The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 27th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman James Purdon Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, July 27, 1901 Cause of Death: Fire Officer William Cotter California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Monday, July 27, 1903 Cause of Death: Stabbed City Marshal William C. Manis Richland Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, July 27, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Lloyd N. Robinson Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, July 27, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman James H. Pace Butte Police Department, MT EOW: Tuesday, July 27, 1915 Cause of Death: Heart attack Special Agent George R. Stewart Union Pacific Railroad Police D..., RR EOW: Saturday, July 27, 1918 Cause of Death: Struck by train Detective Sergeant James Maher New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, July 27, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Finlay Beaton Superior Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, July 27, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Harvey L. Biggs Little Rock Police Department, AR EOW: Sunday, July 27, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman George E. Papst Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, July 27, 1924 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Dog Sergeant Henry Ward Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Friday, July 27, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Louis Gagner Rice Lake Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, July 27, 1930 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Night Marshal Virgil G. Untied Minburn Police Department, IA EOW: Monday, July 27, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Anthony F. Laurence New York State Police, NY EOW: Saturday, July 27, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Michael Keane New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, July 27, 1942 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer William Marion Lee Glynn County Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, July 27, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Police Officer Charlie Joseph Drawdy Jesup Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, July 27, 1949 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Correctional Officer Harold Bruette New York State Department of Co..., NY EOW: Wednesday, July 27, 1949 Cause of Death: Fall Patrolman Roderick O'Connor New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, July 27, 1950 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Police Officer Ellis Roosevelt Mansfield Keystone Police Department, WV EOW: Monday, July 27, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Ronald I. English Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, July 27, 1959 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Frank Donarumo Hamden Police Department, CT EOW: Monday, July 27, 1964 Cause of Death: Struck by train Patrolman Henry Walburger New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, July 27, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Mark H. Zelewski Oklahoma City Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, July 27, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Daniel Alfred Redding Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Tuesday, July 27, 1965 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Trooper Allen Harvie Bufford Arkansas State Police, AR EOW: Sunday, July 27, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Reserve Officer Bill Sutherlin Fairfield Police Department, IA EOW: Monday, July 27, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Alfred A. Thomason South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Monday, July 27, 1970 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Austin Hepburn Jr. Hallandale Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, July 27, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Hazen Maltby Cass County Sheriff's Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, July 27, 1976 Cause of Death: Unidentified Investigator Alexander E. Dierkes IV California Department of Motor ..., CA EOW: Wednesday, July 27, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Karen Jean Bassford Fairfax County Police Department, VA EOW: Wednesday, July 27, 1977 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant David W. Campbell Andalusia Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, July 27, 1984 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sergeant Ruben Almanza Corpus Christi Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, July 27, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George T. Bryja Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, July 27, 1986 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Edward E. Neves Jr. Taunton Police Department, MA EOW: Thursday, July 27, 1995 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Sean David Earp Mayes County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Sunday, July 27, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Robert Bishop Pollock Adams County Sheriff's Department, CO EOW: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 Cause of Death: Training accident Police Officer Edwin Hernandez Suffolk County Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 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: 39
Automobile accident: 6
Duty related illness: 1
Electrocuted: 1
Fall: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 15
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 1
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 1
Training accident: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
Arkansas: 2
California: 3
Colorado: 1
Connecticut: 1
Florida: 1
Georgia: 2
Illinois: 2
Iowa: 2
Kentucky: 1
Massachusetts: 1
Michigan: 2
Missouri: 1
Montana: 1
New York: 7
Ohio: 1
Oklahoma: 2
Railroad Police: 1
South Carolina: 1
Texas: 2
Virginia: 1
West Virginia: 1
Wisconsin: 2