The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 8th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Timothy Flavin Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, May 8, 1886 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman William Weiss Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, May 8, 1910 Cause of Death: Animal related              Mounted Watchman Charles Lloyd Hopkins United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, May 8, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Conservation Officer Frank J. Appel Minnesota Department of Natural..., MN EOW: Friday, May 8, 1925 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant John M. Thomas Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Sunday, May 8, 1927 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Arthur J. Brookshire Estill County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, May 8, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William H. Pautzke Washington State Patrol, WA EOW: Thursday, May 8, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman William Hill Coulter Litchfield Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, May 8, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James A. Robertson Rockingham County Sheriff's Dep..., NC EOW: Sunday, May 8, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Kurth Bentz Dodge County Motor Police, WI EOW: Friday, May 8, 1936 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Jacob Kraft New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, May 8, 1936 Cause of Death: Fall Police Officer Craig Taylor Bracken Twin Falls Police Department, ID EOW: Monday, May 8, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Guard Joseph Michalowski Middlesex County Sheriff's Depa..., NJ EOW: Saturday, May 8, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Andrew Miller Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, May 8, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles C. Kraatz Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, May 8, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James A. Fredericka Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Friday, May 8, 1953 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Burl Whittington Tyler Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, May 8, 1955 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Richard Francis O'Connor Oregon State Police, OR EOW: Tuesday, May 8, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert D. Strone Passaic Police Department, NJ EOW: Thursday, May 8, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph E. Chapman Jr. Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, May 8, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Ishkoten Koteen Jicarilla Apache Tribal Police ..., TR EOW: Monday, May 8, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Conservation Warden Robert B. Markle Wisconsin Department of Natural..., WI EOW: Sunday, May 8, 1966 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Policeman Roger R. Warren Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, May 8, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Ronald F. McLeod Miami Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, May 8, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Raymond Oyler Jr. Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, May 8, 1971 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Paul Ethan Small Oneonta Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, May 8, 1973 Cause of Death: Heart attack Game Warden Elmer L. Nonnast Kansas Department of Wildlife a..., KS EOW: Wednesday, May 8, 1974 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper William Gaines Andrews Jr. Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Sunday, May 8, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Russell Alan Herrick Burton Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, May 8, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant George Leon Garrett Redwood City Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, May 8, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Agent William Ross Stewart Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics an..., OK EOW: Wednesday, May 8, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Malcolm E. Grass Hancock County Sheriff's Office, IN EOW: Thursday, May 8, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Arthur Anthony Scarafile New York State Police, NY EOW: Thursday, May 8, 1986 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Donna Marie Miller Hillsborough County Sheriff's O..., FL EOW: Friday, May 8, 1987 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrol Officer Joseph Francis Doyle Brown University Police Department, RI EOW: Sunday, May 8, 1988 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Wayne Grant Henebry Columbia Police Department, MS EOW: Monday, May 8, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Billy Doyle Patterson Columbia Police Department, MS EOW: Monday, May 8, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Randy John Schipani Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, May 8, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Joe M. Thomason Potts Camp Police Department, MS EOW: Saturday, May 8, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Staff Sergeant James R. Day United States Air Force Securit..., US EOW: Saturday, May 8, 1999 Cause of Death: Accidental Trooper Kurt David Knapp Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Saturday, May 8, 2004 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Donald Ray Young Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Sunday, May 8, 2005 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: 42
Accidental: 1
Animal related: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 24
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 1