The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 13th

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Detective John W. Gilley Kansas City Police Department, KS EOW: Monday, May 13, 1889 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff James Mackay Meagher County Sheriff's Depart..., MT EOW: Saturday, May 13, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ernest Augustus Anthony Fort Smith Police Department, AR EOW: Friday, May 13, 1904 Cause of Death: Struck by train Officer Hezekiah E. Hires Jacksonville Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, May 13, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Frank M. Stearn Johnstown Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, May 13, 1916 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Patrolman Charles C. Larsen Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, May 13, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael E. Ford Midland Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, May 13, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Gerald M. Harmon Richmond Police Department, VA EOW: Tuesday, May 13, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman David B. Rogers Covington Police Department, KY EOW: Sunday, May 13, 1923 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff John A. Snyder Hamilton County Sheriff's Depar..., TN EOW: Sunday, May 13, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Railroad Detective Charles George Nolan Sr. Grand Trunk Railway Police Depa..., RR EOW: Tuesday, May 13, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Roy McKee Saginaw Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, May 13, 1927 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit              Deputy State Sheriff Charles A. Halpin South Dakota Office of the Stat..., SD EOW: Friday, May 13, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Charles Bintliff United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, May 13, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper John J. Lane New York State Police, NY EOW: Sunday, May 13, 1928 Cause of Death: Fall Deputy Sheriff John Franklin Phillips Rapides Parish Sheriff's Depart..., LA EOW: Sunday, May 13, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Waldo A. Williams Stephens County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Tuesday, May 13, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal J. Gordon Anderson Hammond Police Department, LA EOW: Saturday, May 13, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Warden Jean Baptiste Jalbert Maine Department of Inland Fish..., ME EOW: Saturday, May 13, 1933 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrolman Victor A. Mossy Louisiana State Police, LA EOW: Wednesday, May 13, 1936 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Prison Guard Charles D. Powell Oklahoma Department of Corrections, OK EOW: Wednesday, May 13, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Frank F. Lenzke Racine Police Department, WI EOW: Wednesday, May 13, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Francis M. Gallup Grand Rapids Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, May 13, 1946 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Private Joseph F. McMillen Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Sunday, May 13, 1956 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Samuel B. Robinson Albany Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, May 13, 1957 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer John Patterson Hometown Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, May 13, 1957 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Policeman Oscar J. Bryant Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, May 13, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Bernard M. Bennett Sacramento Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, May 13, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Frank Robert Schlatt Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, May 13, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Harold E. Horine California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, May 13, 1978 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer William F. Leiphardt Jr. California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, May 13, 1978 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Reserve Captain Don H. Willmon Angelina County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Sunday, May 13, 1979 Cause of Death: Stabbed Trooper Robert John Gaylo New York State Police, NY EOW: Tuesday, May 13, 1980 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Agent Felipe Pratts-Ferrer Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, May 13, 1981 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Philip N. Trust Riverside Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, May 13, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Dennis C. Doty Riverside Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, May 13, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Arthur L. Yeaw Vermont State Police, VT EOW: Friday, May 13, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Corporal Darrell Dean McCloud Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Monday, May 13, 1985 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Policeman Jose Alberto Alvarez-Rivera Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Tuesday, May 13, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Gregory A. Hauser Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, May 13, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Raymond C. Kilroy Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, May 13, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Hesley Delmar Griffis Bradford County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Wednesday, May 13, 1992 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Donald R. Mahan Port St. Lucie Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, May 13, 1992 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Larry Bland Newport News Police Department, VA EOW: Friday, May 13, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Dennis Warren Finch Traverse City Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Investigator Hugo Fernando Arango Doraville Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, May 13, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Bruce Kevin Lee Riverside County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 Cause of Death: Assault Police Officer Gary Cooper Davis Bloomfield Township Police Depa..., MI EOW: Thursday, May 13, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Corporal Patrick Joseph Healey Lee County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Thursday, May 13, 2004 Cause of Death: Heart attack

 

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 49
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 6
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 24
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 2
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 3