The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 14th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Warden Richard Tinker Maine Department of Corrections, ME EOW: Thursday, May 14, 1863 Cause of Death: Stabbed Detective Sergeant James Higgins Erie Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, May 14, 1905 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Chief of Police Samuel Henderson Smith LaFollette Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, May 14, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal C. P. Phelgar United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, May 14, 1915 Cause of Death: Unidentified Detective Louis Bomka Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, May 14, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James Wesley Mock Marysville Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, May 14, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Joseph E. Donaldson Pinal County Sheriff's Department, AZ EOW: Tuesday, May 14, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles Hensley St. Joseph Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, May 14, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Field Inspector William (Bill) Mayes Texas and Southwestern Cattle R..., TX EOW: Wednesday, May 14, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William A. Roberts Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, May 14, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable William E. Funkhouser Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Sunday, May 14, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles F. Paist McKeesport Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, May 14, 1922 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Max Lefkowitz McKeesport Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, May 14, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Olin C. Wilson Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Saturday, May 14, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Railroad Detective Bruce A. Palmer Duluth, Missabe, and Northern R..., RR EOW: Tuesday, May 14, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Dano M. Jackley United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, May 14, 1929 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit             Cattle Inspector Joseph Calvin Dillman Arizona Livestock Sanitary Board, AZ EOW: Saturday, May 14, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Night Police Chief Charles Marrion Bruce McPherson Police Department, KS EOW: Sunday, May 14, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent John R. Foster United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, May 14, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Charles Rollin Wicks Lane County Sheriff's Department, OR EOW: Friday, May 14, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Detective Sergeant Edward M. Sullivan Greenburgh Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, May 14, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James J. Donahue Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, May 14, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James C. Langford Tuscaloosa Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, May 14, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Carlos Escamilla Pinal County Sheriff's Department, AZ EOW: Saturday, May 14, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Chief of Police Pierre A. (Pete) Harnois Westbrook Police Department, ME EOW: Thursday, May 14, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Jail Master David S. Robinson Sr. Middlesex County Sheriff's Depa..., MA EOW: Sunday, May 14, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Trofemuk Nassau County Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, May 14, 1961 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Clifton T. Miller Rossford Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, May 14, 1966 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrol Agent Richard A. Lugo United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, May 14, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant William J. Rutledge Riverside County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Wednesday, May 14, 1969 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman William Nagy Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, May 14, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Donald Perry Jensen Davis County Sheriff's Department, UT EOW: Friday, May 14, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Rodger M. Adams Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Friday, May 14, 1971 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Frank R. Dunbar Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Sunday, May 14, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Pilot Officer Bernard Livingston Carter Colorado Springs Police Department, CO EOW: Wednesday, May 14, 1975 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Special Agent James T. Lunn United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, May 14, 1976 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Special Agent Ralph N. Shaw United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, May 14, 1976 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Game Warden Jean K. Jones Jr. California Department of Fish a..., CA EOW: Monday, May 14, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Noel Don McGuire Little Rock Police Department, AR EOW: Wednesday, May 14, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant John Wesley Smith III Metro Nashville Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, May 14, 1980 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Raymond Earl Worley North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Tuesday, May 14, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire ALE Agent I Troy Douglas Carr North Carolina Alcohol Law Enfo..., NC EOW: Saturday, May 14, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Timothy Wade McDermott Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Sunday, May 14, 1995 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Ted Duke Horton Franklin County Sheriff's Depar..., NC EOW: Friday, May 14, 2004 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 44
Aircraft accident: 4
Automobile accident: 7
Gunfire: 28
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2