The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 29th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Officer William W. Weathered Lexington Police Department, KY EOW: Sunday, July 29, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Isaac Walkingstick United States Department of the..., US EOW: Sunday, July 29, 1894 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William J. Hedeman New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, July 29, 1906 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrolman Carl Hauck Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Monday, July 29, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective George W. Wilson Council Bluffs Police Department, IA EOW: Monday, July 29, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Charles B. Smith Grant County Sheriff's Department, NM EOW: Monday, July 29, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Jose Garcia-Torres Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, July 29, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Daniel Passage Andover Police Department, SD EOW: Saturday, July 29, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Alex Horvatt Binghamton Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, July 29, 1917 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Chief of Police Ralph Daley West Wyoming Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, July 29, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Edward Brennan Wyoming Borough Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, July 29, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Francis Wilson Cedar Rapids Police Department, IA EOW: Friday, July 29, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Maurice Leahy Chicago and Northwestern Railro..., RR EOW: Friday, July 29, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Village Marshal George Williams Long Prairie Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, July 29, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Samuel Lilly United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, July 29, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Leon George Wilmington Police Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, July 29, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Investigator Bert Donaldson Fulton County Office of the Sol..., GA EOW: Thursday, July 29, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Zigmund Ozeraitys Saginaw Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, July 29, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)              Police Officer Harry Everett Shore Sr. Ocean City Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, July 29, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Theodore T. Boynton San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, July 29, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ernest Gough Leavenworth Police Department, KS EOW: Friday, July 29, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward F. O'Donnell Portland Police Department, ME EOW: Friday, July 29, 1932 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sheriff Willie McKinley Winningham Clinton County Sheriff's Depart..., KY EOW: Saturday, July 29, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Morris Bigus Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, July 29, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Frank R. Daw Dunsmuir Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, July 29, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Leslie G. Chamberlin Omaha Police Department, NE EOW: Monday, July 29, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman William Dusek Cicero Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, July 29, 1936 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Bryant Kirn Birt Gastonia Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, July 29, 1944 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Charles F. Roof Tonawanda City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, July 29, 1950 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sergeant Frederick D. Hudson East St. Louis Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, July 29, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles L. Robbins Berryville Police Department, AR EOW: Saturday, July 29, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sergeant William L. Griffin Jacksonville Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, July 29, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph E. Messer Oliver Springs Police Department, TN EOW: Saturday, July 29, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William H. Wilson Cedar Bluff Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, July 29, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Warden Ronnie L. Germany Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart..., TX EOW: Sunday, July 29, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John F. Daley Hartford Police Department, CT EOW: Friday, July 29, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sergeant Arthur W. Koch Fairfield Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, July 29, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Henry I. Bunch San Jose Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, July 29, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Jack S. Deuser Jefferson County Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, July 29, 1986 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Patrolman Scott Adams Winters Pompano Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, July 29, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Todd A. Burman Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Thursday, July 29, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Ramiro Perez Jr. Brooks County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Saturday, July 29, 1995 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Chief Deputy Willie Perry Leake County Sheriff's Office, MS EOW: Sunday, July 29, 2001 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Nathan Ray Laurie River Oaks Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, July 29, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit              Seasonal Park Ranger Jeffrey A. Christensen United States Department of the..., US EOW: Friday, July 29, 2005 Cause of Death: Fall

 

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

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 45
Automobile accident: 2
Drowned: 1
Electrocuted: 2
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 29
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by vehicle: 2
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
Arkansas: 1
California: 3
Connecticut: 1
Florida: 2
Georgia: 1
Illinois: 2
Indiana: 1
Iowa: 2
Kansas: 1
Kentucky: 3
Maine: 1
Michigan: 1
Minnesota: 1
Mississippi: 1
Missouri: 1
Nebraska: 1
New Jersey: 1
New Mexico: 1
New York: 3
North Carolina: 2
Ohio: 1
Pennsylvania: 2
Puerto Rico: 1
Railroad Police: 1
South Dakota: 1
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 4
U.S. Government: 3