The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - June 27th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Constable O. A. Wilson Osage Township Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, June 27, 1874 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William A. Bergin Colfax County Sheriff's Department, NM EOW: Tuesday, June 27, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Andrew T. Peterson Wilmington Police Department, DE EOW: Saturday, June 27, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal James H. Bush United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, June 27, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Pearlie McInnis Irwin County Sheriff's Office, GA EOW: Monday, June 27, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy T. W. Sheffield Irwin County Sheriff's Office, GA EOW: Monday, June 27, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Stephen Davis Ocilla Police Department, GA EOW: Monday, June 27, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Sergeant Oscar Miller Martin New Castle Police Department, VA EOW: Thursday, June 27, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman August Arnold Norwalk Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, June 27, 1916 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Donald Purvis Davis Mineral County Sheriff's Depart..., WV EOW: Wednesday, June 27, 1917 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Milton Harvey Stephens Williamson County Sheriff's Dep..., TN EOW: Friday, June 27, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Charles F. Artz Chicago, Rock Island and Pacifi..., RR EOW: Sunday, June 27, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Dave Murdock Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, June 27, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Homer Teaff Muskogee County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Tuesday, June 27, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Patrick J. Daley Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, June 27, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Charles Benjamin Jones Jacksonville Beach Police Depar..., FL EOW: Monday, June 27, 1927 Cause of Death: Explosion Special Agent Lawrence A. Mommer United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, June 27, 1929 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit City Marshal George W. Young Crossville Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, June 27, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Harry Pieske Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Thursday, June 27, 1935 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Edward M. Conway Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, June 27, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Leslie Lauterwasser California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, June 27, 1941 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Inspector John R. Johnston Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, June 27, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Joseph W. Cotton Wewoka Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, June 27, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Page William Mason Irvine Police Department, KY EOW: Friday, June 27, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Leo Paul Van Winkle Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, June 27, 1972 Cause of Death: Drowned Sergeant Julian Douglas Stuckey Alabama Department of Public Sa..., AL EOW: Thursday, June 27, 1974 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Harry James Brackman San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, June 27, 1974 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Frederick W. Enright California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, June 27, 1975 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Adolfo M. Hernandez California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, June 27, 1975 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Ernesto Rascon Anthony Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, June 27, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Walter Louis Szwajkowski Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, June 27, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Michael Gray Winslow Greensboro Police Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, June 27, 1978 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Curtis Neal Jones Pensacola Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, June 27, 1980 Cause of Death: Automobile accident            Policeman Jose Ramon Osorio-Vazquez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, June 27, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolwoman Debra Sue Corr Aurora Police Department, CO EOW: Saturday, June 27, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Michael J. Faulkner Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, June 27, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William L. Johnson Springboro Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, June 27, 1983 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Leslie H. Peters Jr. Haverhill Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, June 27, 1986 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Orville Franklin Evans Rossville Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, June 27, 1989 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer James Bruce Irby Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, June 27, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Donald James Manning Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, June 27, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Bobby L. Wells Jr. Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS EOW: Tuesday, June 27, 1995 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Keith Ashley Turner Moody Police Department, AL EOW: Saturday, June 27, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Joey Tremayne Vincent Greenville Police Department, KY EOW: Sunday, June 27, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Lieutenant James Edward (Bo) Weaver Dinwiddie County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Monday, June 27, 2005 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: 45
Aircraft accident: 2
Automobile accident: 5
Drowned: 1
Explosion: 1
Gunfire: 28
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 2