The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 25th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Marshal George O'Connor Leadville Police Department, CO EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal H. Clay Jeans Benton County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Jake Bowman Cochise County Sheriff's Depart..., AZ EOW: Wednesday, April 25, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Sweem Parke County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff William D. Mull Parke County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William F. Messanger Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William E. Tipton Portales Police Department, NM EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Samuel J. Robins Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Tuesday, April 25, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Elmer M. Powers Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1918 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Special Officer Webster C. Gentry Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, April 25, 1922 Cause of Death: Drowned Police Officer John P. Driscoll Holyoke Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, April 25, 1922 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Albert W. Peterson Scottsbluff Police Department, NE EOW: Wednesday, April 25, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Agent Louis McCamant Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R..., RR EOW: Friday, April 25, 1924 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sheriff Henry Hampton Howard Aiken County Sheriff's Department, SC EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Thomas P. Oates Troy Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff William M. (Billy) Lester Wyoming County Sheriff's Depart..., WV EOW: Sunday, April 25, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Conservation Officer Joseph Twaddle Minnesota Department of Natural..., MN EOW: Friday, April 25, 1930 Cause of Death: Struck by train Patrolman Daniel F. Murphy New Rochelle Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, April 25, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Harry McVay Rhode Island Department of Corr..., RI EOW: Friday, April 25, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Special Deputy Constable Bernell Looney Barton Tarrant County Constable's Offi..., TX EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1931 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Daniel A. Romberger United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, April 25, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Special Deputy Sheriff Howard Gunter Grayson County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Wednesday, April 25, 1934 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper William S. Kozlak Minnesota State Patrol, MN EOW: Wednesday, April 25, 1934 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Chief of Police Homer Moss Madill Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Delmond Edward Rondeau Oregon State Police, OR EOW: Friday, April 25, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Rubin A. Paine Marblehead Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, April 25, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Neil Krantz Flint Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, April 25, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Sam Robert Hickey Loudon Police Department, TN EOW: Sunday, April 25, 1954 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Donald Wiseman New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, April 25, 1955 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Darvin K. Hogg Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Monday, April 25, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Jack R. Armstrong Southern Railroad Police Depart..., RR EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Douglas M. Price United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Bruce C. Rankin Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Wednesday, April 25, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Special Agent Wilmer Fuentes-Villanueva Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, April 25, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Investigator Claude Everett Seymour Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Friday, April 25, 1975 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Julian Branch Clio Police Department, SC EOW: Sunday, April 25, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Eugene N. Luther Sacramento County Sheriff's Dep..., CA EOW: Friday, April 25, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Larry F. McMaster Montrose Police Department, CO EOW: Monday, April 25, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Raymond E. Radel Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1991 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Michael David Gartrell Sacramento Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1991 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Daniel E. Rice Bethlehem Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, April 25, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Henry Allen Brown Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, April 25, 1997 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper Andrew Patrick Winzenread Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Friday, April 25, 1997 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman David John Chetcuti Millbrae Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Allen William Gibson Jr. Waverly Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, April 25, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Johnathan (Cole) Martin Chatsworth Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, April 25, 2003 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Police Officer Gerald Kieffer Griffin Jr. San Diego Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, April 25, 2003 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Detective Anthony J. (Tony) Hosey Illinois State University Polic..., IL EOW: Monday, April 25, 2005 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Harold Loyd Thorne Jr. Tuscaloosa Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, April 25, 2005 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: 49
Automobile accident: 10
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 26
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 4
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 1