The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 7th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman John J. Donohue Brooklyn Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1872 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff B. B. Sullivan Caldwell County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Friday, July 7, 1876 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant William S. Gordon Norwich Police Department, CT EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1881 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Kip Phillips Cochise County Sheriff's Depart..., AZ EOW: Friday, July 7, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Jailer Tim Anderson Madison County Sheriff's Depart..., AL EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1887 Cause of Death: Unidentified City Marshal John E. Cross Geary Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John J. Smith Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Edward McConnell Asheville Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, July 7, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James Benjamin Ramsey Ashland Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, July 7, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Bernard T. Cook St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, July 7, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph Jovanovic Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, July 7, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Anthony Lynch New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1925 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Trooper James B. Losco New York State Police, NY EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1925 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman John A. Franken Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Judson D. Cornwall Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1927 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman James Walker Peoria Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman John J. Sweeney Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff E. R. Marsh Ouachita County Sheriff's Office, AR EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Day Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1931 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Private Dan Lafayette McDuffie Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Joseph C. Meiers Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Francis J. Perry California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, July 7, 1934 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff George Dennett Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman William (Bill) Hunt Alcoa Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, July 7, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harry J. Padian New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Jess Thompson Raleigh County Sheriff's Depart..., WV EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Willard E. Pruitt Jr. Wilmington Police Department, DE EOW: Friday, July 7, 1944 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Constable Juan Novoa Webb County Constable's Office ..., TX EOW: Saturday, July 7, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Norman C. Philbrick Auburn Police Department, ME EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1949 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Inspector Joseph Bascom Jordan Florida State Beverage Department, FL EOW: Saturday, July 7, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Paul J. Simard Lewiston Police Department, ME EOW: Monday, July 7, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Leonard N. Brown Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Monday, July 7, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer David D. Troy Stamford Police Department, CT EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harold D. Hambrick Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1974 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman John David Oldham Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1974 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Joseph A. Peters North Bergen Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1981 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Patrolman Jerry C. Davis North Little Rock Police Depart..., AR EOW: Wednesday, July 7, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Craig Leo Schulte Campbell County Sheriff's Depar..., WY EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1983 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Senior Court Officer Alphonso B. Deal New York State Office of Court ..., NY EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Mark Anthony Williams Knoxville Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, July 7, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Kermit Fitzpatrick Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Douglas Paul Hartman Lehigh County Sheriff's Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy James Henry Roberts III Russell County Sheriff's Depart..., AL EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1998 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle              Border Patrol Agent Ricardo Guillermo Salinas United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Border Patrol Agent Susan Lynn Rodriguez United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Kenneth Jeffrey Johnson South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Sunday, July 7, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Kevin Michael Marshall Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Monday, July 7, 2003 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: 47
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 4
Duty related illness: 1
Gunfire: 29
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 3
Arizona: 1
Arkansas: 2
California: 2
Connecticut: 2
Delaware: 1
District of Columbia: 1
Florida: 1
Illinois: 2
Louisiana: 1
Maine: 2
Maryland: 1
Michigan: 2
Missouri: 1
New Jersey: 1
New York: 4
North Carolina: 1
Ohio: 2
Oklahoma: 1
Pennsylvania: 3
South Carolina: 1
Tennessee: 2
Texas: 6
U.S. Government: 2
West Virginia: 1
Wyoming: 1