The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - June 3rd

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Lest we forget...  

 

Police Officer John Yelverton Pensacola Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, June 3, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James W. Finn St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Tuesday, June 3, 1902 Cause of Death: Animal related Policeman Patrick Dougherty Anaconda Police Department, MT EOW: Friday, June 3, 1904 Cause of Death: Assault Officer Will G. Jackson Troy Police Department, AL EOW: Saturday, June 3, 1905 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Frank Welch Aberdeen Police Department, WA EOW: Monday, June 3, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Louis Schnarr St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, June 3, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Reserve Officer Louis S. Wells Joplin Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, June 3, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John B. Lawson Galveston Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, June 3, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff George Washington Batton Eddy County Sheriff's Department, NM EOW: Saturday, June 3, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Howard A. Deem West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Saturday, June 3, 1922 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Police Officer Ivey Jefferson Williams Iron City Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, June 3, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Constable Conrad Frederick Straher Imperial Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, June 3, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant John Cronin Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, June 3, 1931 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Captain Harry M. (Mose) Strauss Bethlehem Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, June 3, 1932 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper Thomas C. Lynes New York State Police, NY EOW: Monday, June 3, 1935 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman James B. Fisher New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, June 3, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Game Warden Randall E. Shelley Maine Department of Inland Fish..., ME EOW: Monday, June 3, 1946 Cause of Death: Heart attack Marshal Gordon Lunsford Chesapeake Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, June 3, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Lynwood N. Newcomer Hagerstown Police Department, MD EOW: Sunday, June 3, 1951 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Detective James R. Kelly Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, June 3, 1955 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff William L. Littlejohn Sacramento County Sheriff's Dep..., CA EOW: Friday, June 3, 1955 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Trooper Raymond Hendon Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Monday, June 3, 1957 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Roy Myers Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Thursday, June 3, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Preston R. Butler Huntsville Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, June 3, 1966 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Thomas Tinerella Streamwood Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, June 3, 1966 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Jack Sargent Tazewell Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, June 3, 1967 Cause of Death: Stabbed Officer Donald Douglas Baty Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, June 3, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Moitt Brenton Truitt Jr. Opelika Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, June 3, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Albert A. Willetts Suffolk County Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, June 3, 1971 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper George W. Emory Delaware State Police, DE EOW: Saturday, June 3, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Ralph D. Percival California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, June 3, 1974 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer David Bannister El Paso Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, June 3, 1974 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Trooper James Read Hughes Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Monday, June 3, 1974 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Arthur Owens Jr. Buchanan County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Tuesday, June 3, 1975 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Dennis Wilbert Allen Four Oaks Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, June 3, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Louis Henry Wagner II St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Of..., LA EOW: Saturday, June 3, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Anthony Taddeo Jr. Hastings on Hudson Police Depar..., NY EOW: Sunday, June 3, 1979 Cause of Death: Exposure to toxins              Deputy Sheriff Frank Dean Genovese Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Thursday, June 3, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Harold Gene Matthews Lawrence County Sheriff's Depar..., AR EOW: Friday, June 3, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lake Ranger Darrell E. James Duncan Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, June 3, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Corrections Officer Minnie R. Houston Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Monday, June 3, 1985 Cause of Death: Stabbed Police Officer Ephriam Brown Opa-Locka Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, June 3, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Danny Ray Griffin Rowan County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Tuesday, June 3, 1986 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman James Edward Wier Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Wednesday, June 3, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective John Sczyrek Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Thursday, June 3, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Anthony W. Simms Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Monday, June 3, 1996 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer I Sa Fuimaono American Samoa Department of Pu..., AS EOW: Wednesday, June 3, 1998 Cause of Death: Drowned              Border Patrol Agent Alexander Sanderlieb Kirpnick United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, June 3, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Robert Young Clement Spencer Police Department, NC EOW: Thursday, June 3, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John Pedro California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, June 3, 2002 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Correctional Officer James Grover Henderson Jr. Georgia Department of Corrections, GA EOW: Monday, June 3, 2002 Cause of Death: Assault Officer James M. Goodman California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, June 3, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 52
Animal related: 1
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 6
Drowned: 1
Electrocuted: 1
Exposure to toxins: 1
Gunfire: 23
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 4