The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 21st

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Lest we forget...  

 

Constable Jacob Baughman Greene County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Friday, July 21, 1871 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Humphrey Symons Gold Hill Police Department, NV EOW: Monday, July 21, 1879 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Assistant City Marshal Thomas C. Nixon Dodge City Police Department, KS EOW: Monday, July 21, 1884 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Walker Knox County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Saturday, July 21, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sergeant John Dunleavy Pueblo Police Department, CO EOW: Wednesday, July 21, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John J. McCarthy Portland Police Bureau, OR EOW: Friday, July 21, 1916 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Detective Harry Wilson Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Monday, July 21, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Algie R. Puckett Red River County Sheriff's Depa..., TX EOW: Wednesday, July 21, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James H. Johnson Nashville City Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, July 21, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Michael Norton Elizabeth Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, July 21, 1922 Cause of Death: Assault              Special Deputy Sheriff Edward Patrick Brennan San Joaquin County Sheriff's Of..., CA EOW: Friday, July 21, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Frederick A. Germain Spokane Police Department, WA EOW: Friday, July 21, 1922 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff George Daniel Miller Kay County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Saturday, July 21, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Lloyd J. Eukers Connecticut State Police, CT EOW: Saturday, July 21, 1928 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Special Deputy Sheriff Frank Rossi Duval County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Sunday, July 21, 1935 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Jimmy Yocum El Dorado Police Department, AR EOW: Wednesday, July 21, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Edward J. Roberts Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Wednesday, July 21, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Edward W. Gardell Beverly Hills Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, July 21, 1939 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Frank Marchesi Galveston Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, July 21, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Ralph Martin New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, July 21, 1943 Cause of Death: Fall Detective Harry W. Vosper Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Thursday, July 21, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Alfred Loreto New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, July 21, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James C. Brizendine Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Thursday, July 21, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff Clifford Lindgren Isanti County Sheriff's Office, MN EOW: Sunday, July 21, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George E. Kallemeyn California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 21, 1959 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Corrections Officer Charles Jesse Baker Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Tuesday, July 21, 1959 Cause of Death: Accidental             Correctional Officer Kermit Dale Jackson North Carolina Department of Co..., NC EOW: Thursday, July 21, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Ronald D. Rotruck Akron Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, July 21, 1964 Cause of Death: Weather/Natural disaster Patrolman John Edward Dacy Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, July 21, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Correctional Officer Leo Davis California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Wednesday, July 21, 1971 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Leonard Lamatrice Steubenville Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, July 21, 1972 Cause of Death: Fire Patrolman Walter Demitrie Ilyankoff Fort Lauderdale Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, July 21, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael Lee Moreland Montevallo Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, July 21, 1978 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Robert C. Ussery Montgomery Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, July 21, 1978 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Ronald Euell Dean Shreveport Police Department, LA EOW: Saturday, July 21, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Damon L. Robichaux Louisiana State Police, LA EOW: Wednesday, July 21, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff Ernest Calvillo Pima County Sheriff's Department, AZ EOW: Thursday, July 21, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Cleo J. Sheely Newton Falls Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, July 21, 1984 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Richard Thomas Miller Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Monday, July 21, 1986 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Benito Eduardo Bravo Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Tuesday, July 21, 1987 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Chief of Police William R. Davies Grottoes Police Department, VA EOW: Thursday, July 21, 1988 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Chief of Police James Leonard McCulloch Trinity Police Department, AL EOW: Saturday, July 21, 1990 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Blanco Aquino Kenosha County Sheriff's Depart..., WI EOW: Sunday, July 21, 1991 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper Drew C. Chandler Massachusetts State Police, MA EOW: Friday, July 21, 2000 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Police Officer Kelli Lee Lambert Wellston Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, July 21, 2003 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

 

 

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

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 45
Accidental: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 4
Duty related illness: 1
Fall: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 20
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 2
Weather/Natural disaster: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 3
Arizona: 2
Arkansas: 1
California: 4
Colorado: 1
Connecticut: 1
District of Columbia: 1
Florida: 1
Kansas: 1
Louisiana: 2
Maryland: 1
Massachusetts: 1
Minnesota: 1
Missouri: 2
Nevada: 1
New Jersey: 1
New York: 2
North Carolina: 1
Ohio: 4
Oklahoma: 1
Oregon: 1
Tennessee: 2
Texas: 5
Virginia: 1
Washington: 3
Wisconsin: 1