The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 5th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman W. Stith Tucker Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Saturday, May 5, 1860 Cause of Death: Stabbed Constable Dallas Hodges Grayson County Constable's Offi..., TX EOW: Thursday, May 5, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Dan Maples United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, May 5, 1887 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Fred M. Bristol Chino Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, May 5, 1904 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Caswell S. Matthews Topeka Police Department, KS EOW: Sunday, May 5, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles Goetz Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, May 5, 1916 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Harold G. Roughley Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, May 5, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Peter P. Oginskis Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, May 5, 1923 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Elmer M. Cox Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, May 5, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William P. Staples Everett Police Department, MA EOW: Wednesday, May 5, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Warden Peter N. Klein Illinois Department of Corrections, IL EOW: Wednesday, May 5, 1926 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Thomas D. McNichols Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, May 5, 1928 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Harold Roth Middletown Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, May 5, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Willard R. Dahle Logan City Police Department, UT EOW: Sunday, May 5, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Timothy Mahoney New Rochelle Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, May 5, 1930 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Deputy Sheriff Jim Daniels Harlan County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, May 5, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Sheriff Arthur Lee Harlan County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, May 5, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer J. Thomas Watts Jacksonville Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, May 5, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Reuben Blackman Lincoln County Sheriff's Depart..., ME EOW: Friday, May 5, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman William H. McCloskey Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, May 5, 1935 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Chief of Police John B. Fallow Hamlet Police Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, May 5, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Lester McEachern Racine Police Department, WI EOW: Saturday, May 5, 1956 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sheriff Ralph J. Hansen Ransom County Sheriff's Department, ND EOW: Saturday, May 5, 1962 Cause of Death: Drowned Officer William Franklin Mines Fredericksburg Police Department, VA EOW: Tuesday, May 5, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Roy Glen Wright Fredericksburg Police Department, VA EOW: Tuesday, May 5, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Louis Cannaliato Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, LA EOW: Wednesday, May 5, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Investigator Paul Robert Marks Tuolumne County Sheriff's Depar..., CA EOW: Friday, May 5, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Police Officer Woodrow Wayne Scarbrough Gulfport Police Department, MS EOW: Tuesday, May 5, 1970 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper Jackie Monroe Bussard Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Tuesday, May 5, 1970 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Ivan G. Lorenzo New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, May 5, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Robert Jackson Eury Sr. Cabarrus County Sheriff's Depar..., NC EOW: Friday, May 5, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Police Officer Frank Warren Whitby Jr. Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Sunday, May 5, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Melvin L. Henze Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Saturday, May 5, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant John S. Dennard Florida Department of Corrections, FL EOW: Thursday, May 5, 1983 Cause of Death: Stabbed             Special Agent Gary Robert Degelman Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Friday, May 5, 1989 Cause of Death: Fall              Chief of Police Herman Dewayne Justus West Taylor Township Police Dep..., PA EOW: Saturday, May 5, 1990 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Carmelo Ortiz-Rivera Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, May 5, 1991 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: 37
Automobile accident: 6
Drowned: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 21
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 4
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1