The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 18th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputized Civilian Walter Williams Storey County Sheriff's Department, NV EOW: Saturday, July 18, 1868 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Peter R. Lanahan Ellis County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Tuesday, July 18, 1871 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Dwyer Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Thursday, July 18, 1878 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Police Officer John Carville Leadville Police Department, CO EOW: Sunday, July 18, 1880 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Charles B. Dorris Summersville Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, July 18, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Joseph C. Flanders Swainsboro Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, July 18, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John E. Creedon Utica Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, July 18, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Stuart N. Dean Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, July 18, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Lazaro F. Plaud Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, July 18, 1919 Cause of Death: Stabbed State Constable J. Fletcher Bateman South Carolina State Constable, SC EOW: Friday, July 18, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Constable James H. Turner Benton Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, July 18, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Carl J. Bickett Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, July 18, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Undersheriff Jason Edward Daugherty McClain County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Saturday, July 18, 1925 Cause of Death: Stabbed Chief of Police Marvin Williams Midland City Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, July 18, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Herman Gaare Arlington Heights Police Depart..., IL EOW: Monday, July 18, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Paul P. Miller Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Wednesday, July 18, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George L. McChesney Middletown Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, July 18, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John J. Guiltanane Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, July 18, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Charles L. Stewart Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Friday, July 18, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Paul E. Gilmore Wichita Police Department, KS EOW: Friday, July 18, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman William A. West Cushing Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, July 18, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Agent Crockett Long Oklahoma State Bureau of Invest..., OK EOW: Monday, July 18, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal William Glerum Zeeland Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, July 18, 1933 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Conservation Warden Albert Lee Wisconsin Department of Natural..., WI EOW: Wednesday, July 18, 1934 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Robert L. Bailey Lee County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Thursday, July 18, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Arch F. Redmond Lee County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Thursday, July 18, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Leo T. Cunningham Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, July 18, 1940 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit             Patrolman Chauffeur Marvin L. Farmer Richmond Police Department, VA EOW: Saturday, July 18, 1942 Cause of Death: Stabbed              Chief of Police Joseph Stephen Henderson Tifton Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, July 18, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police William Henry Bishop Oakdale Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, July 18, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Robert B. Hatchell Petersburg Police Department, VA EOW: Sunday, July 18, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Sylvan E. Dykstra Sioux City Police Department, IA EOW: Saturday, July 18, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sergeant Clarence R. Nordyke Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Monday, July 18, 1955 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Owen Davenport Kentucky Department of Corrections, KY EOW: Wednesday, July 18, 1956 Cause of Death: Stabbed Officer Clarence P. McGee Pacolet Police Department, SC EOW: Thursday, July 18, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Rayburn L. Shipp Hunt County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Tuesday, July 18, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Alan J. Vargo Arlington Heights Police Depart..., IL EOW: Sunday, July 18, 1976 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Correctional Officer John B. Brown Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Monday, July 18, 1977 Cause of Death: Fall Deputy Sheriff James A. Lovelace Lawrence County Sheriff's Depar..., TN EOW: Sunday, July 18, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)             Patrolman Thomas Alan Bartholomew Kissimmee Police Department, FL EOW: Monday, July 18, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Stanley D. Pounds Portland Police Bureau, OR EOW: Wednesday, July 18, 1984 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent Shelby Wayne Nease CSX Transportation Railroad Pol..., RR EOW: Tuesday, July 18, 1989 Cause of Death: Assault Correctional Officer Argentra Cotton Mississippi Department of Corre..., MS EOW: Tuesday, July 18, 1989 Cause of Death: Stabbed Police Officer Paul Heidelberger New York City Housing Authority..., NY EOW: Saturday, July 18, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Joseph C. Thomas New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Thursday, July 18, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Deputy Marshal II Pascual Gomez-Lopez Puerto Rico Commonwealth Marsha..., PR EOW: Thursday, July 18, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Marshal II Victor M. Andorno-Torres Puerto Rico Commonwealth Marsha..., PR EOW: Thursday, July 18, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Agent Victor Luis Colon-Brunet Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Thursday, July 18, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire          Chief of Police Willard Wayne Hathaway Sharpsburg Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, July 18, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas Franklin Hamlette Jr. Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Saturday, July 18, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Motor Officer Daniel Charles Kelley Maywood Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, July 18, 1999 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Bruce Wayne Evans Jackson County Sheriff's Depart..., MS EOW: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Corporal Christopher Michael Shea Delaware State Police, DE EOW: Sunday, July 18, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Captain James Edward Myers Orangeburg Department of Public..., SC EOW: Sunday, July 18, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Special Officer Dwayne Anthony Reeves Newark School District Police S..., NJ EOW: Monday, July 18, 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: 55
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 3
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 33
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 5
Struck by streetcar: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 3

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
California: 2
Colorado: 1
Delaware: 1
District of Columbia: 1
Florida: 1
Georgia: 2
Illinois: 4
Indiana: 1
Iowa: 1
Kansas: 2
Kentucky: 1
Louisiana: 2
Michigan: 1
Mississippi: 2
Missouri: 3
Nevada: 1
New Jersey: 1
New York: 2
North Carolina: 1
Ohio: 2
Oklahoma: 3
Oregon: 1
Pennsylvania: 1
Puerto Rico: 4
Railroad Police: 1
South Carolina: 3
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 3
Virginia: 4
Wisconsin: 1