The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 19th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Edward Dippel New York Metropolitan Police Force, NY EOW: Sunday, July 19, 1863 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Robert W. Beckwith Lincoln County Sheriff's Depart..., NM EOW: Friday, July 19, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Deputy Sheriff Alijah W. (Caige) Grimes Williamson County Sheriff's Dep..., TX EOW: Friday, July 19, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Daniel Sheehan Joplin Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, July 19, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Deputy Sheriff Daniel Carlyle Cameron Alameda County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 1898 Cause of Death: Explosion Constable Gustave (Gus) Koch Alameda County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 1898 Cause of Death: Explosion Deputy Sheriff George Woodsum Alameda County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 1898 Cause of Death: Explosion Deputy Sheriff Charles M. White Alameda County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 1898 Cause of Death: Explosion Deputy Sheriff John J. Lerri Alameda County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 1898 Cause of Death: Explosion Special Deputy Marshal L. P. Dixon United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, July 19, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Carl Right Grooms Greenfield Police Department, TN EOW: Sunday, July 19, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Jailer Henry Ross McCain Wharton County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Sunday, July 19, 1908 Cause of Death: Stabbed Police Officer Charles W. Schoof Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, July 19, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Fred J. Pauley Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, July 19, 1919 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Herman A. Radel Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, July 19, 1919 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Game Warden Arthur G. Deag Maine Department of Inland Fish..., ME EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 1921 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrolman Charles W. Mathews Natick Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 1921 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant John J. Harrison Scarsdale Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, July 19, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Albert E. Matthies Arcadia Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Donald Francis Adams Chelmsford Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph A. Bachman Ardsley Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, July 19, 1928 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Keeper Daniel D. Horgan Bronx County Sheriff's Office, NY EOW: Thursday, July 19, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Keeper Morris Broderson Bronx County Sheriff's Office, NY EOW: Thursday, July 19, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Marshal Harry Collins Glasgow Police Department, KY EOW: Friday, July 19, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff George W. Alexander Dallam County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Saturday, July 19, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Charles D. Williams Wellfleet Police Department, MA EOW: Sunday, July 19, 1931 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Frank J. Cunningham Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Edward R. Cook Culver Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sheriff Cleve Daugherty Anderson County Sheriff's Depar..., TN EOW: Wednesday, July 19, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Walter Spiering Oshkosh Police Department, WI EOW: Wednesday, July 19, 1939 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Norman K. Dixon New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, July 19, 1941 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Julio Herrera Lubbock Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, July 19, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Frank A. Starkel Connecticut State Police, CT EOW: Monday, July 19, 1948 Cause of Death: Accidental Captain Elmer Krueger Merrill Police Department, WI EOW: Saturday, July 19, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Clyde L. Elsberry Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 1955 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Peace Officer Robert Earl Cox Chula Vista Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, July 19, 1958 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Randolph G. Glover Alabama Department of Public Sa..., AL EOW: Wednesday, July 19, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Frank Arthur Story California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, July 19, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Alan H. Hansen Arizona Department of Public Sa..., AZ EOW: Thursday, July 19, 1973 Cause of Death: Explosion Deputy Sheriff Luis L. Garza Atascosa County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Thursday, July 19, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Emilio Mestas Clayton Police Department, NM EOW: Thursday, July 19, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Richard E. Hedstrom Montana Highway Patrol, MT EOW: Thursday, July 19, 1973 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Chief of Police Louis Dwane Snow Moscow Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, July 19, 1973 Cause of Death: Struck by train Patrolman Sanford Stanley Jr. Coshocton Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, July 19, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Kenneth M. Olson East Grand Forks Police Department, MN EOW: Wednesday, July 19, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Robert A. Mobley South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Thursday, July 19, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant James E. Richardson Jr. Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, July 19, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William D. Chapman Utica Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, July 19, 1980 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Lester Amos Pagano New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 1983 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Jailer Wesley Scott Alford Grimes County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Sunday, July 19, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy William Gerome Hardy Jefferson County Sheriff's Depa..., AL EOW: Wednesday, July 19, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Antranik Geuvjehizian Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Wednesday, July 19, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Jerold Zak Bell County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Sunday, July 19, 1998 Cause of Death: Heart attack            Special Deputy Vernie Melford Roberts Delaware County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Monday, July 19, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Shane Allen Britton Cass County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Christy Jo Dedman Metro Nashville Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, July 19, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Special Agent Thomas Paul Marzilli United States Naval Criminal In..., US EOW: Monday, July 19, 2004 Cause of Death: Heart attack

 

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

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 57
Accidental: 1
Automobile accident: 7
Drowned: 1
Explosion: 6
Gunfire: 29
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Vehicular assault: 3

 

By State:
Alabama: 2
Arizona: 1
California: 9
Connecticut: 1
Georgia: 2
Illinois: 1
Indiana: 1
Kentucky: 1
Maine: 1
Massachusetts: 3
Michigan: 2
Minnesota: 1
Missouri: 1
Montana: 1
New Jersey: 1
New Mexico: 2
New York: 9
Ohio: 1
Oklahoma: 1
South Carolina: 1
Tennessee: 4
Texas: 7
U.S. Government: 2
Wisconsin: 2