The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 23rd

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman John Smedick New York Metropolitan Police Force, NY EOW: Thursday, July 23, 1868 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Township Constable Charles F. Lehman Anaheim Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1872 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James B. O'Bannon Llano County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Wednesday, July 23, 1884 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Robert Allen Lilly Elkins Police Department, WV EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal John S. Wright Colville Police Department, WA EOW: Thursday, July 23, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael McCormick Niagara Falls Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, July 23, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Rufus A. Hobbs Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Friday, July 23, 1909 Cause of Death: Animal related Corporal Jose R. Luccas-Maldonado Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, July 23, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal James Eli Parish Bennington Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Holmes Davidson United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, July 23, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal William E. Plank United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, July 23, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Fredrick J. Weingard Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, July 23, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Frank J. Murphy Jr. Omaha Police Department, NE EOW: Wednesday, July 23, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James H. Horn Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, July 23, 1920 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman George O'Connor Oshkosh Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, July 23, 1922 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Lawrence Murphy New Haven Police Department, CT EOW: Wednesday, July 23, 1924 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Detective Samuel George Garbett Pocatello Police Department, ID EOW: Wednesday, July 23, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Theodore J. Anderson Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, July 23, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Officer Simon Penny Greenville Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, July 23, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James R. Walraven Sr. Texarkana Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff J. Mart Murphy Robertson County Sheriff's Depa..., TN EOW: Thursday, July 23, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ross Porter Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Monday, July 23, 1934 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Howard Kelley Connersville Police Department, IN EOW: Monday, July 23, 1934 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper John G. Lord New York State Police, NY EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1935 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Joseph W. Kelly Massachusetts State Police, MA EOW: Saturday, July 23, 1938 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer John L. Sullivan Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Wednesday, July 23, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Pilot William F. Buckelew United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, July 23, 1954 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Border Patrol Inspector Donald Kee United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, July 23, 1954 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Trooper Robert Fulton Giles Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Friday, July 23, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Sergeant Robert (Bobbie Bull) Giovannoni McCook Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, July 23, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Charles E. Drake Jr. Huntsville Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, July 23, 1962 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident               Village Marshal Benjamin Lewis (Ben) Carpenter Newaygo Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1963 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Eugene G. McKnight Sacramento Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Louis Golonka Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Leroy Jones Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Willard J. Wolff Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William C. Shull California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Thursday, July 23, 1970 Cause of Death: Stabbed              Corrections Employee Samuel Anderson Pickels Virginia Department of Corrections, VA EOW: Friday, July 23, 1971 Cause of Death: Assault Chief Edward R. Gleason Palisades Interstate Park Polic..., NY EOW: Sunday, July 23, 1972 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer John W. Ruggiero Fall River Police Department, MA EOW: Monday, July 23, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Henry Herbert Tibbs United States Army Criminal Inv..., US EOW: Monday, July 23, 1973 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident              Special Agent Elmer Martin (Bud) Heggen United States Army Criminal Inv..., US EOW: Monday, July 23, 1973 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Patrolman Nial T. Churchill Mount Kisco Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1974 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Officer Cled Neil Wingo Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, July 23, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George Robert Sassan Glendale Police Department, WI EOW: Wednesday, July 23, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sergeant Edward G. Moore Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Friday, July 23, 1976 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Correctional Officer Dan Harrison Georgia Department of Corrections, GA EOW: Sunday, July 23, 1978 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff Thomas E. Bryant Wood County Sheriff's Office, OH EOW: Monday, July 23, 1984 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Gerald G. Chirrick Douglas County Sheriff's Office, OR EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1985 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Corporal Virgle Dewey Knight Jr. Douglas County Sheriff's Office, OR EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1985 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident              Special Deputy Sheriff Ronald Henry Terwilliger Douglas County Sheriff's Office, OR EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1985 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Policeman Miguel Gonzalez-Torres Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, July 23, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer David R. Payne Lewiston Police Department, ME EOW: Saturday, July 23, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Leroy Andrew Pine Jr. United States Department of the..., US EOW: Saturday, July 23, 1988 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Fidel Aleman California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, July 23, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Park Ranger James Randall Morgenson United States Department of the..., US EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1996 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrolman Justin Cain LaGrange Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, July 23, 2000 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Gordon Lewis (Lew) Stevens Canton Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Ryan Keith Goto Honolulu Police Department, HI EOW: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

 

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

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 59
Aircraft accident: 8
Animal related: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 8
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 1
Gunfire: 29
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 2
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicular assault: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
California: 4
Connecticut: 1
Georgia: 3
Hawaii: 1
Idaho: 1
Illinois: 2
Indiana: 2
Maine: 1
Massachusetts: 2
Michigan: 2
Missouri: 1
Nebraska: 1
New York: 5
Ohio: 7
Oklahoma: 1
Oregon: 3
Pennsylvania: 1
Puerto Rico: 2
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 2
U.S. Government: 8
Virginia: 3
Washington: 1
West Virginia: 1
Wisconsin: 2