The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 11th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sheriff Thomas A. Ragsdale Fannin County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, May 11, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Oscar Christensen South Bend Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, May 11, 1886 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Charles Metzgar Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, May 11, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Thomas Duffy New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Thursday, May 11, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles F. Finn Reading Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, May 11, 1905 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Charles H. Slaughter Alachua County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Saturday, May 11, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Harrison Clement Hitch Princeton Police Department, IN EOW: Sunday, May 11, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Isaac A. Kidwell St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, May 11, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Costantino Campbell Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, May 11, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Walter H. Hodges Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, May 11, 1920 Cause of Death: Accidental Correctional Officer Robert L. Taylor Nebraska Department of Correcti..., NE EOW: Wednesday, May 11, 1921 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff James Sam Shelley Osage County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Wednesday, May 11, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Terrence Lyons West Park District Police Depar..., IL EOW: Thursday, May 11, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Dennis Griffin Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, May 11, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Roy R. Nightwine Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, May 11, 1924 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Matron Mary T. Davis Wilmington Police Department, DE EOW: Sunday, May 11, 1924 Cause of Death: Assault Special Agent Clyde L. Taylor United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, May 11, 1929 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Glen E. Clark Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, May 11, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman David McCain Highland Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, May 11, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward J. Murphy Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Saturday, May 11, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain J. M. Dopson Macon Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, May 11, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Deputy Samuel Jasper Luckett Warren County Sheriff's Department, MS EOW: Tuesday, May 11, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Michael J. Ellis Jr. San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, May 11, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert H. Good Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, May 11, 1949 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Policeman Roland E. White Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, May 11, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Clarence L. Meenach Russell Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, May 11, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Henry J. Searcy Leighton Police Department, AL EOW: Saturday, May 11, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant William F. Herkal Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Monday, May 11, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harry J. Hafner New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, May 11, 1959 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Steve J. Huber Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, May 11, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper William M. Hall Oregon State Police, OR EOW: Thursday, May 11, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman James Owens Jr. Charleston County Police Depart..., SC EOW: Saturday, May 11, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Milton J. LeBoeuf Jr. Westwego Police Department, LA EOW: Monday, May 11, 1970 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit City Marshal Homer Edgell Fry Mansfield Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, May 11, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Michael Lee Edwards Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, May 11, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Harvey L. Middleton Berkeley County Sheriff's Depar..., SC EOW: Sunday, May 11, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Terry Lee Lanier Jacksonville Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, May 11, 1979 Cause of Death: Stabbed Lieutenant Robert A. Flynt California Department of Fish a..., CA EOW: Friday, May 11, 1984 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Walter Lee Harden Sr. Macon Police Department, GA EOW: Monday, May 11, 1987 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Roger A. Sterling Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Monday, May 11, 1987 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Richard B. Hammack Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Monday, May 11, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Auxiliary Police Officer Ty Edward Massey Colona Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, May 11, 1993 Cause of Death: Drowned Police Officer Kenneth L. Davis Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Thursday, May 11, 1995 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Daniel T. Fraembs Pomona Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, May 11, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Chief of Police Douglas A. Shertzer Sr. Lititz Borough Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Deputy Sheriff John Nicholas Wiberg II Washoe County Sheriff's Office, NV EOW: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

 

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 46
Accidental: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 4
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 28
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 4
Stabbed: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 3