The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 31st

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sheriff Joseph E. Branscomb DeKalb County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Monday, July 31, 1865 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Samuel Lewis McNairy County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Wednesday, July 31, 1867 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal David Sigemore United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, July 31, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Hugh McKeon New Haven Police Department, CT EOW: Wednesday, July 31, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Henry B. Lawrence Cameron County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Sunday, July 31, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Ranger Quirl Bailey Carnes Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Sunday, July 31, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant James M. Hardenbrook Fresno Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, July 31, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Albert Graves Custer City Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, July 31, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Deputy Clyde L. Hauver Frederick County Sheriff's Depa..., MD EOW: Wednesday, July 31, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Adrian Metcalf United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, July 31, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Walter Jones Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Thursday, July 31, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Jack Palmer Ridgefield Police Department, CT EOW: Sunday, July 31, 1932 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Detective Ernest Purgatoria Springfield Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, July 31, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Emond Hensley Muskogee Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, July 31, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Deputy Sheriff Lawrence George Gowens Alamance County Sheriff's Depar..., NC EOW: Friday, July 31, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable L. F. Blackwell Cass County Constable's Office ..., TX EOW: Saturday, July 31, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Samuel Leeper United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, July 31, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal George Meffan United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, July 31, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal John H. Glenn United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, July 31, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Protector John B. Ross Pennsylvania Game Commission, PA EOW: Friday, July 31, 1942 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman William F. Schreiber Stratford Police Department, CT EOW: Wednesday, July 31, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Leslie J. Oster Sr. New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Thursday, July 31, 1947 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman William Panczyk New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, July 31, 1947 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Lago Sheppard Greenbrier County Sheriff's Dep..., WV EOW: Tuesday, July 31, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Theodore Virgil Garner Loudon County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, July 31, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrol Officer Wallace Edward Averill Howell City Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, July 31, 1952 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle            Policeman William Thompson McCown Cedartown Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, July 31, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Maitland H. Mercer New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, July 31, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Bryan J. Moschea Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Monday, July 31, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert E. Donahue Akron Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, July 31, 1968 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Trooper Brooks D. Lawson Alabama Department of Public Sa..., AL EOW: Thursday, July 31, 1969 Cause of Death: Struck by train Policeman Robert J. Cote Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, July 31, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Norris C. Blackmon Shreveport Police Department, LA EOW: Thursday, July 31, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Paul E. Mortimer Dayton Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, July 31, 1970 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Police Officer Ernest F. Brunette Jr. Worcester Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, July 31, 1970 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Gilbert T. Stocker Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, July 31, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corrections Officer James R. Souza Massachusetts Department of Cor..., MA EOW: Monday, July 31, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Corrections Officer Alfred J. Baranowski Massachusetts Department of Cor..., MA EOW: Monday, July 31, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Melvin Oliver Miner Norman Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, July 31, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Correctional Officer Wayne L. Selle United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, July 31, 1973 Cause of Death: Stabbed Trooper Hugh Purdy Colorado State Patrol, CO EOW: Saturday, July 31, 1976 Cause of Death: Drowned Officer Michael Owen Conley Estes Park Police Department, CO EOW: Saturday, July 31, 1976 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrol Officer Pablo Albidrez Jr. Laredo Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, July 31, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Luis M. Cruz-Acosta Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, July 31, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles J. Maltese Jr. Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, July 31, 1981 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Donald J. DeMeulle San Bernardino County Sheriff's..., CA EOW: Thursday, July 31, 1986 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Deputy Sheriff Dale Steven Rossetto Siskiyou County Sheriff's Depar..., CA EOW: Thursday, July 31, 1986 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident               Reserve Deputy Sheriff Lawrence Eugene Breceda Siskiyou County Sheriff's Depar..., CA EOW: Thursday, July 31, 1986 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Trooper Byron J. Erickson Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Saturday, July 31, 1993 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Paul Matthews Pytel San Antonio Department of Parks..., TX EOW: Sunday, July 31, 1994 Cause of Death: Drowned Officer Gregory B. Gay Elba Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, July 31, 1995 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Kevin Williams Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, July 31, 1995 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Gerard Louis Carter New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, July 31, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Detective Chaney Joseph Champagne LaFourche Parish Sheriff's Depa..., LA EOW: Thursday, July 31, 2003 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Kurt E. Harrelson LaFourche Parish Sheriff's Depa..., LA EOW: Thursday, July 31, 2003 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Larry William Cantrell Sapulpa Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, July 31, 2005 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: 56
Aircraft accident: 3
Automobile accident: 7
Drowned: 3
Duty related illness: 2
Gunfire: 31
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 2
California: 5
Colorado: 2
Connecticut: 3
Georgia: 1
Illinois: 1
Louisiana: 4
Maryland: 1
Massachusetts: 3
Michigan: 3
Missouri: 1
New York: 3
North Carolina: 1
Ohio: 2
Oklahoma: 4
Pennsylvania: 2
Puerto Rico: 1
Tennessee: 3
Texas: 6
U.S. Government: 6
West Virginia: 1
Wisconsin: 1