The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 16th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman George W. Duryea New York Metropolitan Police Force, NY EOW: Monday, May 16, 1864 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Richard (Texas) McCoy Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Monday, May 16, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Fred B. Houghton Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, May 16, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff Armstead Homer United States Department of the..., US EOW: Saturday, May 16, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Freed Youngstown Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, May 16, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Lee A. Boone St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, May 16, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Martin Trimp New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Monday, May 16, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Tom Grant Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, May 16, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Hugh Osburn Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, May 16, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Edward Crabtree Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, May 16, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Thadeus E. Davis Smithfield Police Department, VA EOW: Friday, May 16, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)             Deputy Constable Thomas M. Vaughn Douglas Police Department, AZ EOW: Saturday, May 16, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Stephen O. Flanagan Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, May 16, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George D. Smith Paragould Police Department, AR EOW: Tuesday, May 16, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Edward H. Powell Jefferson County Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, May 16, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Anthony Hlavaty McKeesport Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, May 16, 1917 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident              Deputy Sheriff William Jackson Carnley Nacogdoches County Sheriff's De..., TX EOW: Thursday, May 16, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert L. Burden Okmulgee Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, May 16, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Richard Allen Pauley Coleman County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Saturday, May 16, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John V. Kincaid Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, May 16, 1926 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Policeman Arthur L. Davenport Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, May 16, 1926 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Mark L. Newton Lawrence County Sheriff's Depar..., TN EOW: Friday, May 16, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Clyde Rivers United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, May 16, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward Francis Riphon Madison Police Department, WI EOW: Monday, May 16, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain George Thomas Hanlon Hammond Police Department, IN EOW: Sunday, May 16, 1937 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Edward F. Lee Milton Police Department, MA EOW: Thursday, May 16, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Herman A. Drexler Dayton Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, May 16, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Hubert W. Estes Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Friday, May 16, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Frank G. Golden New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, May 16, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Chief Deputy Sheriff Max Daniels Avery County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Monday, May 16, 1949 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Detective Sergeant J. W. Milton Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, May 16, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Warren Mitchell El Paso Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, May 16, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James Wilson Gamble DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Department, LA EOW: Sunday, May 16, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy John Pullano Monroe County Sheriff's Office, NY EOW: Thursday, May 16, 1957 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper Robert Russell McGuire Nevada Highway Patrol, NV EOW: Tuesday, May 16, 1961 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Robert Courtland Wash Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Tuesday, May 16, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Tommy E. Kendall Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS EOW: Monday, May 16, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Police Officer James Howard Cassidy Jr. Pearland Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, May 16, 1973 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Gwen Downs Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Monday, May 16, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John L. Suchodolsky United States General Services ..., US EOW: Monday, May 16, 1977 Cause of Death: Assault Police Officer William Coleman Cook Metro-Dade Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, May 16, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Rowry Jr. Union Point Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, May 16, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Robert T. Jordan St. Louis County Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, May 16, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Bruce M. Russell Roseville Police Department, MN EOW: Sunday, May 16, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Frank Clements Amarillo College Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, May 16, 1985 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Cleveland Ray Christian Brunswick Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, May 16, 1986 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Captain Robert D. Widener Montgomery County Sheriff's Dep..., AL EOW: Tuesday, May 16, 1989 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Investigator Rafael E. Rivera-Hernandez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Tuesday, May 16, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Michael S. Monoc Sharon Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, May 16, 1990 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Charles D. Warren Utah Highway Patrol, UT EOW: Monday, May 16, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Daniel David Edenfield Allen County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Saturday, May 16, 1998 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Jaime Primera Rodriguez Andrews Department of Public Sa..., TX EOW: Thursday, May 16, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Lance Corporal Jonathan Wade Parker South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Monday, May 16, 2005 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 53
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 3
Gunfire: 35
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 4
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 3