The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 19th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy City Marshal Robert E. Hawks Temple Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, May 19, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph Zannelli Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, May 19, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer Wiley C. Metts Lynchburg Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, May 19, 1906 Cause of Death: Fall Officer Otto G. Ostby Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Wednesday, May 19, 1915 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Andrew M. Lawrence St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, May 19, 1918 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Park Policeman Andrew Frederick Hartwick Topeka Police Department, KS EOW: Thursday, May 19, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Policeman Nazario Miranda-Hernandez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, May 19, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William O'Connor New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Edward O'Briest Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Frank A. Pike St. Petersburg Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, May 19, 1933 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Phillip R. Johnson Portland Police Bureau, OR EOW: Monday, May 19, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Thomas Wooldridge Dubois County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Robert Rion Gilliam Whitmire Police Department, SC EOW: Saturday, May 19, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Assistant Chief of Police William Earl Evans Whitmire Police Department, SC EOW: Saturday, May 19, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Lee Trebu Huffman Kentucky State Police, KY EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1953 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman William R. Sellers Nassau County Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, May 19, 1954 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Joseph Haydu Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, May 19, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Alman Glen Lanford Denton Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, May 19, 1957 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Henry C. Yonce South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1959 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Owen T. Lyon Redding Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, May 19, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Ronny Lee Garcia Beaumont Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1970 Cause of Death: Asphyxiation Officer Jack L. Pickering Jr. Beaumont Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1970 Cause of Death: Asphyxiation              Corrections Employee Kenneth Conant California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Wednesday, May 19, 1971 Cause of Death: Stabbed Police Officer John Isaacson Glendale Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, May 19, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Paul Ray Vinson King County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Friday, May 19, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Gayle Lamar Holmes Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Friday, May 19, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Charlie Albert Rogers Greenwood County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Saturday, May 19, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman William Reed Templin Penn Central Railroad Police De..., RR EOW: Sunday, May 19, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant William L. Emerson Boca Raton Police Department, FL EOW: Monday, May 19, 1975 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Stephen L. Hopper Butler County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Saturday, May 19, 1979 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Rosalin Suarez Jr. McAllen Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Robert D. Sadler South Carolina Department of Na..., SC EOW: Wednesday, May 19, 1982 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Troy Lynn Duncan Alaska State Troopers, AK EOW: Saturday, May 19, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Deputy Sheriff Walter Nathan Coleman Camden County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Sunday, May 19, 1985 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Robert Remington Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Helen P. Cardwell Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, May 19, 1988 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Corporal Willie Dale Taylor Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Saturday, May 19, 1990 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Douglas Wayne Tripp Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Sunday, May 19, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Anthony W. Sanchez New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, May 19, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Trooper James Bradford-Jean Crooks Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Ricky Joe Childers Tampa Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Randy Scott Bell Tampa Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Troy Alan Blando Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Wilbur Lewis Berry Bulloch County Sheriff's Office, GA EOW: Saturday, May 19, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Conservation Officer Douglas Wayne Bryant Kentucky Department of Fish and..., KY EOW: Monday, May 19, 2003 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit              Deputy Sheriff James Joseph (Jim) Mulay Peoria County Sheriff's Department, IL EOW: Monday, May 19, 2003 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Peter Jay Resch Wadena Police Department, MN EOW: Thursday, May 19, 2005 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: 47
Asphyxiation: 2
Automobile accident: 9
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 23
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2