The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 7th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Special Deputy Marshal Alonzo Walter (Lon) Holden United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, May 7, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Park Policeman John L. Donner Lincoln Park District Police De..., IL EOW: Monday, May 7, 1917 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman John McGuire Pelham Manor Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, May 7, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Sterling Price (Dick) Warren Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, May 7, 1919 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Sheriff Matthew Solbraa Green County Sheriff's Office, WI EOW: Wednesday, May 7, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable David Nathan Morehouse Paso Robles Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, May 7, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Marshal Ralph Gibons The Dalles Police Department, OR EOW: Wednesday, May 7, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William C. Carroll St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, May 7, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman John Ringhauser New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, May 7, 1931 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Policeman Luis A. Albarran-Feliciano Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, May 7, 1932 Cause of Death: Drowned Deputy Sheriff Lamar L. Knight Sr. St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, May 7, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Frank S. Quigley St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, May 7, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Paul W. Cavender Nashville City Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, May 7, 1935 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper Sam R. Henderson Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OK EOW: Wednesday, May 7, 1941 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Eugene L. Reid Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, May 7, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Conrado Burgos-Garcia Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Tuesday, May 7, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff George David Tilley Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Wednesday, May 7, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer R. E. Sparks Oxford Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, May 7, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police John Ollie Jackson Breckenridge Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, May 7, 1954 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman William Kenner Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, May 7, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Paul G. Anderson Jr. Metro-Dade Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, May 7, 1967 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Constable Thomas Jefferson York Fentress County Constable's Office, TN EOW: Sunday, May 7, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Lloyd M. Kozenieski Woodbury Police Department, CT EOW: Tuesday, May 7, 1974 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Michael T. McManigal Dakota County Sheriff's Department, NE EOW: Friday, May 7, 1982 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Carlos M. Negron New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Monday, May 7, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent James Bernard Fuller United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, May 7, 1984 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sheriff Osborne Bell Marshall County Sheriff's Depar..., MS EOW: Wednesday, May 7, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Frederick Thomas Clark Sr. Hillsborough County Sheriff's O..., FL EOW: Thursday, May 7, 1987 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Alton Embry Jr. Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, May 7, 1988 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Steven A. Sandlin Mountainair Police Department, NM EOW: Saturday, May 7, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Ronald Shigeru Jitchaku Hawaii County Police Department, HI EOW: Monday, May 7, 1990 Cause of Death: Assault Sergeant Ippolito Gonzalez Franklin Township (Gloucester C..., NJ EOW: Sunday, May 7, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Lieutenant Owen Eugene Sweeney Jr. Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Wednesday, May 7, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Frank J. Grice Jr. East Jefferson Levee District P..., LA EOW: Wednesday, May 7, 1997 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 34
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 4
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 17
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1