The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 11th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff George W. Martin Placer County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Monday, July 11, 1859 Cause of Death: Gunfire Keeper Augustus T. Wright New York State Department of Co..., NY EOW: Thursday, July 11, 1861 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Marshal John C. Stephenson United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, July 11, 1873 Cause of Death: Stabbed Assistant City Marshal Thomas Mode El Paso Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1883 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Houston Mitchell Shelby County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Monday, July 11, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Thomas J. McDermott Shelby County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Monday, July 11, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Christopher Kolhoven Newport Police Department, KY EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Lester M. Kidwell Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Thursday, July 11, 1918 Cause of Death: Fall              Immigrant Inspector Alphonse G. Bernard United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, July 11, 1920 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Constable Ernest Mueller Frankfort Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, July 11, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent John M. True Union Pacific Railroad Police D..., RR EOW: Friday, July 11, 1930 Cause of Death: Assault Police Officer William F. Cotter St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1934 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Guy Albert Freese Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Thursday, July 11, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Inspector John W. Morgan Florida State Beverage Department, FL EOW: Saturday, July 11, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Angelo E. Favata New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, July 11, 1938 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Marshal Charles Harrison Wolfe Orleans Police Department, IN EOW: Monday, July 11, 1938 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Policeman F. E. Stansell Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, July 11, 1941 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Deward Burton Gresham Alameda Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, July 11, 1942 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper Richard L. Hedges New York State Police, NY EOW: Saturday, July 11, 1942 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman William J. Costello Pennsylvania Railroad Police De..., RR EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1945 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Frank A. F. Kong Maui County Police Department, HI EOW: Friday, July 11, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Ed Mumby New Salem Police Department, ND EOW: Saturday, July 11, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph C. Hause Claremore Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, July 11, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James H. Marsden Jefferson County Sheriff's Depa..., MO EOW: Thursday, July 11, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Henry Eugene Privett Fulton County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire                Reserve Deputy Sheriff Robert Paul Grabner Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1962 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Samuel Harold Moore Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1962 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Deputy Sheriff Ishmall Worth Bohannon Wilcox County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Sunday, July 11, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Oliver B. Temple Ozark Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, July 11, 1971 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Parole Officer William F. Gambill Florida Department of Corrections, FL EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Raymond (Casey) Jones Howard County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1973 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Edward M. Schrader Riverside County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Thursday, July 11, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Patrolman Douglas Donald Downing Ypsilanti Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, July 11, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Patrol Officer William Riley Mullins Jr. Yorktown Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, July 11, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Joseph Conte Broward County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Artis Norris Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1979 Cause of Death: Stabbed Detective Jimmy Wayne Mobley Virginia Beach Police Department, VA EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1979 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Police Officer William Douglas Black Virginia Beach Police Department, VA EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1979 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Trooper Ferdinand F. Pribbenow Kansas Highway Patrol, KS EOW: Saturday, July 11, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Donald R. Casasanta Warwick Police Department, RI EOW: Saturday, July 11, 1981 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Joseph Omlin III Curry County Sheriff's Office, OR EOW: Monday, July 11, 1983 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Trooper Donald E. Smith Oregon State Police, OR EOW: Monday, July 11, 1983 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Trooper Jonathan David Harris West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Thursday, July 11, 1985 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Richard Stanley Phelps Lemoyne Borough Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, July 11, 1989 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Inspector Daniel C. Rivera Jr. New Mexico Motor Transportation..., NM EOW: Tuesday, July 11, 1989 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Henry J. Stewart Suffolk County Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, July 11, 1992 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault               Police Officer Aurea Esther Diaz-Encarnacion Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, July 11, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Richard Alan Maxwell California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, July 11, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Bryon S. Egelski Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Monday, July 11, 1994 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Paul Andrew Hale Raleigh Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, July 11, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Deputy Sheriff Don Carlton Johnson Jr. Bay County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, July 11, 1999 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Chief of Police Sheridan O. Caton Elk Lick Township Police Depart..., PA EOW: Sunday, July 11, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

 

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

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 52
Aircraft accident: 4
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 8
Electrocuted: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 21
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 4
Vehicular assault: 3

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
California: 7
District of Columbia: 1
Florida: 4
Georgia: 2
Hawaii: 1
Illinois: 1
Indiana: 1
Kansas: 1
Kentucky: 1
Michigan: 2
Missouri: 3
New Mexico: 1
New York: 4
North Carolina: 1
North Dakota: 1
Oklahoma: 1
Oregon: 2
Pennsylvania: 3
Puerto Rico: 1
Railroad Police: 2
Rhode Island: 1
Tennessee: 2
Texas: 3
U.S. Government: 2
Virginia: 2
West Virginia: 1