The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 30th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff Henry Pratt Tazewell County Sheriff's Depar..., IL EOW: Friday, July 30, 1869 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lighthorseman Joe Barnett United States Department of the..., US EOW: Sunday, July 30, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Sam Scott United States Department of the..., US EOW: Sunday, July 30, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Anthony DeLong Craig Constable's Office, MO EOW: Saturday, July 30, 1887 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Minor Cudihee Tacoma Police Department, WA EOW: Saturday, July 30, 1892 Cause of Death: Stabbed Constable Thomas A. Stagg Echo Constable's Office, UT EOW: Tuesday, July 30, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal John Garrett United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, July 30, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William F. Weiss Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, July 30, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Wagon Driver George Kent Scranton Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, July 30, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Charles Stephens Red River County Sheriff's Depa..., TX EOW: Tuesday, July 30, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Chief of Police Cornelius Joseph Leyden Lehigh Valley Railroad Police D..., RR EOW: Sunday, July 30, 1916 Cause of Death: Explosion Police Officer Robert R. Wiley Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Sunday, July 30, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Robert L. Normand Burbank Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, July 30, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Conservation Warden J. B. Carter Wisconsin Department of Natural..., WI EOW: Monday, July 30, 1923 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer R. Q. Wells Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, July 30, 1927 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Jeremiah E. O'Connell Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, July 30, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Charles F. Cooley Jr. United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, July 30, 1929 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Special Agent Walter T. Creviston United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, July 30, 1931 Cause of Death: Heat exhaustion Auxiliary Officer Louis J. Schuetz Lombard Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, July 30, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Anton Zapolsky Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, July 30, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant William S. Ford Erie Railroad Police Department, RR EOW: Tuesday, July 30, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Rafael Igaravidez-Falcon Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, July 30, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Melbourne Lewis Grant County Sheriff's Department, SD EOW: Wednesday, July 30, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Robert A. Moore New York State Police, NY EOW: Wednesday, July 30, 1941 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Howard H. Hegerich New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, July 30, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Beryl E. McLane North Dakota Highway Patrol, ND EOW: Friday, July 30, 1954 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Captain Charles T. Andreano Des Moines Police Department, IA EOW: Thursday, July 30, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Daniel J. McCann Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, July 30, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Chief of Police Oswell Ovid (Joe) Rowden Cushing Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, July 30, 1968 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Jerry Mack Beall Payne County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Tuesday, July 30, 1968 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Chief of Police D. Raleigh Clarke Millry Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, July 30, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Arthur D. O'Guinn San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, July 30, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Curtis John Ramsdell Columbia Heights Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, July 30, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Wilbur Horatio Francis Virgin Islands Police Department, VI EOW: Saturday, July 30, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Albert Ochoa Garza Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, July 30, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Customs Agent Roger L. Von Amelunxen United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, July 30, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Ronnie Nile Fox McAlester Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, July 30, 1981 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Detective David J. Sheehan McAlester Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, July 30, 1981 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Narcotics Agent Billy Fairl Morgan Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics an..., OK EOW: Thursday, July 30, 1981 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Detective Sergeant Donald E. Davey Lincoln County Sheriff's Depart..., ME EOW: Monday, July 30, 1984 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant George S. Covert Tolleson Police Department, AZ EOW: Thursday, July 30, 1987 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper William Howard Phillips West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Thursday, July 30, 1987 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Corporal David Wayne Moss Williston Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, July 30, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Doyle Reed Thorne Utah Highway Patrol, UT EOW: Saturday, July 30, 1994 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident          Correctional Officer Alfredo Deon Williams United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, July 30, 1996 Cause of Death: Automobile accident           Corrections Officer Frederick W. Baker New Jersey Department of Correc..., NJ EOW: Wednesday, July 30, 1997 Cause of Death: Stabbed            Police Officer Douglas Edward Wendel Richmond Police Department, VA EOW: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Bradley W. Crawford Clark County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Friday, July 30, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

 

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

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 48
Aircraft accident: 4
Automobile accident: 8
Explosion: 1
Gunfire: 27
Heat exhaustion: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 2
Vehicular assault: 4

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
Arizona: 1
California: 2
Florida: 1
Illinois: 4
Iowa: 1
Maine: 1
Minnesota: 1
Missouri: 1
New Jersey: 1
New York: 2
North Dakota: 1
Oklahoma: 5
Pennsylvania: 2
Puerto Rico: 1
Railroad Police: 2
South Dakota: 1
Texas: 4
U.S. Government: 7
Utah: 2
Virgin Islands: 1
Virginia: 1
Washington: 3
West Virginia: 1
Wisconsin: 1