The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - June 12th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sheriff Thomas Griffin Thornton Caroline County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Saturday, June 12, 1830 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Somers Perry Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, June 12, 1868 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private L. B. (Sonny & Berry) Smith Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Saturday, June 12, 1875 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John J. Coots San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, June 12, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Timothy Mahoney Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, June 12, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William McQuerry Covington Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, June 12, 1900 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff W. T. (Brack) Morris Karnes County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, June 12, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Samuel Perry Burks McKinney Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, June 12, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Detective Sergeant William J. Russell Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, June 12, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Dennis J. Sullivan Jersey City Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, June 12, 1910 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Deputy Sheriff Charles H. Basye Jackson County Sheriff's Depart..., OR EOW: Tuesday, June 12, 1917 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Peter H. Ostiller Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, June 12, 1918 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Ross Ball Hinds Knoxville Police Department, TN EOW: Sunday, June 12, 1921 Cause of Death: Struck by train Police Officer Ernest T. Griffin Syracuse Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, June 12, 1921 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Constable Arthur T. Smith Peoria Park District Police Dep..., IL EOW: Monday, June 12, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Hans Lindstrom Elkhorn Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, June 12, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Charles C. Rouse United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, June 12, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Valentine J. McDavis Spokane County Sheriff's Depart..., WA EOW: Tuesday, June 12, 1928 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Hugh Craft Madison County Sheriff's Depart..., AL EOW: Wednesday, June 12, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire                Merchant Policeman L. O. (Jack) Dunaway Miami Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, June 12, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Ernest Earle Goode Sr. Galveston County Sheriff's Depa..., TX EOW: Sunday, June 12, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Charles F. Cummins Jr. Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Wednesday, June 12, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Detective Sergeant George Kaltenberger Colorado Springs Police Department, CO EOW: Thursday, June 12, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Alva H. Burnett Pierre Police Department, SD EOW: Monday, June 12, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Myron J. Henderson Massillon Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, June 12, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles F. Caldwell Prince George's County Police D..., MD EOW: Saturday, June 12, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Policeman Olimpio Rodriguez-Merced Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Tuesday, June 12, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Henry Buckner Adair County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Saturday, June 12, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Deputy Sheriff James Russell Johnson Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Dep..., MN EOW: Friday, June 12, 1959 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Donald C. Brown Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, June 12, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Chief Deputy Sheriff George Miller Edwards Union Parish Sheriff's Department, LA EOW: Friday, June 12, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Alymer Gray Taylor Union Parish Sheriff's Department, LA EOW: Friday, June 12, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Donald C. Williams Hillsborough County Sheriff's O..., FL EOW: Monday, June 12, 1967 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper William R. Brandt Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO EOW: Friday, June 12, 1970 Cause of Death: Weather/Natural disaster Police Officer Carl Peterson Jr. Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Saturday, June 12, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Sergeant Roger E. Barrett Waco Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, June 12, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Nelson I. Hess V Chattanooga Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, June 12, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Bobby Gene Powell Swainsboro Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, June 12, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Gerald Leon Horn Maplesville Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, June 12, 1981 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Trooper Tony L. Thames Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Sunday, June 12, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Carlton X. Fletcher Prince George's County Police D..., MD EOW: Sunday, June 12, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Parole Officer Anthony Libertone New York State Division of Parole, NY EOW: Thursday, June 12, 1986 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Lorenzo L. Rodgers St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, June 12, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corrections Officer Gerald Paulo Indian River County Sheriff's D..., FL EOW: Friday, June 12, 1992 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Daniel John Calabrese Jr. Winslow Township Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, June 12, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Paul Winfield Mitchell Lake County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Saturday, June 12, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Bradley Jay Riches Orange County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Saturday, June 12, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert Joseph Nielsen Chandler Police Department, AZ EOW: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Shane Ronald Bennett Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer Jon Clifton Cook San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Senior Trooper Michael Joseph Rao South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Darren Glen Medlin Grapevine Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, June 12, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

 

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

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 52
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 4
Electrocuted: 1
Gunfire: 33
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 3
Weather/Natural disaster: 1