The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - April 29th

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Deputy Sheriff Rodney Badger Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, UT EOW: Friday, April 29, 1853 Cause of Death: Drowned Guard Joe Epperson Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Monday, April 29, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff George W. Hoffman Windsor County Sheriff's Office, VT EOW: Sunday, April 29, 1900 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Satters Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Monday, April 29, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Patrick Devaney Minot Police Department, ND EOW: Monday, April 29, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police George Riehm West Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, April 29, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Frank J. Blazek Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward Leeney Iowa City Police Department, IA EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1926 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Town Marshal Phillip Lee Hallandale Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, April 29, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John Malcolm San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, April 29, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Troy (Zeke) Clevenger Winchester Police Department, IN EOW: Wednesday, April 29, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Fred W. Nolan St. Cloud Police Department, MN EOW: Sunday, April 29, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Bertram Lou Agnew Richmond Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, April 29, 1942 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman John Joseph Moore Wilkes-Barre Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, April 29, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jacob Szwedowski New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, April 29, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sergeant Theodore R. Chambers Oregon State Police, OR EOW: Sunday, April 29, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Rufus Barrow Adairville Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Robert John Fulton Superior Police Department, WI EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1948 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff William A. White Mendocino County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Saturday, April 29, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Night Marshal Albert Rinks Marked Tree Police Department, AR EOW: Tuesday, April 29, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James Tillotson Anderson County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Monday, April 29, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Novel McReynolds Murray Police Department, KY EOW: Monday, April 29, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Mitchell A. Stone Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, April 29, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas E. Kittinger Roanoke City Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, April 29, 1961 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Chief of Police Walter R. Little Washtucna Police Department, WA EOW: Saturday, April 29, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Robert L. Stevens Benton Township Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, April 29, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Chief of Police William E. (Bill) Lewis Capac Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, April 29, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Theodore Turner Kershaw County Sheriff's Depart..., SC EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Morris E. Greenwalt Hazen Police Department, AR EOW: Monday, April 29, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Renault R. Bayhi United States Department of the..., US EOW: Tuesday, April 29, 1975 Cause of Death: Unidentified Investigator Larry Douglas Bullock Durham Police Department, NC EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Bill Jean Lea Polk County Sheriff's Office, AR EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire   Captain James Alexander Bradley Oilton Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, April 29, 1985 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle             Patrol Deputy Thomas Edward Felton Jr. Sussex County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Saturday, April 29, 1989 Cause of Death: Struck by train Lieutenant Thomas James Leis Metro-Dade Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, April 29, 1990 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Captain James Lutz Waukesha Police Department, WI EOW: Friday, April 29, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Kenneth J. Wolf Frontier County Sheriff's Office, NE EOW: Tuesday, April 29, 1997 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer John Michael Richardson Nashville International Airport..., TN EOW: Thursday, April 29, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Lieutenant Christopher Neal Claypool Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Sunday, April 29, 2001 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff David William March Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Monday, April 29, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael Thomas Hartzell Youngstown Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Tommy Edward Scott Los Angeles World Airports Poli..., CA EOW: Friday, April 29, 2005 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 42
Automobile accident: 1
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 1
Gunfire: 28
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 1
Vehicular assault: 3