The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - June 30th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Marshal William Whitson United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal John Phillips United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer C. Lee Waller Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, June 30, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff William Pascoe Nevada County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Friday, June 30, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Frank Jones Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Friday, June 30, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Milton Jones Oklahoma City Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, June 30, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Andrew Jackson Bullard Roger Mills County Sheriff's Of..., OK EOW: Monday, June 30, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John Cogburn Roger Mills County Sheriff's Of..., OK EOW: Monday, June 30, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal James C. A. Parsons Centralia Police Department, WA EOW: Tuesday, June 30, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Harry H. Boone Pennsylvania Railroad Police De..., RR EOW: Wednesday, June 30, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Frank J. Crowley Springfield Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, June 30, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John H. Miller Iredell County Sheriff's Depart..., NC EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Frank Matuskowitz United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, June 30, 1920 Cause of Death: Train accident Deputy Marshal Hugh J. Bartley United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, June 30, 1921 Cause of Death: Unidentified Lieutenant Albert B. Burris Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, June 30, 1925 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Delos A. Williams Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Sunday, June 30, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Special Agent Roy Shafer United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, June 30, 1930 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Grady L. Sutton Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Thursday, June 30, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles A. Holt Springfield Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, June 30, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Charlie W. Howard Corbin Police Department, KY EOW: Friday, June 30, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief William J. Thornhill Suffern Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, June 30, 1933 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Richard D. Coffee Greenup Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles M. White Portland Police Bureau, OR EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1934 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Howard C. Wagner South Bend Police Department, IN EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer George J. Erling Yonkers Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, June 30, 1935 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Homer Earnest Poore Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, June 30, 1936 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer George D. Edwards Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, June 30, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Cannon Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, June 30, 1939 Cause of Death: Assault              Park Police Officer Charles J. Speaker Chicago Park District Police De..., IL EOW: Monday, June 30, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James B. Dalziel California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1945 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Edwart W. Stelling Shelby County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Chief Deputy Sheriff Aaron Holmes Mills Monroe County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Friday, June 30, 1950 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Stuart H. Loding Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1951 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Frank F. Mello Sacramento Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1951 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Michael Lukaszewski Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, June 30, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Detective Lieutenant Thomas Truesdale Pawtucket Police Department, RI EOW: Monday, June 30, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Emil A. Newberg Pawtucket Police Department, RI EOW: Monday, June 30, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Max L. Taylor Bowman County Sheriff's Department, ND EOW: Thursday, June 30, 1960 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Detective Sergeant James Roche Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1962 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Floyd T. DeLoach Jr. Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, June 30, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Stanley A. Bunner New York State Police, NY EOW: Wednesday, June 30, 1965 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Captain Donald L. Barnes Alsip Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, June 30, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Claude Edward Moore Council Bluffs Police Department, IA EOW: Wednesday, June 30, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police George Lee Lashley Gibsonville Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Russell D. Spannagel San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Bobby Lynn Williams Adrian Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, June 30, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Jerry Scott Hatch Fullerton Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, June 30, 1975 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman James E. Marchbanks Savannah Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, June 30, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Roscoe Lee Jacksonville Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Hiram A. Ritchie Perry County Sheriff's Office, KY EOW: Monday, June 30, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Louis P. Bryant Arkansas State Police, AR EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Detention Guard Adrian Salazar Aguilar Bexar County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Sunday, June 30, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Assistant Warden Virdeen Willis Jr. Illinois Department of Corrections, IL EOW: Sunday, June 30, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Vernon P. Marconnet Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Thursday, June 30, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Scott Richard Rakow Miami Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, June 30, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Stanley E. Gerling Iowa State Patrol, IA EOW: Friday, June 30, 1989 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Trooper Pilot Lance G. Dietsch Iowa State Patrol, IA EOW: Friday, June 30, 1989 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Eladio Rivera Osorio Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1990 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Correctional Officer Leslie John Besci North Carolina Department of Co..., NC EOW: Tuesday, June 30, 1992 Cause of Death: Assault Special Agent Richard E. Fass United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, June 30, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Donald E. Jennings Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Friday, June 30, 1995 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle             Captain Johnnie Richard Wyssbrod Jr. Helena Police Department, AR EOW: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Hung Nguyen Le Louisiana State Police, LA EOW: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant John Alfred Aguilar Santa Ana Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Police Officer Brian Timothy Strouse Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, June 30, 2001 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: 65
Aircraft accident: 2
Assault: 3
Automobile accident: 4
Duty related illness: 1
Gunfire: 39
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by vehicle: 4
Train accident: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 3

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
Arizona: 1
Arkansas: 2
California: 5
District of Columbia: 1
Florida: 2
Georgia: 1
Illinois: 7
Indiana: 1
Iowa: 3
Kentucky: 3
Louisiana: 1
Michigan: 3
New York: 3
North Carolina: 3
North Dakota: 1
Ohio: 1
Oklahoma: 3
Oregon: 1
Pennsylvania: 1
Puerto Rico: 1
Railroad Police: 1
Rhode Island: 2
Tennessee: 3
Texas: 7
U.S. Government: 6
Washington: 1