The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 9th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Michael Sheehan Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, May 9, 1886 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal George Wellman United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, May 9, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Special Deputy Sheriff William Rader Meagher County Sheriff's Depart..., MT EOW: Tuesday, May 9, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Bill Harrison United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, May 9, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Frank E. Trask Benson Police Department, AZ EOW: Tuesday, May 9, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Constable James C. Stapleton Lafayette County Sheriff's Depa..., MO EOW: Friday, May 9, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Harry A. Hamilton Battle Creek City Police Depart..., MI EOW: Sunday, May 9, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William H. Scobee Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, May 9, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles Manzel Ogden Police Department, UT EOW: Monday, May 9, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Lon Castle Ashland Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, May 9, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Thomas M. Wade Bedford Town Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, May 9, 1925 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff John E. (Johnnie) Ratliff McClain County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Saturday, May 9, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Herman Gloor Jr. New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Sunday, May 9, 1926 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Chief Henry C. Troutman Albemarle Police Department, NC EOW: Monday, May 9, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Charles E. Carter Jr. Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Monday, May 9, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael J. Mulverhill Nashville City Police Department, TN EOW: Saturday, May 9, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Patrick J. Redmond Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, May 9, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Chief of Police Jose M. Lopez-Palermo Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, May 9, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William J. Holstein New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, May 9, 1939 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrol Officer J. Leslie Ward Morehead Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, May 9, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper James T. Brownfield Louisiana State Police, LA EOW: Sunday, May 9, 1943 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Charles R. Johnston Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Sunday, May 9, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Felipe Masso-Rivera Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, May 9, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Walter Edward Snyder United States Army Criminal Inv..., US EOW: Sunday, May 9, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Oscar Newton Morris Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Wednesday, May 9, 1956 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Town Marshal Franklin Walter Goss Chouteau Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, May 9, 1957 Cause of Death: Struck by train Detective Sergeant Headley Downey Ann Arbor Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, May 9, 1963 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff George Petrogallo Bexar County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, May 9, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff William C. Doster Chester County Sheriff's Depart..., SC EOW: Saturday, May 9, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant James Brice Waters Chester County Sheriff's Depart..., SC EOW: Saturday, May 9, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Investigator John Albert Hanson United States Army Criminal Inv..., US EOW: Saturday, May 9, 1970 Cause of Death: Fall Detective Charles Delbert Meeks Derby Police Department, KS EOW: Sunday, May 9, 1976 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Correctional Officer Richard Bert Fordham Lee County Sheriff's Department, IL EOW: Monday, May 9, 1977 Cause of Death: Assault Lieutenant Willard Edward Vaughan Roanoke Rapids Police Department, NC EOW: Monday, May 9, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James B. Evans Riverside County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Friday, May 9, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Mary Ann Barker Americus Police Department, GA EOW: Monday, May 9, 1983 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Dean A. Whitehead Lansing Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, May 9, 1985 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident            Corrections Officer Charles Frederick Cash Kentucky Department of Corrections, KY EOW: Friday, May 9, 1986 Cause of Death: Assault Officer Jeffery Lee Bull Lebanon Police Department, ME EOW: Saturday, May 9, 1987 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff Bobby Earl Raulston Dale County Sheriff's Department, AL EOW: Monday, May 9, 1988 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Trooper John A. Andrulewicz Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Monday, May 9, 1988 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Johnny Boyd Smith Frostproof Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, May 9, 1990 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Kent Hintergardt Riverside County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Sunday, May 9, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent William Randall Bolt California Department of Justic..., CA EOW: Tuesday, May 9, 1995 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Corrections Officer James P. Ascone New York State Department of Co..., NY EOW: Tuesday, May 9, 1995 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Dennis Larry Carder Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, May 9, 1996 Cause of Death: Fall Captain Charles Douglas Conley Scioto County Sheriff's Office, OH EOW: Saturday, May 9, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Park Ranger V Catherine E. Secor Washington State Parks and Recr..., WA EOW: Tuesday, May 9, 2000 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Craig W. Schultz Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, May 9, 2001 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Senior Trooper Richard Dale Cottle Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Wednesday, May 9, 2001 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Scott Allen Hylton Christiansburg Police Department, VA EOW: Friday, May 9, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper First Class Anthony Jones Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Sunday, May 9, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Detective LaVern Steven Brann Battle Creek City Police Depart..., MI EOW: Monday, May 9, 2005 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Deputy Sheriff Andrew Harrison Taylor Llano County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Monday, May 9, 2005 Cause of Death: Gunfire

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 54
Aircraft accident: 2
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 9
Fall: 2
Gunfire: 27
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 5
Struck by train: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2