The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - June 17th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Officer James P. Farmer Bryan Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, June 17, 1874 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Daniel O'Connell St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William H. Riddell Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, June 17, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Frank Louis Schmid Jr. Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Sequoyah Houstan United States Department of the..., US EOW: Sunday, June 17, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Emmet F. Haskins Franklin County Sheriff's Depar..., MA EOW: Friday, June 17, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Frank V. Hansen Savannah Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, June 17, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William Henry Cunliffe Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas E. O'Connell New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, June 17, 1912 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Henry B. Crane Muskogee County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Wednesday, June 17, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Jesse N. Louden Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Sunday, June 17, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Cornelius Platt New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, June 17, 1923 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Marshal Arthur H. Seaman North College Hill Police Depar..., OH EOW: Sunday, June 17, 1923 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper John Weber Rhode Island State Police, RI EOW: Wednesday, June 17, 1925 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff Thomas Preston Caldwell Henry County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Friday, June 17, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective A. Worth Davis Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, June 17, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Harry Hasselberg Glencoe Department of Public Sa..., IL EOW: Tuesday, June 17, 1930 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit             Special Agent Rosie Lester Flinchum United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, June 17, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Fred Kenney Cochise County Sheriff's Depart..., AZ EOW: Friday, June 17, 1932 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Assistant Chief of Police Harry L. Bolin Newton Police Department, KS EOW: Friday, June 17, 1932 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Frank E. Hermanson Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective William J. Grooms Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Otto H. Reed McAlester Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Mathew Weiss St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1933 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent Raymond J. Caffrey United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant John F. Best Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Monday, June 17, 1935 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Patrolman Earl Hicks Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Wednesday, June 17, 1936 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff Lawrence I. Smoyer Boone County Sheriff's Department, NE EOW: Thursday, June 17, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Constable Elvis Orval Brown Henderson County Constable's Of..., TX EOW: Thursday, June 17, 1937 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Private Thomas P. Carey Pennsylvania Motor Police, PA EOW: Tuesday, June 17, 1941 Cause of Death: Exposure to toxins Special Agent Melvin J. Clark United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, June 17, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Robert Elvin Caldwell Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Thursday, June 17, 1948 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman William J. Hickey Schenectady Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, June 17, 1949 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Corporal Arthur M. Hurst West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Friday, June 17, 1949 Cause of Death: Drowned Officer Owen Flack Hopkinsville Police Department, KY EOW: Sunday, June 17, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Motorcycle Officer Charles W. Hoffman Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, June 17, 1952 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer James Jenkins Spann Abilene Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, June 17, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman James F. Tindal Charleston Police Department, SC EOW: Friday, June 17, 1955 Cause of Death: Fire Policeman Lawrence B. Aytes Charleston Police Department, SC EOW: Friday, June 17, 1955 Cause of Death: Fire Policeman Jessie C. Benton Charleston Police Department, SC EOW: Friday, June 17, 1955 Cause of Death: Fire Officer Joseph R. Wilson Burbank Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1961 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident               Border Patrol Inspector George F. Azrak United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Border Patrol Inspector Theodore L. Newton Jr. United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer David Franklin Noel Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1972 Cause of Death: Stabbed Officer James Millard Cannon Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, June 17, 1973 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Ralph J. Stanchi New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, June 17, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Hector Maldonado-Berly Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Monday, June 17, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Michael R. Veilleux Maine State Police, ME EOW: Tuesday, June 17, 1986 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Stephen Paul Miller Jefferson County Sheriff's Depa..., CO EOW: Wednesday, June 17, 1987 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Corrections Officer Arturo M. Meyers New York City Department of Cor..., NY EOW: Thursday, June 17, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Robert Hayes Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, June 17, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Kenneth E. Woodmore Inkster Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, June 17, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire State Trooper Linda Carol Huff Idaho State Police, ID EOW: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Bruce Graham Hemphill County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Sunday, June 17, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Carlos Winston Owen Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Thursday, June 17, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer C. Robert Bennett Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Thursday, June 17, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Harley Alfred Chisholm III Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Thursday, June 17, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Steven Lloyd Hutchinson Grayson County Constable's Office, KY EOW: Thursday, June 17, 2004 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant Andy Thaddeus Bailey Jackson Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, June 17, 2004 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: 59
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Drowned: 1
Electrocuted: 1
Exposure to toxins: 1
Fire: 3
Gunfire: 34
Motorcycle accident: 8
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2