The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - June 5th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sheriff Andrew Jackson Jacobs Goliad County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Saturday, June 5, 1869 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff George V. Vise Dallas County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, June 5, 1878 Cause of Death: Drowned Deputy Marshal Jim Williams United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, June 5, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective John Dwyer Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, June 5, 1906 Cause of Death: Fall Sheriff George Washington Garrison Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Friday, June 5, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William C. Sube Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Sunday, June 5, 1910 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Marshal Andrew A. Bastendorff Utica Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, June 5, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Thomas J. Beyett Montgomery County Constable's O..., TX EOW: Friday, June 5, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Harold Amick Scott County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, June 5, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Orlando Colon-Torres Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, June 5, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thaxter M. Reardon East Millinocket Police Department, ME EOW: Sunday, June 5, 1938 Cause of Death: Assault Officer Richard T. Conklin Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Sunday, June 5, 1938 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Loren C. Roosevelt California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, June 5, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective John Reifel Galveston Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, June 5, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Assistant Chief Louis Adamo Canastota Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, June 5, 1950 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Constable Lester Kenneth Setser Decatur Police Department, AR EOW: Tuesday, June 5, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James F. Kane Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, June 5, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman LaVaughn V. White Sr. Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, June 5, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Henry L. Peeler Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, June 5, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Guy Fedrick Jones DeKalb County Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, June 5, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Nelson K. Sasscer Santa Ana Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, June 5, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Donald E. Haynie Ventura County Sheriff's Depart..., CA EOW: Friday, June 5, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Sidney L. Thompson New York City Transit Police De..., NY EOW: Tuesday, June 5, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Arthur G. Abrams Alorton Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, June 5, 1975 Cause of Death: Unidentified              Deputy Sheriff Richard Kyle Hardesty Jr. Victoria County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Thursday, June 5, 1975 Cause of Death: Struck by train Deputy Sheriff Stevan Henry Owen Howard County Sheriff's Department, IA EOW: Sunday, June 5, 1977 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Corrections Employee Edward R. Boyer Pennsylvania Department of Corr..., PA EOW: Sunday, June 5, 1977 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sergeant James Lewis Dalrymple Jr. Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Monday, June 5, 1978 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrol Officer William Robert Stout Terrell Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, June 5, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Johnnie C. Corbin St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, June 5, 1985 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Correctional Officer Randall Clayton Cupp North Carolina Department of Co..., NC EOW: Thursday, June 5, 1986 Cause of Death: Assault Police Officer Daniel T. Gleason Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, June 5, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Ronald A. Parker Port of Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Friday, June 5, 1987 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Brian Jeffery Tunnell Miami Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, June 5, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Conservation Warden Andrew A. Krakow Wisconsin Department of Natural..., WI EOW: Tuesday, June 5, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Russell A. Bagshaw Connecticut State Police, CT EOW: Wednesday, June 5, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Christopher David Lydon California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, June 5, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Troy Anthony Ratcliff Assumption Parish Sheriff's Dep..., LA EOW: Saturday, June 5, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Police Officer Ronald M. Medeiros Sr. Killian Police Department, LA EOW: Saturday, June 5, 1999 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Corporal Dennis James Lyden Horry County Police Department, SC EOW: Monday, June 5, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Myron G. Deckard Vermilion County Sheriff's Depa..., IL EOW: Tuesday, June 5, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Michael Harry Wise II Reading Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, June 5, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)              Police Officer Mark Anthony Sawyers Sterling Heights Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, June 5, 2004 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: 43
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 4
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 25
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1