The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 4th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff Andrew W. Holbrook Pima County Sheriff's Department, AZ EOW: Thursday, May 4, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Francis Mallon New York Municipal Police Depar..., NY EOW: Friday, May 4, 1883 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Mathias J. Degan Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, May 4, 1886 Cause of Death: Bomb Deputy Sheriff James Work Muskogee County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Thursday, May 4, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Andrew Lynch Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles B. Teare New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Byron C. Wood San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Special Deputy Marshal Marion Ramey United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Marshal John Sloan United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael Kiley New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, May 4, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal James H. Gibson Dewey Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, May 4, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Joe C. Talbott Lafayette County Sheriff's Depa..., MO EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John J. McDonald Lafayette County Sheriff's Depa..., MO EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William T. McCuiston Greensboro Police Department, NC EOW: Wednesday, May 4, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John Hughes Mitchell Henry County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Thursday, May 4, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Harvey E. Bolen Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Friday, May 4, 1923 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Policeman Harry Manley Cooper Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, May 4, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Clayton J. Seawell Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, May 4, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman John P. Hoey New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, May 4, 1931 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Arthur P. Rasmussen New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, May 4, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Hackett New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, May 4, 1938 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent William R. Ramsey United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, May 4, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Chief of Police Joseph Russell Gautier Lester Police Department, WV EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James Goodwin Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, May 4, 1942 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman George Wesley Schane Des Moines Police Department, IA EOW: Monday, May 4, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)             Chief of Police Lester Arthur (Chester) Shearhart Vinita Police Department, OK EOW: Friday, May 4, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Arthur William Moyle South San Francisco Police Depa..., CA EOW: Monday, May 4, 1953 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Edmund Smith Wellington Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, May 4, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ezra Foreman Crowley Police Department, LA EOW: Monday, May 4, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Gilbert Reyes Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, May 4, 1959 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Anthony Lukis Jr. New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Wednesday, May 4, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John J. Hartenstein Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, May 4, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Emmett O. Edmonds Baxter County Sheriff's Department, AR EOW: Saturday, May 4, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Gerard Apuzzi Jr. New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, May 4, 1968 Cause of Death: Asphyxiation Police Officer Azell L. Harris Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper C. B. Martin Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1969 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Sergeant Lewis Edward Robinson Sr. Mecklenburg County Police Depar..., NC EOW: Monday, May 4, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Donald Herbert Lansing Monterey Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, May 4, 1971 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Special Agent George Walter Henderson II Wyoming Office of the Attorney ..., WY EOW: Friday, May 4, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sergeant Willis R. Haralson Cordele Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper James David Young Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Policeman Jose M. Valentin-Hernandez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1975 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrolman Richard J. Harper Brick Township Police Department, NJ EOW: Thursday, May 4, 1978 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Policeman Gilberto Rolon-Gonzalez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Thursday, May 4, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Dwain L. Hardigan Albany County Sheriff's Office, WY EOW: Friday, May 4, 1979 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Patrolman Melvin Wilcox Erie Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, May 4, 1979 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman David T. Doering North Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Jan Brinkers New York City Housing Authority..., NY EOW: Monday, May 4, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Robert L. Polmanteer Phoenix Police Department, AZ EOW: Friday, May 4, 1984 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Carl L. Darling Jr. Otsego County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Karl William Reishus Juneau Police Department, AK EOW: Monday, May 4, 1992 Cause of Death: Training accident             Undercover Agent Ricardo Atiles Atiles-Quinones Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Monday, May 4, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Leroy Williams Tallulah Police Department, LA EOW: Thursday, May 4, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Vincent R. T. Arduini Granby Department of Police Ser..., CT EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Captain Herman Eugene Harris Sr. Louisiana Department of Public ..., LA EOW: Thursday, May 4, 2000 Cause of Death: Animal related Deputy Sheriff Jason Patrick Lopez Pinal County Sheriff's Department, AZ EOW: Friday, May 4, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Kristin Marie Pataki Maryland-National Capital Park ..., MD EOW: Saturday, May 4, 2002 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Police Officer Randall James Spearman Folsom Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, May 4, 2003 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Lieutenant George Hura Jr. Escambia County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Tuesday, May 4, 2004 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Byron Keith Cannon Richland County Sheriff's Depar..., SC EOW: Wednesday, May 4, 2005 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Gary J. Buro Chesterfield County Police Depa..., VA EOW: Thursday, May 4, 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: 61
Aircraft accident: 1
Animal related: 1
Asphyxiation: 1
Automobile accident: 8
Bomb: 1
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 35
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 4
Struck by vehicle: 3
Training accident: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1