The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - June 16th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman John W. Skinner St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, June 16, 1868 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Frederick Brown Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, June 16, 1896 Cause of Death: Struck by train Deputy Sheriff William E. Hammon Gunnison County Sheriff's Depar..., CO EOW: Thursday, June 16, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Frank J. Tucker Provo Police Department, UT EOW: Thursday, June 16, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Frank Sparks Bakersfield Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, June 16, 1917 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Adolph F. Butterman Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Monday, June 16, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Richard J. Burke Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, June 16, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas W. Burke Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, June 16, 1921 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Joseph P. Morgan Muskogee County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Monday, June 16, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal James Milton Burns Castle Gate Marshal's Office, UT EOW: Tuesday, June 16, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Joseph Weckesser New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, June 16, 1927 Cause of Death: Fire Officer Robert Lee Powers San Diego Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, June 16, 1928 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Detective Louis Moore Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, June 16, 1933 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Herbert Haucke New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, June 16, 1934 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Policeman Alfred C. Madon Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, June 16, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Guard Powhatan Dance Bass Virginia Department of Corrections, VA EOW: Tuesday, June 16, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff Harry Merrill Bonneville County Sheriff's Dep..., ID EOW: Thursday, June 16, 1938 Cause of Death: Drowned Sheriff Charles Clarence Mason Jackson County Sheriff's Depart..., NC EOW: Thursday, June 16, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Clare A. Fletcher East St. Louis Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, June 16, 1940 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Hartley Gillum Mayfield Police Department, KY EOW: Sunday, June 16, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Eugene Victor Fuller Shreveport Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, June 16, 1940 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Policeman Jerry Lee Garrett Police Department, KY EOW: Monday, June 16, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Thomas E. Millet Beverly Hills Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, June 16, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Detective John J. Blyth Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, June 16, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Len B. Adams Escambia County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Monday, June 16, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Wilson Charles Buffington Simpson County Sheriff's Depart..., MS EOW: Thursday, June 16, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charlie F. Richardson Crystal Springs Police Department, MS EOW: Saturday, June 16, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Elda Lawrence White Paden Marshal's Office, OK EOW: Saturday, June 16, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Lloyd Innes New York City Transit Police De..., NY EOW: Friday, June 16, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Jimmie Hugh Rutledge Berkeley Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, June 16, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert J. Strugala Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, June 16, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Mart Hudson Jr. Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Monday, June 16, 1975 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Gilbert R. Chavez Phoenix Police Department, AZ EOW: Monday, June 16, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Mac J. Donnelly Jr. Lansing Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, June 16, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas H. Collins Millis Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, June 16, 1978 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Chief of Police Penwood Holmes Cherrywell Stanley Police Department, VA EOW: Friday, June 16, 1978 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Jack D. Claywell Grayson Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, June 16, 1983 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff James P. Clark Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Thursday, June 16, 1983 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Harold Lee Rogers Terre Haute Police Department, IN EOW: Saturday, June 16, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Donald Ray Williams West Point Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, June 16, 1984 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Trooper Charles Gerald Whitney Iowa State Patrol, IA EOW: Sunday, June 16, 1985 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle              Correctional Officer Douglas W. Mashburn Guam Department of Corrections, GU EOW: Tuesday, June 16, 1987 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Gary L. Peaco New York City Housing Authority..., NY EOW: Thursday, June 16, 1988 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer James Harry McKnight West Sacramento Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, June 16, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Harold Charles Voege Jr. Ripley County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Sunday, June 16, 1991 Cause of Death: Accidental             Chief of Police Derle Edward Shoemaker South Centre Township Police De..., PA EOW: Tuesday, June 16, 1992 Cause of Death: Training accident Trooper II Bobby Steve Booth Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Wednesday, June 16, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Dennis Lavelle Lund Utah Highway Patrol, UT EOW: Wednesday, June 16, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Agent Lucy Echevarria-Colon Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Monday, June 16, 1997 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Commander Octavius Gonzales St. John the Baptist Parish She..., LA EOW: Friday, June 16, 2006 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: 50
Accidental: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 4
Drowned: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 24
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Motorcycle accident: 5
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Training accident: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 5