The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 20th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Police Officer Charles J. Donohue Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Tuesday, May 20, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Patrick E. Blackwell Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, May 20, 1905 Cause of Death: Accidental Police Officer Louis G. Robers St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, May 20, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Emerson L. McKinnon Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Tuesday, May 20, 1919 Cause of Death: Fall Police Officer Charles B. Harvey Columbus Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, May 20, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Constable Edward Poulsen St. Louis County Sheriff's Office, MO EOW: Sunday, May 20, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Michael B. Benerlein Parma Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, May 20, 1926 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer George Turner Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, May 20, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Jesse J. Barber Jacksonville Police Department, FL EOW: Monday, May 20, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant John S. Donlan Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Sunday, May 20, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Walter Leslie Francis Hamilton County Sheriff's Depar..., OH EOW: Monday, May 20, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Charles J. Collins Massachusetts State Police, MA EOW: Wednesday, May 20, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Eugene J. Chavis Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, May 20, 1944 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Gordon R. McAllister St. Clair Shores Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, May 20, 1945 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Harry Hartsel Davis St. Clair Shores Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, May 20, 1945 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Arvil O. Hudson Alabama Department of Public Sa..., AL EOW: Tuesday, May 20, 1952 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff John Doyle Lawrence Ottawa County Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, May 20, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Loy H. Walton Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, May 20, 1959 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Detective Sergeant Leroy King Lafayette Police Department, LA EOW: Wednesday, May 20, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Harold Abadie Lafayette Police Department, LA EOW: Wednesday, May 20, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James E. Meeks Jr. Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, May 20, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal William Aaron James Texhoma Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, May 20, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Assistant Marshal Joe Dale Hartman Texhoma Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, May 20, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Leon Scott Saginaw Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, May 20, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Investigator William F. Carter Jr. Riverside County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Tuesday, May 20, 1969 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Sam Varnado Copiah County Sheriff's Office, MS EOW: Sunday, May 20, 1973 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Joseph P. (Joey) Cali Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, May 20, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Thomas William Procter LaFourche Parish Sheriff's Depa..., LA EOW: Saturday, May 20, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Bernard D. Skeeters Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Thursday, May 20, 1982 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Robert T. Hicks Middlesex County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Sunday, May 20, 1984 Cause of Death: Drowned Chief of Police John William Mann Trafford Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, May 20, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Chief Deputy Constable David Elwood Nelson Travis County Constable's Offic..., TX EOW: Monday, May 20, 1985 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Group Supervisor Leslie Martin Macarro California Department of the Yo..., CA EOW: Friday, May 20, 1988 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Special Agent Rickie C. Finley United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, May 20, 1989 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Patrolman Ronald Hoytt Davis Belmont Abbey College Police De..., NC EOW: Thursday, May 20, 1993 Cause of Death: Assault Investigator Ricky J. Parisian New York State Police, NY EOW: Friday, May 20, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Dennis Earl Phelps Fresno County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Monday, May 20, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire Commander Joseph Allen Goldsmith Apache County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Thursday, May 20, 2004 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 38
Accidental: 1
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 3
Drowned: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 20
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Struck by vehicle: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 1