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

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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