The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 12th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Marshal M. R. Greene United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, May 12, 1877 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Joseph R. Buchanan Fannin County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, May 12, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas Donlon Lexington Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, May 12, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal John W. Wolf Burnet Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, May 12, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputized Civilian James Edward Roberts Morris County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Saturday, May 12, 1900 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Andrew J. Grimes Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, May 12, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James P. McGrath Burlington Police Department, VT EOW: Thursday, May 12, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Samuel H. Hamilton Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, May 12, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George H. Shearer Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, May 12, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff John Henry Franks Caldwell County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Wednesday, May 12, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Leland Alexander Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, May 12, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Peter Hammond San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, May 12, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman William J. Boyd Jr. Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, May 12, 1920 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Charles L. Godfrey New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, May 12, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Walter Mullin Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, May 12, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Special Agent Remus W. Buckner United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, May 12, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Wilson H. Lewars Hamburg Boro Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, May 12, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Timothy George McCarthy Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Tuesday, May 12, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Vernon Wilson Jones Franklin Police Department, VA EOW: Thursday, May 12, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John T. Porter Jr. Geneva Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, May 12, 1932 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant Theodore F. Werdann New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, May 12, 1932 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent William R. Blandford United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, May 12, 1934 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Daniel A. McCallum Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Sunday, May 12, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Hardy Coffey Avery County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Wednesday, May 12, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Osie R. Gourd Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Thursday, May 12, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Joseph Curtis New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, May 12, 1944 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Harold Randolph New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, May 12, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Eugene Stinchcomb Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, May 12, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Wallace Eugene Casey Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, May 12, 1957 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Leo M. Bessner Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Monday, May 12, 1958 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sheriff Burl E. Justice Scioto County Sheriff's Office, OH EOW: Monday, May 12, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Michael J. Crowley Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, May 12, 1961 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Paul Benedict Oatman St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, May 12, 1967 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant David Lee Lilly Beckley Police Department, WV EOW: Monday, May 12, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Albert B. Sallee Jr. Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, May 12, 1979 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Lieutenant Clarence P. Cox Jr. Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, May 12, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George R. Banfield Conemaugh Township Police Depar..., PA EOW: Saturday, May 12, 1984 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Steven Lee Ticer Florence Police Department, AL EOW: Thursday, May 12, 1988 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sergeant Joseph Elmer Stine Jr. Charles County Sheriff's Office, MD EOW: Saturday, May 12, 1990 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Thomas Allen Ingram Orange County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Saturday, May 12, 1990 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Deputy Sheriff Christopher C. Willems Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Sunday, May 12, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Gary Allen Gaboury Vermont State Police, VT EOW: Tuesday, May 12, 1992 Cause of Death: Drowned Deputy Sheriff Jimmie Richard Henry Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Friday, May 12, 1995 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Deputy Stephen Wayne Blair Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Friday, May 12, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Brian Joe Ramey Bladenboro Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, May 12, 2001 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Donald Ralph Schultz Phoenix Police Department, AZ EOW: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 Cause of Death: Drowned

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 46
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 2
Drowned: 2
Duty related illness: 1
Gunfire: 25
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 4
Motorcycle accident: 5
Vehicular assault: 4