The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - June 29th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff D. H. Dillingham Bannock County Sheriff's Depart..., ID EOW: Monday, June 29, 1863 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal C. M. Taylor Baxter Springs Police Department, KS EOW: Saturday, June 29, 1872 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman S. Wellington McArthur Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, June 29, 1877 Cause of Death: Stabbed Lieutenant Conrad Frank Ashland Police Department, KY EOW: Wednesday, June 29, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Clarence Frueh Freeport Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, June 29, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Horatio J. Stetson United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, June 29, 1924 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Police Officer Webster E. Schumann Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Tuesday, June 29, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Howard P. Atwell Wilmington Police Department, DE EOW: Tuesday, June 29, 1926 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit              Motorcycle Officer James Gene Reegan Galveston Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, June 29, 1927 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit              Town Sergeant Harry Valentine Smeeman Ashland Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, June 29, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harold A. Pelissier Hadley Police Department, MA EOW: Sunday, June 29, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff William S. (Buck) Jones Lee County Sheriff's Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, June 29, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Sam Griffin Lanford Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, June 29, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles Sleigh Carlisle Wichita Falls Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, June 29, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Sam R. Tidwell Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Saturday, June 29, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Thomas Melvin Ball Greene County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Monday, June 29, 1942 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman George S. Bell Plymouth Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, June 29, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Robert George Kennedy Thomasville Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, June 29, 1946 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff L. D. Weaver Phillips County Sheriff's Depar..., AR EOW: Tuesday, June 29, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas J. Mathews Abington Township Police Depart..., PA EOW: Wednesday, June 29, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Sherman W. Ricketts West Liberty Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, June 29, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Conley Taylor Hackleburg Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, June 29, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Daniel Davis Tubbs Camp County Constable's Office ..., TX EOW: Thursday, June 29, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant William B. Mays Robinson Township Police Depart..., PA EOW: Thursday, June 29, 1972 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Oscar Leaverton Kent County Sheriff's Office, MD EOW: Saturday, June 29, 1974 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper J. C. Magar Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OK EOW: Sunday, June 29, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Marvin Eugene Richie Magazine Police Department, AR EOW: Wednesday, June 29, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Curtis Alan Felt Douglas County Sheriff's Depart..., MN EOW: Thursday, June 29, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Detective Sergeant Phillip D. Hochstetler Kosciusko County Sheriff's Depa..., IN EOW: Wednesday, June 29, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Wayne Martinez Wyoming Department of Corrections, WY EOW: Sunday, June 29, 1997 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff Gregory Allen Stubbs Shawnee County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Monday, June 29, 1998 Cause of Death: Heart attack              Police Officer William Camacho-Rivera Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, June 29, 2001 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Travis Wayne Sass Larimer County Sheriff's Depart..., CO EOW: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 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: 33
Automobile accident: 2
Gunfire: 19
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 2
Arkansas: 2
Colorado: 1
Delaware: 1
Idaho: 1
Illinois: 2
Indiana: 1
Kansas: 2
Kentucky: 1
Maryland: 2
Massachusetts: 2
Minnesota: 1
North Carolina: 1
Ohio: 1
Oklahoma: 1
Pennsylvania: 2
Puerto Rico: 1
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 5
U.S. Government: 1
Virginia: 1
Wyoming: 1