The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 12th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Thomas D. Moore Muscatine Police Department, IA EOW: Monday, July 12, 1869 Cause of Death: Weather/Natural disaster Deputy Marshal L. J. McDonald United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, July 12, 1884 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Kent Kearney Dona Ana County Sheriff's Depar..., NM EOW: Tuesday, July 12, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant John Milliron Nashville City Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, July 12, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Orson McRae Cochise County Sheriff's Depart..., AZ EOW: Thursday, July 12, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private John Dudley White Sr. Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Friday, July 12, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer St. Elmo C. Trower Princess Anne County Police Dep..., VA EOW: Thursday, July 12, 1923 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Private James Shrewsbury West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Thursday, July 12, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Detective Sergeant Timothy J. Connell New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, July 12, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Morris Vandyck Hubbard San Jose Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, July 12, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Elias J. DAFFIN Lott Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, July 12, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Clerk Thomas J. Dillon Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Monday, July 12, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Simon Chiasson Lafayette Police Department, LA EOW: Monday, July 12, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff W. L. Styers Madison County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Monday, July 12, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Operative James W. Hair United States Department of the..., US EOW: Thursday, July 12, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent George A. Droz United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, July 12, 1929 Cause of Death: Accidental Patrolman Harry Ogilvie Des Moines Police Department, IA EOW: Saturday, July 12, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John D. Kennedy Nassau County Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, July 12, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Paul A. Read United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, July 12, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph Horald Quigley Ogden Police Department, UT EOW: Friday, July 12, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Oliver Roseville Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, July 12, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal F. F. (Bob) Hunter Alameda Village Marshal's Office, ID EOW: Wednesday, July 12, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Special Agent Benjamin R. Smallwood United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, July 12, 1939 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Conservation Officer Marcus E. Whipps Minnesota Department of Natural..., MN EOW: Friday, July 12, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Conservation Officer Douglas P. Brady Minnesota Department of Natural..., MN EOW: Friday, July 12, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Conservation Officer Melvin A. Holt Minnesota Department of Natural..., MN EOW: Friday, July 12, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Newton Edward Wolff Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Saturday, July 12, 1941 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper James A. Long Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OK EOW: Sunday, July 12, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer R. Shelly Kendrick Bessemer Police Department, AL EOW: Thursday, July 12, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James H. Vande Weg California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, July 12, 1945 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrol Officer Frank Chybowski South Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Friday, July 12, 1946 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Special Agent Milton Rogers United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, July 12, 1948 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer George W. Cassels Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Sunday, July 12, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Ragnar B. Larson Kane County Sheriff's Department, IL EOW: Monday, July 12, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant James B. Clark Lipscomb Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, July 12, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Gus Gill Mandeville Police Department, LA EOW: Saturday, July 12, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Jake Galloway Mandeville Police Department, LA EOW: Saturday, July 12, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Deo C. Waldron Hallock Police Department, MN EOW: Sunday, July 12, 1959 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Lieutenant Hiram Short Colorado State Patrol, CO EOW: Wednesday, July 12, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John Fletcher Clark Eagle County Sheriff's Department, CO EOW: Wednesday, July 12, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Kenneth F. Roy Bossier City Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, July 12, 1970 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Police Officer John Frederick Passer Clearwater Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, July 12, 1970 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman David Daniel Dragan Exeter Township Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, July 12, 1976 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Merlin E. Brune Jr. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, LA EOW: Tuesday, July 12, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Police Officer Robert Joseph Betanzos Newburgh City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, July 12, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault            Patrolman William Alton Roberson Jr. Graham Police Department, NC EOW: Wednesday, July 12, 1978 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff Marion Lee Guthrie Hemphill County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Saturday, July 12, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Thomas J. Merry Maine State Police, ME EOW: Saturday, July 12, 1980 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Wayne Robert Rice Waterloo Police Department, IA EOW: Sunday, July 12, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Rex Wright Winchester Irondale Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, July 12, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Eddie Benitez United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, July 12, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper William L. Carroll Jr. New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Thursday, July 12, 1984 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Detective Wayne G. King Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, July 12, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Michael J. Lutz Muskingum County Sheriff's Depa..., OH EOW: Tuesday, July 12, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Police Officer Claire Nicole Carolyn Connelly Riverside Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, July 12, 1998 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault               Corrections Officer David Shawn Cortner North Carolina Department of Co..., NC EOW: Monday, July 12, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Wesley Mack Columbia County Sheriff's Office, GA EOW: Monday, July 12, 2004 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Constable Felice Taldone III Patchogue Village Office of Pub..., NY EOW: Monday, July 12, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

 

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

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 58
Accidental: 1
Automobile accident: 3
Gunfire: 37
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 5
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 4
Weather/Natural disaster: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 4
Arizona: 1
California: 3
Colorado: 2
District of Columbia: 1
Florida: 1
Georgia: 1
Idaho: 1
Illinois: 2
Iowa: 3
Louisiana: 5
Maine: 1
Maryland: 1
Michigan: 1
Minnesota: 4
New Jersey: 1
New Mexico: 1
New York: 4
North Carolina: 2
Ohio: 1
Oklahoma: 1
Pennsylvania: 1
Tennessee: 2
Texas: 3
U.S. Government: 7
Utah: 1
Virginia: 1
West Virginia: 1
Wisconsin: 1