The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - June 19th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Assistant City Marshal A. A. Johnson Laredo Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, June 19, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Scott Reese North Baltimore Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, June 19, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Frank Duncan Covington Police Department, KY EOW: Friday, June 19, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Loner Denson Camp Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, June 19, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward Parker Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain John B. Russell Colorado Department of Corrections, CO EOW: Thursday, June 19, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector Thomas J. Norton Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, June 19, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Samuel T. Cunningham New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, June 19, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Jeter Young Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, June 19, 1921 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff John U. Swafford Bledsoe County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable John M. Weaver Harris County Constable's Offic..., TX EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Conservation Warden William A. Riebe Wisconsin Department of Natural..., WI EOW: Thursday, June 19, 1930 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Patrolman Albert Charles Exner Lake Geneva Police Department, WI EOW: Friday, June 19, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William G. Gagler Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, June 19, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Leonard Fleet Stuart Falls County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, June 19, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Homer J. Harrison New York State Police, NY EOW: Monday, June 19, 1933 Cause of Death: Drowned Guard Felix Smith Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Friday, June 19, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Patrolman Lawrence Kenton Morrison Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, June 19, 1937 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Constable Felix Valenzuela Brewster County Constable's Off..., TX EOW: Sunday, June 19, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Vincent C. Vosbein New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Sunday, June 19, 1938 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Roy Robert Fitch Worthington Police Department, MN EOW: Sunday, June 19, 1938 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Sheriff Fred A. Bigalow Niagara County Sheriff's Depart..., NY EOW: Monday, June 19, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Assistant Chief of Police Lloyd M. Parton Bessemer City Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, June 19, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Ezra Sutherland Jefferson County Police Department, KY EOW: Monday, June 19, 1950 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Frederick Reilly Jackson County Sheriff's Depart..., MI EOW: Saturday, June 19, 1954 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Gid Thomas Ward Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 1957 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sheriff Merlin Haves Koerner Lincoln County Sheriff's Depart..., CO EOW: Monday, June 19, 1961 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Daniel E. McDaniel Ormsby County Sheriff's Department, NV EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 1963 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Peter McElligott San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Kenneth G. Kaner Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, June 19, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Richard Radetich San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, June 19, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Larry Barkwell Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, June 19, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James A. Parker North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 1974 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Sergeant John S. Hackett Jr. North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 1974 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Police Officer Joseph Keegan New York City Transit Police De..., NY EOW: Thursday, June 19, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Gregory J. Erson St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, June 19, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Richard L. Fortin Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, June 19, 1987 Cause of Death: Drowned Deputy Sheriff Jeffery Mark Gathings West Carroll Parish Sheriff's D..., LA EOW: Sunday, June 19, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Douglas Ortiz-Jusino Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Monday, June 19, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Joseph Francis Moynihan Jr. Massachusetts State Police, MA EOW: Tuesday, June 19, 1990 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Special Agent Paul F. Cavanagh United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, June 19, 1990 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident               Police Officer Emilio Quinones-Santana Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detention Officer Michael Bonner Burlington County Juvenile Dete..., NJ EOW: Friday, June 19, 1992 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Chief Deputy Bobby Max Biggerstaff Franklin County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Saturday, June 19, 1993 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Deputy Sheriff John Walter Sanford Jr. Northumberland County Sheriff's..., VA EOW: Sunday, June 19, 2005 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: 45
Aircraft accident: 4
Automobile accident: 6
Drowned: 2
Duty related illness: 1
Gunfire: 26
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1