The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 2nd

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff Thomas Shain Collin County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Monday, July 2, 1860 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal John McWeir United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, July 2, 1883 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William Elliott Tucson Police Department, AZ EOW: Saturday, July 2, 1892 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Patrick McGovern New Haven Police Department, CT EOW: Tuesday, July 2, 1901 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Sergeant Robert T. Hannah Billings Police Department, MT EOW: Saturday, July 2, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Night Policeman Willis (Zonk) Foster Greer Police Department, SC EOW: Saturday, July 2, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John P. Kearney Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, July 2, 1909 Cause of Death: Fall Deputy James I. Kent Union County Sheriff's Department, NM EOW: Friday, July 2, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Patrick Fogarty Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, July 2, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Andrew King Fishing River Township Constabl..., MO EOW: Sunday, July 2, 1911 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Lafayette Mercer Steubenville Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, July 2, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Oliver S. Hopkins San Diego Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, July 2, 1915 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Detective Sergeant John J. Moriarty New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, July 2, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Ulysses Sterling Lenox Drumright Police Department, OK EOW: Wednesday, July 2, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Reason Sherman Monroe Hutchinson Police Department, KS EOW: Wednesday, July 2, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William M. Terry Roanoke City Police Department, VA EOW: Thursday, July 2, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Alva Tucker Ellensburg Police Department, WA EOW: Saturday, July 2, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Francis J. Gilleland Medford Police Department, MA EOW: Monday, July 2, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Arthur L. Pascolini Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, July 2, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman George I. Thompson North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Tuesday, July 2, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Nels M. Christy Elmwood Park Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, July 2, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Samuel Boyett Obion County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, July 2, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harry Beasley Newark Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, July 2, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Richard A. Knabb Des Plaines Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, July 2, 1932 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman C. C. Musick Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, July 2, 1937 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrol Officer Elmer Huddleston Waco Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, July 2, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Claude R. DuBose Lamar Police Department, SC EOW: Thursday, July 2, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Constable John McChristian Bodenheimer Thomasville Police Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, July 2, 1946 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Adam Yulch Nassau County Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, July 2, 1950 Cause of Death: Fall Sheriff Charles Griffin Middleton Jackson County Sheriff's Depart..., NC EOW: Thursday, July 2, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Frank M. Epperson California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, July 2, 1954 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Harry Passmore Cloud Delaware River and Bay Authorit..., DE EOW: Saturday, July 2, 1955 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper Ralph Franklin Garthwaite Iowa State Patrol, IA EOW: Saturday, July 2, 1955 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Edward A. Frey California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, July 2, 1956 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper George Dee Rees Utah Highway Patrol, UT EOW: Saturday, July 2, 1960 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff James C. Rieschl Kenosha County Sheriff's Depart..., WI EOW: Sunday, July 2, 1961 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Police Officer Edward J. Kowalewski Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Monday, July 2, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Howard D. Starling Florida Department of Corrections, FL EOW: Thursday, July 2, 1964 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Paul McCulloch St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, July 2, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert Franklin Stinnett Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Friday, July 2, 1965 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Stephen Acheson Williams Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Tuesday, July 2, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire           Correctional Officer Edward James Loftus Whiteside County Sheriff's Depa..., IL EOW: Wednesday, July 2, 1969 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Paul Donadio New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, July 2, 1970 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Donald Lee Mitchell DeKalb County Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, July 2, 1972 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Clyde Stephen Perry North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Sunday, July 2, 1972 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Elwood L. Ridge Camden Police Department, NJ EOW: Monday, July 2, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain James Eugene Orr Kershaw County Sheriff's Depart..., SC EOW: Monday, July 2, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William J. Bender Marion County Sheriff's Department, OH EOW: Monday, July 2, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Raymond C. Dodge New York State Police, NY EOW: Tuesday, July 2, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward W. Murray Jr. Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, July 2, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Donald Charles Cleveland Louisiana State Police, LA EOW: Saturday, July 2, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Michael W. McClung Colusa County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Monday, July 2, 1984 Cause of Death: Struck by train Assistant Warden James F. McPeters Tennessee Department of Correction, TN EOW: Monday, July 2, 1984 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Warden Donald G. Gammons Tennessee Department of Correction, TN EOW: Monday, July 2, 1984 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Lieutenant Gerry Lane Ivie Duchesne County Sheriff's Depar..., UT EOW: Thursday, July 2, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff Paul Edward Grubb Henry County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Sunday, July 2, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Correctional Officer Lawrence A. Kush Jr. Illinois Department of Corrections, IL EOW: Sunday, July 2, 1989 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Jerry Austin Register Upton County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Sunday, July 2, 1989 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Sergeant Glenn Hobart Haas Gothenburg Police Department, NE EOW: Monday, July 2, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant James Hutchens Suffolk County Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, July 2, 1992 Cause of Death: Exposure to toxins Sergeant Melvin Grigley Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, July 2, 2000 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: 61
Aircraft accident: 2
Assault: 3
Automobile accident: 6
Exposure to toxins: 1
Fall: 2
Gunfire: 29
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 5

 

By State:
Arizona: 1
California: 4
Connecticut: 1
Delaware: 1
District of Columbia: 1
Florida: 1
Georgia: 2
Illinois: 6
Iowa: 1
Kansas: 1
Louisiana: 1
Maryland: 1
Massachusetts: 1
Michigan: 1
Missouri: 2
Montana: 1
Nebraska: 1
New Jersey: 1
New Mexico: 1
New York: 5
North Carolina: 4
Ohio: 4
Oklahoma: 1
South Carolina: 3
Tennessee: 4
Texas: 4
U.S. Government: 1
Utah: 2
Virginia: 2
Washington: 1
Wisconsin: 1