The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 27th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Marshal Roy Woofter Roswell Police Department, NM EOW: Saturday, May 27, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James Ronco Tampa Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, May 27, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Abner Braun Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, May 27, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Bather Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, May 27, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Abner R. Braun Trenton Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, May 27, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Pat Manning New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Friday, May 27, 1921 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Raymond O. Eicholtz Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Sunday, May 27, 1923 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman William B. Gill New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, May 27, 1923 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Marshal Frank Moran Darlington Police Department, WI EOW: Friday, May 27, 1927 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Marshal George Thanoe Warring Mabton Police Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, May 27, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Delbert Thompson South Bend Police Department, IN EOW: Saturday, May 27, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles E. Farkas Sr. South Bend Police Department, IN EOW: Saturday, May 27, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Frederick William Sauer Burlington Police Department, IA EOW: Sunday, May 27, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James J. Carroll Jersey City Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, May 27, 1934 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Night Policeman George Loper Pauls Valley Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, May 27, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Paul L. Minneman Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Thursday, May 27, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corrections Officer John Oles North Dakota State Penitentiary, ND EOW: Monday, May 27, 1946 Cause of Death: Stabbed             Deputy Sheriff Warren Calhoun Guerry Berkeley County Sheriff's Depar..., SC EOW: Tuesday, May 27, 1947 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman P. W. Smith North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Thursday, May 27, 1948 Cause of Death: Drowned Police Officer Louis J. Champa Pensacola Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, May 27, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Ernest F. Beaugez Ocean Springs Police Department, MS EOW: Thursday, May 27, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James E. Maroney California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, May 27, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Conservation Officer Robert Shepherd Perkins Indiana Department of Natural R..., IN EOW: Tuesday, May 27, 1958 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff James R. Lauer Northumberland County Sheriff's..., PA EOW: Wednesday, May 27, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Bannon New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, May 27, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Trooper Frank A. Doris Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Saturday, May 27, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Robert Charles Radden Lake County Sheriff's Office, MI EOW: Tuesday, May 27, 1969 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle              Detective Sergeant Walter A. Connell Longview Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, May 27, 1971 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Darryl M. Rantanen Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Monday, May 27, 1974 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sergeant Joe Clay Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS EOW: Monday, May 27, 1974 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Captain A. Lemoine Drabenstot Huntington County Sheriff's Dep..., IN EOW: Sunday, May 27, 1984 Cause of Death: Heart attack Lieutenant Lowry Douglas Durington Healdton Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, May 27, 1985 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Richard G. Janczewski Avoca Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, May 27, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Kenneth L. Collings Phoenix Police Department, AZ EOW: Friday, May 27, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant James Kidd Clarke County Sheriff's Department, AL EOW: Saturday, May 27, 1989 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant William Sibrava Bernalillo County Sheriff's Dep..., NM EOW: Friday, May 27, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Charles Andrew Lazzaretto Glendale Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, May 27, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Craig William Rath Chesterfield County Police Depa..., VA EOW: Thursday, May 27, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Police Officer Robert James Taylor Sr. Rocky Boy's Tribal Police Depar..., TR EOW: Monday, May 27, 2002 Cause of Death: Drowned            Deputy Sheriff Jeremiah Kirk Johnson Emery County Sheriff's Office, UT EOW: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 40
Automobile accident: 5
Drowned: 2
Gunfire: 19
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 1