The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 4th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman John Fuchs Morrisania Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, July 4, 1866 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Henry O'Donnell Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, July 4, 1876 Cause of Death: Heat exhaustion Constable James A. Nelms Grayson County Constable's Offi..., TX EOW: Friday, July 4, 1879 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff William L. Moore Inyo County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Friday, July 4, 1879 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John T. Lloyd Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Charles C. Wilson Oceanside Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Galby E. Branson Taney County Sheriff's Office, MO EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Edward Funk Taney County Sheriff's Office, MO EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Andrew Winfield Balfour Kiowa County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Monday, July 4, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Dennis W. Daly Butte Police Department, MT EOW: Wednesday, July 4, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward Byrnes Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Marshal Hence H. Harmon Adairville Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Guard Thomas Tobin Colorado Department of Corrections, CO EOW: Tuesday, July 4, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman John Cosgrove Central Railroad of New Jersey ..., RR EOW: Friday, July 4, 1902 Cause of Death: Struck by train Detective William J. Hanson Central Railroad of New Jersey ..., RR EOW: Friday, July 4, 1902 Cause of Death: Struck by train Posseman Cornelius Rowley King County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Friday, July 4, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Louis Nelson Massey Evansville Police Department, IN EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman George T. Smith Suffolk Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Henry Lee Harris Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Tuesday, July 4, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Issac William Skipper Brunswick County Sheriff's Depa..., NC EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Rogan Burlington City Police Department, NJ EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Hendrix Rector Greenville County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Friday, July 4, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William H. Pottker Oak Park Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, July 4, 1919 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Richard Williams Santa Barbara Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, July 4, 1919 Cause of Death: Animal related Special Agent Will C. Reed Chicago, Rock Island and Pacifi..., RR EOW: Sunday, July 4, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Doc Loeffler Ashland Police Department, KY EOW: Monday, July 4, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Ignatz Witkowski Ford Village Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, July 4, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Edward J. Masterson Marion City Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, July 4, 1922 Cause of Death: Fall Officer Joseph Walsh San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 4, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles E. DeBolt Peoria Park District Police Dep..., IL EOW: Friday, July 4, 1924 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Lieutenant Benjamin Alexander Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1925 Cause of Death: Structure collapse Patrolman Oliver P. Holderby Springfield Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Stanley Zendarski Bayonne Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, July 4, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector Charles Marcus Eldredge Illinois Department of Conserva..., IL EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Louis Edward Wagner Ingram Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1931 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer William T. Kohler Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Jackson Blake Prichard Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, July 4, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)              Railroad Detective Benjamin Earl (Red) Gaughenbaugh Chicago, Burlington and Quincy ..., RR EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1935 Cause of Death: Heart attack Policeman Thomas J. McErlane Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1935 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle               Assistant Chief of Police Chris C. Whitson Seminole Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Frank Sowell Lancaster Police Department, SC EOW: Sunday, July 4, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William F. Malin California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1940 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Detective Ferdinand Socha New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1940 Cause of Death: Bomb Detective Joseph J. Lynch New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1940 Cause of Death: Bomb              Conservation Officer Maurice M. Baggs Iowa Department of Natural Reso..., IA EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1942 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrolman Melvon Litton Huff Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, July 4, 1945 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Marshall R. Foster Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, July 4, 1947 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle               Assistant Chief of Police Menzo C. Grady Muscatine Police Department, IA EOW: Friday, July 4, 1947 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Robert V. Conklin New York State Police, NY EOW: Sunday, July 4, 1948 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Joseph G. Meglinske Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, July 4, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Arthur L. LaCroix New York State Police, NY EOW: Sunday, July 4, 1954 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Robert C. Cowdin Ottawa Police Department, KS EOW: Wednesday, July 4, 1962 Cause of Death: Heart attack Chief of Police Samuel E. Blemker Huntingburg Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1963 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Aaron Creel Jackson County Sheriff's Depart..., FL EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Allen Heldon Finch Jackson County Sheriff's Depart..., FL EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Richard Dean Bird Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, July 4, 1969 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman William J. Waterson Clark Township Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, July 4, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Joseph Lee Maddox Jacksonville Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, July 4, 1971 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Dana Everett Paladini California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 4, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff James Allen Arterbury St. Charles Parish Sheriff's De..., LA EOW: Wednesday, July 4, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Reuben D. Milam Alexander City Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, July 4, 1976 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer John R. Hissong II Fresno Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1981 Cause of Death: Heart attack               Reserve Deputy Sheriff Robert L. Nicholson Wilcox County Sheriff's Department, AL EOW: Sunday, July 4, 1982 Cause of Death: Unidentified Chief of Police Richard Edgar Oliver Canute Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, July 4, 1983 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Rodney W. Schreurs Park City Police Department, UT EOW: Wednesday, July 4, 1984 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Ronald D. Slockett Sugar Land Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John T. Miller Del Rio Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, July 4, 1990 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Rudolph P. Thomas Jr. New York City Housing Authority..., NY EOW: Sunday, July 4, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Michael L. Crowe Arizona Department of Public Sa..., AZ EOW: Tuesday, July 4, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Danny P. Elkins Yuma Police Department, AZ EOW: Tuesday, July 4, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Correctional Officer I William F. Immer Alabama Department of Corrections, AL EOW: Friday, July 4, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Kevin Joseph Tarsia Broome County Sheriff's Office, NY EOW: Thursday, July 4, 2002 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: 72
Animal related: 1
Automobile accident: 2
Bomb: 2
Drowned: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 38
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Heart attack: 7
Heat exhaustion: 1
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 4
Structure collapse: 1
Unidentified: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 5
Arizona: 2
California: 8
Colorado: 1
Florida: 2
Illinois: 3
Indiana: 3
Iowa: 2
Kansas: 2
Kentucky: 3
Louisiana: 1
Maryland: 1
Massachusetts: 1
Michigan: 2
Missouri: 4
Montana: 1
New Jersey: 3
New York: 7
North Carolina: 1
Ohio: 2
Oklahoma: 2
Pennsylvania: 3
Railroad Police: 4
South Carolina: 2
Texas: 3
Utah: 1
Virginia: 1
Washington: 2