The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - August 6th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman David Martin New York Metropolitan Police Force, NY EOW: Tuesday, August 6, 1861 Cause of Death: Stabbed               Special Deputy Marshal William Spivey United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, August 6, 1874 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William J. Stanley Williamson County Sheriff's Dep..., TX EOW: Saturday, August 6, 1887 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Oscar A. Beaver Tulare County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Saturday, August 6, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Alfred Werner Crittenden County Sheriff's Dep..., AR EOW: Tuesday, August 6, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal James Clark Telluride Marshal's Office, CO EOW: Tuesday, August 6, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Isaac B. Grubbs Bell County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Thursday, August 6, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Samuel Houston Childress Bristol Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, August 6, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William E. Shellman Pueblo Police Department, CO EOW: Monday, August 6, 1906 Cause of Death: Weather/Natural disaster Patrolman Arthur M. Dorsett Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, August 6, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert H. Holmes New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, August 6, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Alfred Ressler Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, August 6, 1918 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrol Officer John Callahan Duluth Police Department, MN EOW: Tuesday, August 6, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George A. Lentz Hamilton Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, August 6, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Arnott Berthier Cowgill Wolcott Police Department, IN EOW: Wednesday, August 6, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Robert Bruce Parsons Denton County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Thursday, August 6, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Richard Heneberry New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, August 6, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Oscar A. Oehlerking New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, August 6, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Edward F. Dolphin New York State Police, NY EOW: Monday, August 6, 1928 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Frank Rohrbach Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Thursday, August 6, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Egbert C. Moore Orlando Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, August 6, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas L. Burns New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, August 6, 1935 Cause of Death: Fall Police Officer James Ray Hinkley Mason Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, August 6, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas P. Fogarty United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, August 6, 1941 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Joe Taylor Aven Jr. New Mexico State Police, NM EOW: Thursday, August 6, 1953 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Policeman Arthur Gurley Lexington Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, August 6, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Freddie Ernest Wagner San Angelo Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, August 6, 1955 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Robert H. Pickwick Nassau County Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, August 6, 1960 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Joseph M. Stoba Jr. Connecticut State Police, CT EOW: Monday, August 6, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Reserve Officer Lloyd Reed Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Friday, August 6, 1965 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Investigator B. Cowart Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS EOW: Friday, August 6, 1965 Cause of Death: Heart attack Constable Roy E. Carter Miami Township Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, August 6, 1966 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Albert Weller Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Sunday, August 6, 1967 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Floyd Joseph Haley Rochester Police Department, MN EOW: Sunday, August 6, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Harold K. Hanning Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Thursday, August 6, 1970 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Richard E. Huerta San Jose Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, August 6, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Robert J. MacDougall Massachusetts State Police, MA EOW: Friday, August 6, 1971 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Thomas McGough Steubenville Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, August 6, 1972 Cause of Death: Fire Officer Freddie Jackson Harp Mountain Brook Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, August 6, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Philip John DeSantis Woodbine Police Department, NJ EOW: Monday, August 6, 1973 Cause of Death: Stabbed Officer Lewis Steve Hall Port Arthur Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, August 6, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John S. Taylor Jr. Menomonee Falls Police Department, WI EOW: Saturday, August 6, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer John R. Davis Sr. Phoenix Police Department, AZ EOW: Friday, August 6, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman David M. Smith New Mexico State Police, NM EOW: Monday, August 6, 1984 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Patrolman Lowell D. Howard New Mexico State Police, NM EOW: Monday, August 6, 1984 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Sergeant Robert Darrell Wright Williamson County Sheriff's Dep..., TX EOW: Tuesday, August 6, 1985 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Milus Terry Lyles Charlotte Police Department, NC EOW: Monday, August 6, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Vincent S. Spinelli Cayuga County Sheriff's Department, NY EOW: Thursday, August 6, 1992 Cause of Death: Heart attack Chief of Police Doyle Lee Holstein Ola Police Department, AR EOW: Sunday, August 6, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Timothy J. Henck Suffolk County Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, August 6, 1995 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Renee Danell Azure Union County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Tuesday, August 6, 2002 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: 53
Aircraft accident: 3
Automobile accident: 3
Fall: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 28
Heart attack: 4
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 3
Weather/Natural disaster: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
Arizona: 1
Arkansas: 2
California: 3
Colorado: 2
Connecticut: 1
Florida: 2
Indiana: 1
Kansas: 1
Massachusetts: 1
Michigan: 1
Minnesota: 3
Mississippi: 1
Missouri: 1
New Jersey: 1
New Mexico: 3
New York: 9
North Carolina: 1
Ohio: 6
Pennsylvania: 1
Tennessee: 2
Texas: 6
U.S. Government: 2
Wisconsin: 1