The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - June 11th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Charles Graham Jersey City Police Department, NJ EOW: Thursday, June 11, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Robert H. Smith Newport News Police Department, VA EOW: Wednesday, June 11, 1919 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Prison Guard Roger J. Harty St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, June 11, 1924 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Edward E. Dean Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, June 11, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Night Marshal Henry Agnew Emmetsburg Police Department, IA EOW: Thursday, June 11, 1925 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman James Cullen New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, June 11, 1925 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff Samuel D. Willis Greenville County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Saturday, June 11, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Paul H. Schwieger Hinsdale Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, June 11, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Marshal James A. Houser North Chattanooga Police Depart..., TN EOW: Tuesday, June 11, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Pedro Ayala Laredo Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, June 11, 1936 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Town Marshal George I. (Senie) Worthen Union Police Department, MS EOW: Sunday, June 11, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective W. L. O'Cain Macon Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, June 11, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Police Officer Raymond Michael Hacker St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, June 11, 1948 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer John Leonard Shaw Breckenridge Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, June 11, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corrections Officer Filimon J. Ortiz New Mexico Department of Correc..., NM EOW: Wednesday, June 11, 1952 Cause of Death: Stabbed Officer A. B. McGaffey III Galveston Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, June 11, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective George A. Schmidling Waukesha Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, June 11, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Milan Simcak New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Monday, June 11, 1962 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Arthur J. Abagnale Jr. New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Monday, June 11, 1962 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Joseph Paul DeFrino New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Monday, June 11, 1962 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Marvin C. VanderLinden Iowa State Patrol, IA EOW: Friday, June 11, 1965 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Michael G. Rusnak Gary Police Department, IN EOW: Saturday, June 11, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Robert G. Hardy Rowley Police Department, MA EOW: Monday, June 11, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Police Officer Perfecto (Pete) Medrano Sanger Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, June 11, 1975 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Night Marshal Douglas Paul Bell Keota Police Department, IA EOW: Friday, June 11, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Jeffrey B. Lindenberg Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, June 11, 1976 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident             Correctional Officer Jack L. Thompson Hutchinson County Sheriff's Dep..., TX EOW: Monday, June 11, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Richard T. Cleary United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, June 11, 1986 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Charles Brian Stafford Miami Springs Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, June 11, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Police Officer Kenneth Michael Hansen New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, June 11, 1991 Cause of Death: Drowned Corporal Jon Eric Hermann Woodbury County Sheriff's Depar..., IA EOW: Friday, June 11, 1993 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident             Captain Phillip Arthur Heimbecker Sr. Woodbury County Sheriff's Depar..., IA EOW: Friday, June 11, 1993 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Sergeant Richard James Asten Kansas City Police Department, KS EOW: Thursday, June 11, 1998 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Conservation Officer Grant Scott Coyour Minnesota Department of Natural..., MN EOW: Friday, June 11, 1999 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Special Agent Scott Evan Deaton United States Department of the..., US EOW: Friday, June 11, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Kelly Joseph Vermeersch Huron County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Sunday, June 11, 2000 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Correctional Officer Darla Kay Lathrem Florida Department of Corrections, FL EOW: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Joseph Scott Quarles Laurens County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 38
Aircraft accident: 4
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 9
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 13
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 3