The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - June 8th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Constable William Frank Carey Carmel Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, June 8, 1900 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable John H. Hollis Jefferson County Sheriff's Depa..., AL EOW: Saturday, June 8, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Constable F. M. Woods Eufaula Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, June 8, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Cecil S. Bowman Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, June 8, 1911 Cause of Death: Struck by train Detective W. C. Meachem Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, June 8, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal James S. Thomas Baldwin Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, June 8, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Emory Farrington Milton Police Department, MA EOW: Thursday, June 8, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Game Protector Harvey B. Cruikshank New York State Environmental Co..., NY EOW: Tuesday, June 8, 1926 Cause of Death: Weather/Natural disaster Policeman Ramon Martinez-Rios Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, June 8, 1930 Cause of Death: Stabbed Night Policeman Otto Laduke Durkee Chetopa Police Department, KS EOW: Thursday, June 8, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Ernest James May Las Vegas Police Department, NV EOW: Thursday, June 8, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Charles George Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Monday, June 8, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Jack Hickox Pinal County Sheriff's Department, AZ EOW: Wednesday, June 8, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Burnell Imhoff New Holland Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, June 8, 1939 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Policeman Fermin Alicea-Jusino Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, June 8, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Marshal Con Burns Lynn County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Thursday, June 8, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Stephen Cleburn Gable Mangum Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, June 8, 1946 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Harry D. Grimes Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Sunday, June 8, 1952 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Constable Emery J. Jackson Silverton Police Department, OR EOW: Sunday, June 8, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Herman Corn New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, June 8, 1958 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Julian Lee Powers Jr. Lee County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Monday, June 8, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Edward Ford Greensboro Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, June 8, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Robert C. Gillespie Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Friday, June 8, 1962 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Kenneth W. Harrison Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Saturday, June 8, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Stanley Meadows Amarillo Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, June 8, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff W. H. Bing Jr. DeKalb County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, June 8, 1966 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Jailer Ignacio Pena Garcia Kinney County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, June 8, 1971 Cause of Death: Assault Correctional Officer Joseph Kruse Iowa Department of Corrections, IA EOW: Thursday, June 8, 1972 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sheriff William Thomas Pond Clay County Sheriff's Department, AR EOW: Friday, June 8, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Chief Deputy Sheriff George Oliver Williamson Dickinson County Sheriff's Office, IA EOW: Friday, June 8, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Timothy A. Hearn Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, June 8, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Buford Dedeaux Gulfport Police Department, MS EOW: Friday, June 8, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Trooper First Class William P. Mills Jr. Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Friday, June 8, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Willie Edward Peeples South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Friday, June 8, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Deputy Henry Bethea Morris Clarendon County Sheriff's Depa..., SC EOW: Tuesday, June 8, 1982 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Bret Nathan Sunner Cedar Rapids Police Department, IA EOW: Friday, June 8, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Howell Burchfield California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Saturday, June 8, 1985 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sergeant Francis Leo Yates Charles County Sheriff's Office, MD EOW: Wednesday, June 8, 1988 Cause of Death: Heart attack Captain Raymond Bussell Merritt Tift County Sheriff's Office, GA EOW: Saturday, June 8, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ronald Edward Wascom Morris Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, June 8, 1992 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Jeffrey John Williams Calumet County Sheriff's Depart..., WI EOW: Tuesday, June 8, 1993 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Chief of Police James Fred Pfeister Cresson Borough Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, June 8, 1996 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault             Police Officer Peter Conrad Johnson Jr. North Harris Montgomery Communi..., TX EOW: Sunday, June 8, 1997 Cause of Death: Fall Police Officer Esther Todecheene Navajo Division of Public Safety, TR EOW: Monday, June 8, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Marshal Peter Purdy Hillman United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, June 8, 2000 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman D. Kyle Haslett Nashville Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, June 8, 2001 Cause of Death: Heart attack

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 46
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 7
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 23
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 4
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicular assault: 3
Weather/Natural disaster: 1