The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - August 5th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Patrick O'Meara Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, August 5, 1872 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William B. Weaver Elko County Sheriff's Office, NV EOW: Thursday, August 5, 1880 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Carl Mills Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, August 5, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Edmond Dull Monroe County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Friday, August 5, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective James Madden East St. Louis Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, August 5, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William F. Wollborg Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, August 5, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Lee Franklin Isbell Richfield Police Department, UT EOW: Friday, August 5, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Edwin H. Boyd Honolulu Police Department, HI EOW: Wednesday, August 5, 1925 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Walter Arrowsmith New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Thursday, August 5, 1926 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer William F. Doehler Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Friday, August 5, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Hubert Allen New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, August 5, 1927 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer William W. Spencer Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, August 5, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff John L. Wormell Asotin County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, August 5, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire             City Marshal William Edward Hathaway Mayflower Police Department, AR EOW: Wednesday, August 5, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Eugene C. Moore Atoka County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Friday, August 5, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Rudolph A. Fischer Dakota County Sheriff's Office, MN EOW: Friday, August 5, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Relief Officer Fred A. Beell Marshfield Police Department, WI EOW: Saturday, August 5, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John W. Thomas Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, August 5, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Alvin Jones Avery County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Saturday, August 5, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Phillip B. Guinto Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Thursday, August 5, 1943 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff William Phipps Sr. Waukesha County Sheriff's Depar..., WI EOW: Thursday, August 5, 1943 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Thomas Albino Lyndhurst Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, August 5, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant William J. (Jack) Lavery Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, August 5, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant John T. Ramsey New Mexico State Police, NM EOW: Wednesday, August 5, 1953 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Eugene Albert Doran Hillsborough Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 5, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Francis M. Tessitore Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Friday, August 5, 1960 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Donald L. Harding Southfield Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, August 5, 1962 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Sergeant Harry V. Hedricks Kansas City Police Department, KS EOW: Monday, August 5, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Joseph Newton Sawtell Jr. Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Friday, August 5, 1966 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Edward Wolski Jr. Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, August 5, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Maxie Mote Clarkesville Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, August 5, 1971 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Carroll York Clarkesville Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, August 5, 1971 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Kenneth Grant Roediger California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, August 5, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Park Ranger Kenneth Carmel Patrick United States Department of the..., US EOW: Sunday, August 5, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Otha M. LeMons Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, August 5, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Elmer Willis Madison County Sheriff's Depart..., GA EOW: Monday, August 5, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Nickolas Fragos United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, August 5, 1974 Cause of Death: Structure collapse Special Agent Charles H. Mann United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, August 5, 1974 Cause of Death: Structure collapse Detective Jon Anthony Farrar Fort Bend County Sheriff's Depa..., TX EOW: Friday, August 5, 1977 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Corporal Douglas M. Deen Idaho State Police, ID EOW: Sunday, August 5, 1979 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Ronald D. Oliver Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, August 5, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Perry Franklin Barrett Salamanca Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, August 5, 1982 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Benjamin F. Grair Jr. Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, August 5, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Monty Lewis Conley Tulare County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Monday, August 5, 1985 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Joe Ruiz Landin Tulare County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Monday, August 5, 1985 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Wendy G. Everett Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Friday, August 5, 1988 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Ronald Hills Dinuba Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 5, 1992 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Court Officer Gene Leroy Goldsberry United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, August 5, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy James Robert Allman Dallas County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Saturday, August 5, 1995 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Ronald Charles Cheek Oglethorpe County Sheriff's Dep..., GA EOW: Saturday, August 5, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William P. Bosworth Jr. Andover Township Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, August 5, 1997 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Deputy Sheriff Wallace Edward Davis Clallam County Sheriff's Depart..., WA EOW: Saturday, August 5, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Jimmy Darrell Wooley Faulkner County Sheriff's Office, AR EOW: Tuesday, August 5, 2003 Cause of Death: Fall              Game Warden Wesley Warren Wagstaff Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart..., TX EOW: Tuesday, August 5, 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: 54
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 11
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 30
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by vehicle: 3
Structure collapse: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 3

 

By State:
Arkansas: 2
California: 5
Florida: 1
Georgia: 5
Hawaii: 1
Idaho: 1
Illinois: 4
Kansas: 1
Maryland: 1
Michigan: 5
Minnesota: 2
Nevada: 1
New Jersey: 3
New Mexico: 1
New York: 2
North Carolina: 1
Ohio: 2
Oklahoma: 1
Pennsylvania: 2
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 3
U.S. Government: 4
Utah: 1
Washington: 2
Wisconsin: 2