004 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Mark Anthony Cross Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, April 23, 2005 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Scott Severns South Bend Police Department, IN EOW: Sunday, April 23, 2006 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: 53
Aircraft accident: 2
Automobile accident: 4
Explosion: 1
Gunfire: 29
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 5
Stabbed: 2
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 2