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Friday, July 28, 2006

The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 28th

 
Lest we forget...  
 
Deputy Marshal Robert Goode
Columbus Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, July 28, 1868
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Officer Robert Laughlin
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Monday, July 28, 1884
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Louis Hardy
Oshkosh Police Department, WI
EOW: Monday, July 28, 1890
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Officer John Van Horn
Parsons Police Department, KS
EOW: Friday, July 28, 1899
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sergeant Gabriel J. (Gabe) Porteous
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, July 28, 1900
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Corporal John F. Lally
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, July 28, 1900
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Special Officer Martin Mayo
Galveston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, July 28, 1905
Cause of Death: Gunfire
             Night Chief John H. (Jack Hen) Daugherty
Crisfield Police Department, MD
EOW: Sunday, July 28, 1907
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sheriff Benjamin Cleveland Keith
Murray County Sheriff's Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, July 28, 1907
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Night Marshal Walter Gray Morgan
Martin Police Department, TN
EOW: Monday, July 28, 1913
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Policeman Thomas J. McVay
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Sunday, July 28, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman John W. Simpson
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Monday, July 28, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman James E. Elder
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, July 28, 1921
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patrolman John H. House
St. Joseph Police Department, MO
EOW: Friday, July 28, 1922
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patrolman Byron W. Porter
LaGrange Police Department, IL
EOW: Saturday, July 28, 1923
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sergeant J. Harvey Burke
Richmond Police Department, VA
EOW: Tuesday, July 28, 1925
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Detective Ambrose M. Smith
Roanoke City Police Department, VA
EOW: Thursday, July 28, 1927
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Detective Sergeant John Nerad
Cicero Police Department, IL
EOW: Sunday, July 28, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Officer Jack Parker
East Point Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, July 28, 1929
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patrolman William A. Kertin
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Sunday, July 28, 1929
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Detective Thomas E. Hill
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Monday, July 28, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Dominick Caviglia
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Monday, July 28, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Marshal Hiram Mundy
Equality Police Department, IL
EOW: Tuesday, July 28, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Special Agent Raymond L. Ezzell
United States Department of Jus..., US
EOW: Tuesday, July 28, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Policeman Alphonso Bonavitacola
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, July 28, 1934
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Deputy Sheriff Charles Snover
Waukesha County Sheriff's Depar..., WI
EOW: Sunday, July 28, 1935
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patrolman Laurence V. Sheridan
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, July 28, 1937
Cause of Death: Assault
Chief William Henry Armsey
Olney Police Department, IL
EOW: Sunday, July 28, 1940
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman John W. Costabile
Chicago Heights Police Department, IL
EOW: Sunday, July 28, 1946
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Francis Castor
Noblesville Police Department, IN
EOW: Wednesday, July 28, 1948
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Motorcycle Officer Walton O. Whatley
Fort Worth Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, July 28, 1949
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Sheriff Roy Conway
Pike County Sheriff's Department, KY
EOW: Friday, July 28, 1950
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Edward V. Tierney
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, July 28, 1953
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Officer Doris Wayne Barber
Sitka Police Department, AK
EOW: Thursday, July 28, 1960
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Robert G. Beghtol
Arvada Police Department, CO
EOW: Friday, July 28, 1961
Cause of Death: Drowned
Deputy Sheriff Lummie Sanders
Geauga County Sheriff's Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, July 28, 1965
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Police Officer Richard Rehmann
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Thursday, July 28, 1966
Cause of Death: Fall
City Marshal Jim Atteberry
Kiowa County Sheriff's Office, OK
EOW: Tuesday, July 28, 1970
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Berry Creamer
Anderson County Sheriff's Office, SC
EOW: Friday, July 28, 1972
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Reserve Officer Joe C. Jones
Dallas Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, July 28, 1972
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Trooper Daniel Austin Nelson
Oregon State Police, OR
EOW: Friday, July 28, 1972
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer James Albert Chew
Steamboat Springs Police Depart..., CO
EOW: Friday, July 28, 1972
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Reserve Officer Michael E. Haen
Kansas City Police Department, KS
EOW: Friday, July 28, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Policeman Roberto Barbosa-Ortiz
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Friday, July 28, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Officer Cheryl W. Seiden
Metro-Dade Police Department, FL
EOW: Wednesday, July 28, 1982
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman Roy Lee Graham
Sumpter Township Police Department, MI
EOW: Sunday, July 28, 1985
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Trooper Tommie Earl Owens
Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS
EOW: Friday, July 28, 1989
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Lieutenant Eugene L. Young
Oklahoma Department of Corrections, OK
EOW: Friday, July 28, 1989
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Trooper Kenneth A. Maloney
Ohio Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Saturday, July 28, 1990
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Officer Richard H. Buckner
Clanton Police Department, AL
EOW: Sunday, July 28, 1991
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Officer Jackie Lamont Daniel
North Carolina Division of Moto..., NC
EOW: Thursday, July 28, 1994
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
             Police Officer Jessica Ann Nagle-Wilson
Hazel Park Police Department, MI
EOW: Sunday, July 28, 2002
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Police Officer Richard Lawn Jr.
Lower Gwynedd Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, July 28, 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: 53
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 9
Drowned: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 29
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 5
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicular assault: 1

 
By State:
Alabama: 1
Alaska: 1
Colorado: 2
Florida: 1
Georgia: 2
Illinois: 6
Indiana: 1
Kansas: 2
Kentucky: 2
Louisiana: 2
Maryland: 1
Massachusetts: 1
Michigan: 2
Minnesota: 1
Mississippi: 1
Missouri: 1
New York: 3
North Carolina: 1
Ohio: 2
Oklahoma: 2
Oregon: 1
Pennsylvania: 5
Puerto Rico: 1
South Carolina: 1
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 4
U.S. Government: 1
Virginia: 2
Wisconsin: 2