The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - June 23rd

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Lest we forget...  

 

Town Marshal Jeremiah Hughes Easley Police Department, SC EOW: Thursday, June 23, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Thomas J. Fahey Lake County Sheriff's Office, CO EOW: Wednesday, June 23, 1897 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective William F. Murphy Peoria Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, June 23, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Henry Garlick El Paso County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Monday, June 23, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Grover Scott Russell Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Monday, June 23, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Lewis C. Hipple Harrisburg Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, June 23, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant James D. Hagarty Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, June 23, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Park Policeman William J. Allison South Park District Police Depa..., IL EOW: Tuesday, June 23, 1925 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant Thomas W. Kehoe Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, June 23, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James C. Farley Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, June 23, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Hans C. Jess Mandan Police Department, ND EOW: Sunday, June 23, 1929 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Sterling C. Forden Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, June 23, 1934 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff Victor Green Johnson County Sheriff's Depart..., KY EOW: Sunday, June 23, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Manuel Borgos Westchester County Parkway Poli..., NY EOW: Thursday, June 23, 1938 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Warren K. Raby Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, June 23, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Bruce Felder Rainey Weatherford Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, June 23, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Border Patrol Inspector Earl F. Fleckiger United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, June 23, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Julio Rodriguez-Torres Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, June 23, 1951 Cause of Death: Accidental Officer William C. Foote California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, June 23, 1952 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Willard N. Carver Johnson County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Monday, June 23, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Sidney A. Dethloff Livonia Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, June 23, 1952 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Chief of Police Robert Earl Pierce Irwin Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, June 23, 1957 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Benjamin Kyle Smith Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Monday, June 23, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Paul D. Renner New Ulm Police Department, MN EOW: Thursday, June 23, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Howard Kenton Hicks Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, June 23, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Sergeant Robert M. (Whitey) Skelton Jr. Monroe County Sheriff's Office, NY EOW: Friday, June 23, 1972 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sheriff Frank J. Lott Polk County Sheriff's Office, GA EOW: Sunday, June 23, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert B. Broshears East St. Louis Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, June 23, 1977 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Michael Bruce Keen Muldrow Police Department, OK EOW: Wednesday, June 23, 1982 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Michael W. Burson Sr. Orlando Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, June 23, 1990 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant Holger Beck New York State Police, NY EOW: Friday, June 23, 1995 Cause of Death: Bicycle accident Sheriff Harold Lloyd Strider Grenada County Sheriff's Depart..., MS EOW: Sunday, June 23, 1996 Cause of Death: Heart attack Lance Corporal Randall Scott Hewitt South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Sunday, June 23, 1996 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Reserve Officer Johnnie Mae Clanton New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Master Sergeant Stanley W. Talbot Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Saturday, June 23, 2001 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault             Police Officer Rodney Fredderick Pocceschi Virginia Beach Police Department, VA EOW: Monday, June 23, 2003 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: 36 Accidental: 1 Automobile accident: 2 Bicycle accident: 1 Gunfire: 18 Gunfire (Accidental): 1 Heart attack: 2 Motorcycle accident: 4 Stabbed: 1 Struck by vehicle: 3 Vehicle pursuit: 1 Vehicular assault: 2