The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 21st

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Town Marshal Jesse Dickson Quincy Police Department, FL EOW: Monday, May 21, 1866 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Robert Ned Clendennen Limestone County Sheriff's Depa..., TX EOW: Friday, May 21, 1875 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff D. A. Shipe Knox County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Monday, May 21, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Thomas McCarrick St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Thursday, May 21, 1891 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Patrolman Eugene L. White Meridian Police Department, MS EOW: Thursday, May 21, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Alfred F. Klugman Mineral County Sheriff's Office, MT EOW: Friday, May 21, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Charles V. Thomas Dayton Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, May 21, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Sanford Newton Haley Elbert County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Sunday, May 21, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas H. Beresford New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, May 21, 1917 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Lawrence H. McParlin Charles County Sheriff's Office, MD EOW: Tuesday, May 21, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John A. Conrad Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Tuesday, May 21, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant David T. Dunigan Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Tuesday, May 21, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman John G. Magness Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, May 21, 1920 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Sergeant John Fitzpatrick New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, May 21, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal John P. Conway Carroll Police Department, IA EOW: Saturday, May 21, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Herman C. Butler Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Saturday, May 21, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff William James Dunlap Linn County Sheriff's Office, OR EOW: Monday, May 21, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Undersheriff Emmet Butts Marinette County Sheriff's Office, WI EOW: Monday, May 21, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Curtis D. Sowers North York Borough Police Depar..., PA EOW: Tuesday, May 21, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Park Police Officer Arthur Swanson Chicago Park District Police De..., IL EOW: Thursday, May 21, 1936 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Carl A. Schlotz Morristown Police Department, NJ EOW: Thursday, May 21, 1936 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrolman Edward H. Wendland New Haven Police Department, CT EOW: Saturday, May 21, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George Miller Clementon Police Department, NJ EOW: Thursday, May 21, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Lee Olen Jones Cameron County Constable's Offi..., TX EOW: Sunday, May 21, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James T. Smith Belleville Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, May 21, 1950 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Conservation Warden Mark H. Russell Jr. Wisconsin Department of Natural..., WI EOW: Saturday, May 21, 1955 Cause of Death: Boating accident Police Officer Johnny Reed Annas Charlotte Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, May 21, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Dale M. Krings California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, May 21, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Jean Hayden Youngblood Troy Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, May 21, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Sergeant Pressley Eugene Humphreys Richmond County Sheriff's Depar..., GA EOW: Friday, May 21, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Samuel Eugene Rouvier Clermont County Sheriff's Depar..., OH EOW: Saturday, May 21, 1966 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Jerrard F. Young Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Friday, May 21, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph A. Piagentini New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, May 21, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Waverly M. Jones New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, May 21, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Kenneth R. Fratus Warwick Police Department, RI EOW: Friday, May 21, 1971 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle             Deputy City Marshal Carl Lee (Don) Hart Bokchito Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, May 21, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William Vernon Welch Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, May 21, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman David W. Clark Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, May 21, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Leo Robert (Bobby) Volk Jr. Modesto Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, May 21, 1973 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Henry Richard Wolf Oak Park Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, May 21, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George Rogers Canton Police Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, May 21, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James A. Allen Hillsborough County Sheriff's O..., FL EOW: Tuesday, May 21, 1974 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Simmons Arrington Metro-Dade Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, May 21, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Investigator Leslie S. Grosso New York State Police, NY EOW: Tuesday, May 21, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant George M. Williams Rolla Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, May 21, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Customs Agent John M. Lacey United States Department of the..., US EOW: Saturday, May 21, 1977 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Corporal Willie E. Hammond Indianola Police Department, MS EOW: Wednesday, May 21, 1980 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff Edmund V. Thomas Jr. Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Of..., NC EOW: Tuesday, May 21, 1985 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer James A. Rementer Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, May 21, 1985 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer John W. Mathews Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, May 21, 1988 Cause of Death: Assault Trooper Ralph George Zerda Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Sunday, May 21, 1989 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sergeant William John Kuhnle Jr. Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Sunday, May 21, 1989 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Deputy Sheriff Jesse Earl McFarland III Liberty County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Monday, May 21, 1990 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer John Martin Huffman Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Thursday, May 21, 1992 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Jeff A. Richardson Cave City Police Department, AR EOW: Friday, May 21, 1993 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff Jeffrey Neil Sheets Marathon County Sheriff's Depar..., WI EOW: Saturday, May 21, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Harvey Davis Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, May 21, 1996 Cause of Death: Heart attack                Deputy Sheriff Randal Eugene Jennings Butte County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, May 21, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant David Martin Kieffer Phoenix Police Department, AZ EOW: Wednesday, May 21, 1997 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Lieutenant Gary Hanna Florence County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Thursday, May 21, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident               Police Officer Perrin Richard (Rick) Love II Charleston Police Department, SC EOW: Friday, May 21, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Ronald Mark King Douglas County Sheriff's Office, CO EOW: Friday, May 21, 1999 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Seneca Darden Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Sunday, May 21, 2006 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

 

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 63
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Boating accident: 1
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 35
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Heart attack: 4
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 5