The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 15th

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Lest we forget...  

Police Officer Jacob Zapp Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Wednesday, July 15, 1891 Cause of Death: Struck by train Deputy B. W. Pearce Jefferson County Sheriff's Depa..., AL EOW: Sunday, July 15, 1894 Cause of Death: Unidentified Constable D. S. Putman Jefferson County Sheriff's Depa..., AL EOW: Saturday, July 15, 1905 Cause of Death: Unidentified Constable Thomas Sharp Lynch Mendocino County Constable's Of..., CA EOW: Thursday, July 15, 1909 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Thomas Schweig Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, July 15, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Joseph Ollinger Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, July 15, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman A. H. Roberts Sr. Nashville City Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, July 15, 1914 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Patrolman John Mee New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, July 15, 1914 Cause of Death: Animal related Police Officer Gordon R. Davis Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, July 15, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)             Special Police Officer Jack Chelton Harris Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R..., RR EOW: Tuesday, July 15, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Charles E. Galloway Wichita Police Department, KS EOW: Sunday, July 15, 1923 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Trooper Harry J. Wheeler New York State Police, NY EOW: Friday, July 15, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Special Agent W. T. Lewis United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, July 15, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff William Wesley Dunlap Montezuma County Sheriff's Office, CO EOW: Monday, July 15, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Frank Chadwick Puyallup Police Department, WA EOW: Monday, July 15, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Harry Storem Puyallup Police Department, WA EOW: Monday, July 15, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Joe B. Champion Pennsylvania Highway Patrol, PA EOW: Wednesday, July 15, 1936 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Lawson L. Rhodes South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Friday, July 15, 1938 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant Carl F. Hille Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Wednesday, July 15, 1942 Cause of Death: Explosion Patrolman William Vaughn Centralia Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, July 15, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Sanford S. Smith Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, July 15, 1950 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Chief of Police William Bryant Hardee Sr. Loris Police Department, SC EOW: Sunday, July 15, 1951 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Albert H. Brown Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, July 15, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Kieffer C. Burris Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, July 15, 1960 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrolman Herbert E. Bybee Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, July 15, 1960 Cause of Death: Drowned Deputy Sheriff Earl Mendenhall Ventura County Sheriff's Depart..., CA EOW: Saturday, July 15, 1961 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer George Jacobs Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, July 15, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff James Wendell Mitchell Larimer County Sheriff's Depart..., CO EOW: Monday, July 15, 1968 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Ross Brackett Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, July 15, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William H. Edwards Teton County Sheriff's Office, WY EOW: Tuesday, July 15, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector Robert Elliott Illinois Department of Conserva..., IL EOW: Wednesday, July 15, 1970 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Auxiliary Police Officer Glenn Truman Wortham Tulsa Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, July 15, 1973 Cause of Death: Assault Officer Gregory Ray White Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Monday, July 15, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Edward E. Mitchell New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, July 15, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Charles D. Burdsall Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Saturday, July 15, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael Angel Rosa Rock Springs Police Department, WY EOW: Saturday, July 15, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Auxiliary Deputy Arthur Burton Caton Sr. Clay County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, July 15, 1979 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Darrell Gene Moon Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, July 15, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff Charles Albert Renfro Upton County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Friday, July 15, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Carl Emanuel Vocale Dona Ana County Sheriff's Depar..., NM EOW: Saturday, July 15, 1989 Cause of Death: Struck by train Police Officer Brian Michael DiBucci Everett Police Department, WA EOW: Thursday, July 15, 1999 Cause of Death: Fall Sergeant Todd Jeffrey Stamper Crandon Police Department, WI EOW: Saturday, July 15, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Rogelio (Roy) Gonzalez Jr. Franklin Parish Sheriff's Depar..., LA EOW: Friday, July 15, 2005 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: 43
Animal related: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 3
Drowned: 2
Duty related illness: 1
Explosion: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 19
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by train: 2
Unidentified: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 2
California: 2
Colorado: 2
Florida: 1
Georgia: 1
Illinois: 4
Kansas: 1
Louisiana: 1
Maryland: 1
Michigan: 1
Minnesota: 1
Missouri: 2
New Mexico: 1
New York: 3
Ohio: 2
Oklahoma: 1
Pennsylvania: 4
Railroad Police: 1
South Carolina: 2
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 2
U.S. Government: 1
Washington: 3
Wisconsin: 1
Wyoming: 2