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

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff Jabez C. Pierson Bosque County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Tuesday, June 9, 1874 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William L. Daniels Cochise County Sheriff's Depart..., AZ EOW: Tuesday, June 9, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff H. M. Hoskins Jack County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, June 9, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Dan D. Tiedeman Omaha Police Department, NE EOW: Wednesday, June 9, 1897 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Correctional Officer Thurston Jones Sr. Oregon Department of Corrections, OR EOW: Monday, June 9, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Correctional Officer Bailey T. Tiffany Oregon Department of Corrections, OR EOW: Monday, June 9, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Correctional Officer Frank Bonham Ferrell Oregon Department of Corrections, OR EOW: Monday, June 9, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Frank P. Ward Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Friday, June 9, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer August Schwind St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, June 9, 1918 Cause of Death: Animal related Patrolman Harry Dowell Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, June 9, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harold Mossburger Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, June 9, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John F. Creevy Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, June 9, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Earl A. Skinner Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Wednesday, June 9, 1926 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrol Officer Elwyn A. Fletcher Lower Merion Township Police De..., PA EOW: Thursday, June 9, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Earl K. Leonard Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, June 9, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Benjamin H. Frye Charlotte Police Department, NC EOW: Monday, June 9, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Albert Lewis Brown United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, June 9, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward M. O'Donnell Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, June 9, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant William O'Shaughnessy New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, June 9, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Turnkey William G. Hunter Baltimore County Police Department, MD EOW: Thursday, June 9, 1932 Cause of Death: Assault Officer Mervyn A. Reardon San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, June 9, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Pierre Lancaster South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Thursday, June 9, 1932 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper Joseph Perry New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Wednesday, June 9, 1937 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Alexander C. Stutt New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, June 9, 1939 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Carl O. Nystrom Tomahawk Police Department, WI EOW: Saturday, June 9, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant William M. Sheppard Chatham County Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, June 9, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph J. Galizia Beaver Falls Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, June 9, 1953 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Marshal Sam Thompson Monette Police Department, AR EOW: Wednesday, June 9, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer George E. Elder Monterey Park Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, June 9, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff David Harvey Stahl San Luis Obispo County Sheriff'..., CA EOW: Friday, June 9, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Peace Officer Susano Castillo Laredo Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, June 9, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Richard J. Klass Daly City Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, June 9, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Joe Cletus Wall Chesnee Police Department, SC EOW: Friday, June 9, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Paul E. Marston Arizona Department of Public Sa..., AZ EOW: Monday, June 9, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Winford Mickey Patillo Bexar County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, June 9, 1969 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Edward Henninger New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, June 9, 1969 Cause of Death: Heart attack Reserve Officer Daniel E. Wickard Rapid City Police Department, SD EOW: Friday, June 9, 1972 Cause of Death: Drowned Deputy Sheriff Wesley Green Cole Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Friday, June 9, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Atilano Garcia-Mendez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, June 9, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Robert O. Moore Seminole County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Monday, June 9, 1975 Cause of Death: Fire             Police Officer I Francisco Aguon Reyes Guam Police Department, GU EOW: Thursday, June 9, 1977 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrolman Ray S. Brown Anderson County Sheriff's Depar..., TN EOW: Tuesday, June 9, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Chief William J. McGuirk Essex County Sheriff's Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, June 9, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James E. Simono Elmore County Sheriff's Office, ID EOW: Sunday, June 9, 1985 Cause of Death: Drowned Deputy Sheriff Douglas B. Miller Santa Clara County Sheriff's Of..., CA EOW: Monday, June 9, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Benedict James Thomas Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Friday, June 9, 1989 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff William Mahon Banks Greenville County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Friday, June 9, 1989 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Chief of Police Harold G. Locke Dothan Police Department, AL EOW: Thursday, June 9, 1994 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Agent Louis A. Pompei Glendora Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, June 9, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Police Officer Charles Leon McDonald Forest Park Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, June 9, 2001 Cause of Death: Duty related illness

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 50
Animal related: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 4
Drowned: 3
Duty related illness: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 32
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 4
Struck by vehicle: 1