The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 28th

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Deputy Sheriff George Hammond St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1836 Cause of Death: Stabbed Constable William Mull St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1836 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff Granville A. Hayden Aroostook County Sheriff's Depa..., ME EOW: Monday, April 28, 1873 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff William Hubbard Aroostook County Sheriff's Depa..., ME EOW: Monday, April 28, 1873 Cause of Death: Assault Policeman James B. Wiggins Chattanooga Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, April 28, 1879 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James W. Bell Lincoln County Sheriff's Depart..., NM EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Robert Olinger United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Albert P. Crigler Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Saturday, April 28, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Abner Whitney Missouri Valley Police Department, IA EOW: Saturday, April 28, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles A. Ware Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Wednesday, April 28, 1897 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George Claud Holt Pickett Pine Bluff Police Department, AR EOW: Sunday, April 28, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sanitary Officer W. L. Steele Decatur Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, April 28, 1905 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Andrew Czap Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Sunday, April 28, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Arthur Frank Utter Schuyler County Sheriff's Depar..., IL EOW: Friday, April 28, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Thomas Edward Lashbrook Schuyler County Sheriff's Depar..., IL EOW: Friday, April 28, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Carl William Neff Schuyler County Sheriff's Depar..., IL EOW: Friday, April 28, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Harold C. Mattice New York State Police, NY EOW: Saturday, April 28, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Chief of Police John Ferdinand Bockman Libby Police Department, MT EOW: Monday, April 28, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Warden Frank H. Gillam Virginia Department of Game and..., VA EOW: Sunday, April 28, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Special Agent Durward Faulding Geddes Burlington Northern Railroad Po..., RR EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Paul Donath Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Robert K. Hannahs Richfield Springs Police Depart..., NY EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1938 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Trooper John I. Gregerson New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Monday, April 28, 1941 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Patrolman Fred Parker Clayton County Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, April 28, 1959 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit             Corrections Employee Bernard Fancher Michigan Department of Corrections, MI EOW: Thursday, April 28, 1960 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Elmer M. Beers Waverly Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, April 28, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire        Patrolman John Stachnik Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, April 28, 1969 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Jesse Lynwood Mallett Clarendon County Sheriff's Depa..., SC EOW: Saturday, April 28, 1979 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Daryl W. Shirley Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, April 28, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Chief Deputy Sheriff Wayne Lewis Wahl Crockett County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Sunday, April 28, 1985 Cause of Death: Drowned              Sergeant Timothy Michael Mossbrucker Jefferson County Sheriff's Depa..., CO EOW: Friday, April 28, 1995 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: 31
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 1
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 20
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1