The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - July 16th

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Lest we forget...  

 

City Marshal John T. Morgan Taylor Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1884 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Hallaran Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, July 16, 1887 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John C. Phillips Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Tuesday, July 16, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Substitute Patrolman Henry Roese Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)               Chief of Police Thomas Jefferson Osborn Norton Police Department, VA EOW: Tuesday, July 16, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Edward J. Farr Huerfano County Sheriff's Depar..., CO EOW: Sunday, July 16, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Richard Jarrett McDonald County Sheriff's Depar..., MO EOW: Monday, July 16, 1900 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sergeant John J. Sheridan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sergeant Stanley J. Birns Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, July 16, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Policeman Juan A. Colon Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Thursday, July 16, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Francis A. Burke New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Friday, July 16, 1915 Cause of Death: Drowned Deputy Sheriff James Lowry Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Tuesday, July 16, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Patrick J. Ryan Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Oscar T. Roper Union City Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Ernest Grey Willoughby Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Edward Perry Webb Lawrence County Sheriff's Office, KY EOW: Friday, July 16, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman James A. Lambert Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, July 16, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal J. Walter Casey United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, July 16, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James A. Williams Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Schmiegel Saginaw Police Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Major A. Hart United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, July 16, 1927 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Police Officer Bernard Herman Geerts Davenport Police Department, IA EOW: Monday, July 16, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Stephen Janadea Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, July 16, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff W. Locke McKenzie Rowan County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Thursday, July 16, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff William A. Berg Wood County Sheriff's Department, WI EOW: Thursday, July 16, 1931 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Walter J. Mashburn Chattanooga Police Department, TN EOW: Saturday, July 16, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Bernard F. Leonard Chaves County Sheriff's Department, NM EOW: Sunday, July 16, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Chief Deputy Sheriff Thomas W. Jones Lincoln County Sheriff's Depart..., NM EOW: Sunday, July 16, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Deputy Paul Mankin Vigo County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Thursday, July 16, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Lucas Leon Ellis Stewart County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Friday, July 16, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Allen Henry Bennett Jeffreys West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Sunday, July 16, 1939 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Marshall C. (Mike) Kennedy Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1941 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Policeman William Jim Stallings Bowdon Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, July 16, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Cornelius A. O'Donnell New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Monday, July 16, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Henry Dow Kennedy Mount Airy Police Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, July 16, 1946 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit          Detective Benjamin F. (Bennie) Cravatt Oklahoma City Police Department, OK EOW: Friday, July 16, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Detective Sergeant William Hans Jurgens Davenport Police Department, IA EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Emil R. Kleinwaechter Hamilton County Sheriff's Depar..., OH EOW: Monday, July 16, 1962 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Marshal D. Platt Woodland Downey Police Department, ID EOW: Thursday, July 16, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Johnny Farrell Puckett Sr. DeKalb County Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, July 16, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George Clifford Burnette III East Point Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, July 16, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Vincent Gleason Jr. Plainfield Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, July 16, 1967 Cause of Death: Assault Officer Richard G. Woods California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1969 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff Raymond Barto Bureau County Sheriff's Department, IL EOW: Thursday, July 16, 1970 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Gary Dwaine Harl Arlington Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Correctional Officer Walter W. Farrow Missouri Department of Corrections, MO EOW: Monday, July 16, 1979 Cause of Death: Stabbed Park Ranger Ward W. Hall United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, July 16, 1979 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Correctional Officer Lauriston F. Hustus Florida Department of Corrections, FL EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1980 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Gordon Alex Jensen Galena Park Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Phillip Samuel Feld Jefferson County Sheriff's Depa..., AL EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1980 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Ernest W. Davis Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Auxiliary Deputy Steven W. Mayer Will County Sheriff's Office, IL EOW: Saturday, July 16, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Patrol Officer Timothy Wayne Whittington Charlotte Police Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, July 16, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer George Scheu New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, July 16, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Kimberly Ann Hurd Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Thursday, July 16, 1992 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Investigator Daniel Motley Tuskegee Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, July 16, 1993 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Private Michael Donell Stephenson Richmond County Board of Educat..., GA EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire            Master Trooper David Anthony Deuter Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Thursday, July 16, 1998 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman John Richard Brummitt Brookfield Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, July 16, 1999 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Chief of Police Joseph E. White Rich Square Police Department, NC EOW: Sunday, July 16, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Resource Protection Officer Steven Vance Caddy Oregon Military Department - Po..., OR EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 Cause of Death: Heart attack Bay Constable Richard L. Brooks Babylon Town Bay Constable, NY EOW: Friday, July 16, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Owen David Fisher Flint Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, July 16, 2005 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

 

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

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 63
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 7
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 40
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 3

 

By State:
Alabama: 2
Arizona: 1
California: 1
Colorado: 2
Florida: 2
Georgia: 4
Idaho: 1
Illinois: 5
Indiana: 2
Iowa: 2
Kentucky: 1
Louisiana: 1
Michigan: 2
Missouri: 3
New Jersey: 3
New Mexico: 2
New York: 3
North Carolina: 4
Ohio: 3
Oklahoma: 1
Oregon: 1
Pennsylvania: 3
Puerto Rico: 1
Tennessee: 3
Texas: 4
U.S. Government: 3
Virginia: 1
West Virginia: 1
Wisconsin: 1