The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 1st

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Joseph Staples El Dorado County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Friday, July 1, 1864 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas Kirkham Richmond Police Department, VA EOW: Thursday, July 1, 1869 Cause of Death: Fall Undersheriff James Thompson Missoula County Sheriff's Depar..., MT EOW: Monday, July 1, 1878 Cause of Death: Heat exhaustion             Special Officer Edward H. (Elijah) Wishart Des Moines Police Department, IA EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Garrett Cody Arlington Police Department, MA EOW: Monday, July 1, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain John F. Shinberger Richmond Police Department, VA EOW: Friday, July 1, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector Frank Chapman United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Henry Schnable Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, July 1, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael Lynch New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, July 1, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire                      Detective Sergeant Samuel Coppedge East St. Louis Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, July 1, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Frank Wadley East St. Louis Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, July 1, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Del MacIntyre Riverside Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, July 1, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Anthony J. Weiland Blue Island Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, July 1, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Edward E. Thompson Schuyler County Sheriff's Depar..., IL EOW: Tuesday, July 1, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective William Goodenbour Waterloo Police Department, IA EOW: Thursday, July 1, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Undersheriff Edward Frank Bowers Jr. Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Friday, July 1, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Ike Fuller Brown County Sheriff's Department, SD EOW: Sunday, July 1, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Henry C. Stoudt Reading Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, July 1, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William T. Cross Weakley County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Thursday, July 1, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Walter T. Hoffman Lucas County Sheriff's Department, OH EOW: Monday, July 1, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Customs Agent Arthur M. Beaman United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, July 1, 1929 Cause of Death: Unidentified Constable John Thomas Davis Dallas County Constable's Offic..., TX EOW: Tuesday, July 1, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James J. Casey Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Willard S. Van Horn Elwood Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, July 1, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Daniel Law Harrisburg Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, July 1, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Caleb Dunn Jackson Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, July 1, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Burrell Milo Baucom Oregon State Police, OR EOW: Saturday, July 1, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas O'Malley Scranton Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, July 1, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Frank Carine Jr. Elizabeth Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, July 1, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Charles C. Miller Iosco County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Sunday, July 1, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Aslak O. Thorsen Bottineau County Sheriff's Depa..., ND EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Chief of Police Guyon Loxie Phillips Sr. Chesnee Police Department, SC EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1936 Cause of Death: Heart attack Chief of Police Mize Hensley Jackson Police Department, KY EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Glenn Scalf Corbin Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, July 1, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Lawrence A. Adam Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, July 1, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph W. Herzog Austin Police Department, MN EOW: Sunday, July 1, 1945 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Walter D. Davis Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Thursday, July 1, 1954 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Cecil W. Watford Columbia Police Department, SC EOW: Monday, July 1, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Night Marshal William Martin Landers Fayette Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, July 1, 1957 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer James Franklin Willis Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Arden Webster Placer County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Thursday, July 1, 1965 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Anthony P. Boni Lancaster Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, July 1, 1966 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Game Warden R. Lyle Frost Jr. Maine Department of Inland Fish..., ME EOW: Monday, July 1, 1968 Cause of Death: Explosion Deputy Sheriff Clarence J. Bridwell McHenry County Sheriff's Depart..., IL EOW: Monday, July 1, 1968 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Paul V. Worster Gas City Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, July 1, 1969 Cause of Death: Heart attack Corporal Thomas O. Gillian Alabama Department of Public Sa..., AL EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert M. Perry Plainfield Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Daniel Henry Bruns Dayton Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, July 1, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective James E. Anderson San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, July 1, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Robert A. Burgess Cheektowaga Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, July 1, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Reserve Deputy Sheriff Joe Mason Westbrook Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Sunday, July 1, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Deputy Sheriff William Duncan Croning San Jacinto County Sheriff's Of..., TX EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1981 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrol Officer Ernest Coleman Charlotte Police Department, NC EOW: Thursday, July 1, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Ignacio G. Conchos Phoenix Police Department, AZ EOW: Thursday, July 1, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Walter Kevin Artz Vigo County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Richard Michael Leskie Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, July 1, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Connie Smith Hawkins Chester Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, July 1, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Paul K. Moen Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, July 1, 1995 Cause of Death: Heart attack Detective Robert James Clark II Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Police Officer Kelmer Harwin One Feather Oglala Sioux Tribal Police, TR EOW: Saturday, July 1, 2000 Cause of Death: Assault

 

The brave officers listed here were killed on this date in history. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 60
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Explosion: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 43
Heart attack: 3
Heat exhaustion: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
Arizona: 2
California: 3
Illinois: 8
Indiana: 3
Iowa: 2
Kentucky: 3
Maine: 1
Maryland: 1
Massachusetts: 1
Michigan: 3
Minnesota: 2
Missouri: 1
Montana: 1
New Jersey: 2
New York: 3
North Carolina: 1
North Dakota: 1
Ohio: 3
Oregon: 1
Pennsylvania: 3
South Carolina: 2
South Dakota: 1
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 5
Tribal Police: 1
U.S. Government: 2
Virginia: 2