The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 6th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Benjamin K. Yost Tamaqua Borough Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, July 6, 1875 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward Scott Brooklyn Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, July 6, 1876 Cause of Death: Assault Chief of Police John L. Colvig White Mountain Apache Tribal Po..., TR EOW: Thursday, July 6, 1882 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Marshal William Lee Miller United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, July 6, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer J. C. Morrissey Bingham City Police Department, UT EOW: Saturday, July 6, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer John H. Yarbrough Henrico County Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, July 6, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Daniel Norton Dubuque Police Department, IA EOW: Wednesday, July 6, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective W. M. Collins Augusta Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, July 6, 1910 Cause of Death: Accidental Sheriff John Radcliffe Vilas County Sheriff's Department, WI EOW: Thursday, July 6, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Dodsworth Champaign Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, July 6, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Theodore Shelton Cherry Clay County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, July 6, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Howell J. Lynch United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, July 6, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph M. Jaeger Hoboken Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, July 6, 1924 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident              Police Officer William F. Hackenbruch Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, July 6, 1925 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Town Marshal James Monroe West Needles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, July 6, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Carl M. Bisbee Nueces County Constable's Offic..., TX EOW: Monday, July 6, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Russell J. Sage Yellowstone County Sheriff's Of..., MT EOW: Tuesday, July 6, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James F. Farrell Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, July 6, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John J. Hensley Harlan County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Friday, July 6, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff W. Floyd Ball Harlan County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Friday, July 6, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Dale F. Kearney United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, July 6, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Guard James B. (Jim) Sneed Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Monday, July 6, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William H. (Jack) Hill Bowie Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, July 6, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Thomas G. Timmons Augusta Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, July 6, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Stanley F. Bobosky Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, July 6, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Conservator of the Peace Charles Everett Shrewsbury McDowell County Sheriff's Depar..., WV EOW: Monday, July 6, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff George Flute Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Sunday, July 6, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Thomas W. Prindiville Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, July 6, 1941 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Edward James Fabick St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, July 6, 1948 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Border Patrol Inspector Edwin H. Wheeler United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, July 6, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Carlton Phillips Crittenden County Sheriff's Dep..., AR EOW: Saturday, July 6, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Salvatore J. Embarrato New York State Police, NY EOW: Thursday, July 6, 1961 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Deputy Sheriff Carlton Edmund Smith Lane County Sheriff's Department, OR EOW: Tuesday, July 6, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Auxiliary Policeman Stratford B. Allen Sharon Police Department, MA EOW: Wednesday, July 6, 1966 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Andrew Hickerson Ville Platte Police Department, LA EOW: Thursday, July 6, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Alfred E. Campagne United States Army Military Pol..., US EOW: Sunday, July 6, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff A. H. (Holly) Koerper Warren County Sheriff's Department, MS EOW: Saturday, July 6, 1974 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff Frank Marion Pribble San Bernardino County Sheriff's..., CA EOW: Sunday, July 6, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Walter Fredrick Irey Columbia County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Tuesday, July 6, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff William Torry Williams Jr. Columbia County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Tuesday, July 6, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles Alan Huckeba Baltimore County Police Department, MD EOW: Wednesday, July 6, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Corrections Employee Burch D. Slote Kansas Department of Corrections, KS EOW: Sunday, July 6, 1980 Cause of Death: Stabbed Trooper Robert John Lather II Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Tuesday, July 6, 1982 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sergeant John S. MacAulay San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 6, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal David Wayne Lupton Sr. Shreveport Police Department, LA EOW: Thursday, July 6, 1989 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Agent Kenneth Dale Aycock Louisiana Department of Wildlif..., LA EOW: Saturday, July 6, 1991 Cause of Death: Drowned Sergeant James Ralph Fassnacht Essex County Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, July 6, 1993 Cause of Death: Drowned             Police Officer Domenick J. Infantes Jr. Jersey City Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, July 6, 2001 Cause of Death: Assault Sheriff Harold Ray Presley Lee County Sheriff's Department, MS EOW: Friday, July 6, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Cecil F. Gurr Roosevelt Police Department, UT EOW: Friday, July 6, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Lois Marie Marrero Tampa Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, July 6, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Senior Investigator Thomas M. O'Neill New York State Police, NY EOW: Wednesday, July 6, 2005 Cause of Death: Heart attack

 

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

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 52
Accidental: 1
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 1
Drowned: 2
Gunfire: 34
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicular assault: 4

 

By State:
Arkansas: 1
California: 4
Florida: 4
Georgia: 2
Illinois: 2
Indiana: 1
Iowa: 1
Kansas: 1
Kentucky: 2
Louisiana: 3
Maryland: 1
Massachusetts: 1
Michigan: 1
Mississippi: 2
Missouri: 1
Montana: 1
New Jersey: 3
New York: 3
Oklahoma: 1
Oregon: 1
Pennsylvania: 2
Texas: 3
Tribal Police: 1
U.S. Government: 5
Utah: 2
Virginia: 1
West Virginia: 1
Wisconsin: 1