The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 24th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Officer C. O. Brewer Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, May 24, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal James Bourland United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, May 24, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Arthur Taylor Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Sunday, May 24, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Detective Isaac Parson Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, May 24, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Private Eugene B. Hulen Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Monday, May 24, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Customs Agent Joseph Russell (Joe) Sitter United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, May 24, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Emil Carbonell New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, May 24, 1919 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Robert Bumster Quincy Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, May 24, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Donald C. Hathaway Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, May 24, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John Richard Crain Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, May 24, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Joseph Kubacki Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Saturday, May 24, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Superintendent Ed Diedrich Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, OR EOW: Saturday, May 24, 1924 Cause of Death: Explosion Patrolman George J. Buttermore Shaker Heights Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, May 24, 1926 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Policeman Frederick C. Bryant Cook County Highway Police, IL EOW: Saturday, May 24, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Police Officer Thomas Emery DeShazo Dover Town Police Department, NJ EOW: Saturday, May 24, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Martin J. O'Brien East Chicago Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, May 24, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Francis Lloyd Mulvihill East Chicago Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, May 24, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Operative Robert L. Godby United States Department of the..., US EOW: Friday, May 24, 1935 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Will George Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office, LA EOW: Thursday, May 24, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Charles Sea Jacksonville Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, May 24, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Delmar Whitworth Sr. Jefferson County Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, May 24, 1960 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Fred Nelson Lander County Sheriff's Department, NV EOW: Tuesday, May 24, 1966 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Herman Stallworth Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, May 24, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Richard Morton Jr. East Moline Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, May 24, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Hadley Tyson Jr. Thomasville Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, May 24, 1970 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Robert L. Gallowitch Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, May 24, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Charles O. Ley Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Wednesday, May 24, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Lewis Willard Hurst Jr. Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Wednesday, May 24, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Donald A. Brown Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, May 24, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Conroy G. O'Brien Kansas Highway Patrol, KS EOW: Wednesday, May 24, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Frank A. Kania Chatham County Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, May 24, 1979 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Inspector Kenneth G. Ward United States Department of the..., US EOW: Thursday, May 24, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas J. Szafranski Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, May 24, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper John R. Clinton South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Tuesday, May 24, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Charles James Wright Taylor County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, May 24, 1983 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Glenda Darlene Thomas Washington State Patrol, WA EOW: Friday, May 24, 1985 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle              Deputy Sheriff Douglas Gene Nanney Madison County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Friday, May 24, 1991 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit               Conservation Warden Patrick Douglas Warner Wisconsin Department of Natural..., WI EOW: Monday, May 24, 1993 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Sergeant Tom Anderson Sitton Nacogdoches County Sheriff's De..., TX EOW: Friday, May 24, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Edward Ronald Callahan Douglas County Sheriff's Depart..., NV EOW: Sunday, May 24, 1998 Cause of Death: Drowned Deputy Raul Dimas Collier County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Monday, May 24, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant James Clark Clarke County Sheriff's Office, GA EOW: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 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: 42
Automobile accident: 7
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 1
Explosion: 1
Gunfire: 22
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 2