The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - June 25th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Watchman James P. Van Duzen New York City Watch, NY EOW: Tuesday, June 25, 1839 Cause of Death: Fall Deputy Sheriff Joe N. Martin Comanche County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Watchman Alex R. Coryell Virginia City Police Department, NV EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1891 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Marshal Louis A. Conlee Sprague Police Department, WA EOW: Tuesday, June 25, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Benjamin F. Bish Colorado Springs Police Department, CO EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Henry Wendelstorf Queens County Sheriff's Department, NY EOW: Friday, June 25, 1897 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman James H. Carroll Lynn Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, June 25, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John Cunningham Anniston Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, June 25, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Constable Elbert Norton Hanks Navarro County Constable's Office, TX EOW: Tuesday, June 25, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas F. Griffiths Salt Lake City Police Department, UT EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph T. Robbins New Haven Police Department, CT EOW: Sunday, June 25, 1916 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer William F. Sheehan San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, June 25, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector J. C. Shelhorse Virginia Department of Prohibit..., VA EOW: Tuesday, June 25, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman J. M. Carmack Kingsport Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Desk Sergeant Charles J. Stegemann Hamilton Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, June 25, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Harvey Wissinger Cambria County District Attorne..., PA EOW: Sunday, June 25, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Charles O. Sterner United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, June 25, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Charles R. Sneesby Devils Lake Police Department, ND EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Charles Isaac Epperson Boynton Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant George Barstad Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, June 25, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Police Officer William M. McCormack St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, June 25, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Orrage N. Murray Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Senior Patrol Inspector Robert W. Kelsay United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff William Fred Sweet Washington County Sheriff's Dep..., IA EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Aaron Bailey Washington Police Department, IA EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Undersheriff Guy Jarvis Blaine County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Nolan Eugene Tipton Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, June 25, 1932 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Detective Harry McCue Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, June 25, 1935 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Harold Beingesser Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, June 25, 1935 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Lawrence Robbins Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas J. McAuliffe Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, June 25, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William Paul Ketron Nicholasville Police Department, KY EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Melvin Cooper Fleming Davidson County Sheriff's Office, TN EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Charles Dow Mundy Nashville City Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Morris Friedman Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, June 25, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Tom Green Rector Police Department, AR EOW: Friday, June 25, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Wayne E. Jones Terre Haute Police Department, IN EOW: Monday, June 25, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Night Marshal Alexander Dotson Sutton Pulaski County Sheriff's Depart..., MO EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1952 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Henry Denman Racine County Sheriff's Department, WI EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1953 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Salvatore Patti Passaic Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1958 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Mackay C. Jewkes Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, UT EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1959 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant John William Hood Cobb County Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, June 25, 1960 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Detective Hugo Max Becker Jr. Hialeah Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, June 25, 1966 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Wildlife Officer Jimmy Thompson Florida Game and Fresh Water Fi..., FL EOW: Tuesday, June 25, 1968 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Patrolman Harry L. Charlton III Richmond Police Department, VA EOW: Friday, June 25, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Lawrence Paul Felcyn Redwood County Sheriff's Depart..., MN EOW: Sunday, June 25, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Johnny Orville Harris Muskegon Heights Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Deputy Sheriff Raymond Eugene Rogers Carroll County Sheriff's Office, IA EOW: Sunday, June 25, 1978 Cause of Death: Automobile accident   Deputy Sheriff Wilber Wayne Dorman Carroll County Sheriff's Office, IA EOW: Sunday, June 25, 1978 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman James Duane Hoff Reno Police Department, NV EOW: Monday, June 25, 1979 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Dennis Glenn Gonzales San Diego Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, June 25, 1979 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Constable Tommy M. Harper Spring Township Police Department, AR EOW: Tuesday, June 25, 1985 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Lieutenant John Ronald Floyd Horry County Police Department, SC EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1986 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman James Mathis Beasley Sweetwater Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1986 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Investigator Eugene N. Gaiotti Vermont Department of Liquor Co..., VT EOW: Sunday, June 25, 1989 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent John Lawrence Bailey United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, June 25, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corrections Officer Thomas Davis Jr. Ohio Department of Rehabilitati..., OH EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1992 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Daniel David Trail Beloit Police Department, KS EOW: Sunday, June 25, 1995 Cause of Death: Drowned Assistant Chief Bobby L. Froreich Berwick Police Department, LA EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Correction Officer Joseph Ribeiro Massachusetts Department of Cor..., MA EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1998 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Wayne A. Leon Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, June 25, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper James A. Moen Alaska State Troopers - Fish an..., AK EOW: Monday, June 25, 2001 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Detective I Abiel (Abe) Barron Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 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: 63
Aircraft accident: 1
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 11
Drowned: 1
Electrocuted: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 33
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 2