The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - August 7th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Undersheriff Osman N. Steele Delaware County Sheriff's Depar..., NY EOW: Thursday, August 7, 1845 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William J. Kelley Lander County Sheriff's Department, NV EOW: Monday, August 7, 1876 Cause of Death: Stabbed Private Leander Brown United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, August 7, 1882 Cause of Death: Assault Policeman Clarence J. Balcom Hastings Police Department, NE EOW: Friday, August 7, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Englehart Jr. Mansfield Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, August 7, 1893 Cause of Death: Struck by train Deputy Sheriff Van B. Jackson Liberty County Sheriff's Depart..., FL EOW: Monday, August 7, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal John Wesley Lambert Fort Klamath Police Department, OR EOW: Monday, August 7, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire             City Marshal Francis Allen (Frank) Colclough Midvale Police Department, UT EOW: Wednesday, August 7, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Daniel J. Lane Waterbury Police Department, CT EOW: Thursday, August 7, 1913 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Patrolman Albert Schultz Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, August 7, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Noah Roll Springfield Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, August 7, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Willfred E. Rorisen Clark County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Monday, August 7, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Phillip Reitz Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railw..., RR EOW: Monday, August 7, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Frank Powley Pontiac Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, August 7, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas J. Healy Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, August 7, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Goddy New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, August 7, 1927 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle            Coast Guardsman Sidney C. Sanderlin United States Coast Guard Offic..., US EOW: Sunday, August 7, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Operative Robert K. Webster United States Department of the..., US EOW: Sunday, August 7, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant James A. Barry New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, August 7, 1928 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Detective Edward J. Barney Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, August 7, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Milo John Kennedy United States Department of the..., US EOW: Sunday, August 7, 1932 Cause of Death: Assault Officer Oscar Jerkins Hartford Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, August 7, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman James Fraser Miles City Police Department, MT EOW: Wednesday, August 7, 1935 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Charles W. Timberlake Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Friday, August 7, 1936 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Lewis Allen Conner West Palm Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, August 7, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Anthony E. Rahe Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, August 7, 1939 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Reserve Policeman G. B. Mogle Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 7, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Conservation Officer John C. Martin Kentucky Department of Fish and..., KY EOW: Thursday, August 7, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Sidney Francis Edge Kendall County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Saturday, August 7, 1948 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sheriff William Holmes Fallon County Sheriff's Department, MT EOW: Sunday, August 7, 1949 Cause of Death: Unidentified Corrections Officer John Holcomb North Dakota State Penitentiary, ND EOW: Saturday, August 7, 1954 Cause of Death: Struck by train Sheriff J. C. Woodham Geneva County Sheriff's Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, August 7, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Donald Everett DeSues Roseburg Police Department, OR EOW: Friday, August 7, 1959 Cause of Death: Explosion Deputy Sheriff Roger A. Strong Riverside County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Monday, August 7, 1961 Cause of Death: Heat exhaustion Deputy Sheriff Terry Lee Greer Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, August 7, 1973 Cause of Death: Drowned Deputy Sheriff John Derek Osborne Denver Sheriff's Department, CO EOW: Wednesday, August 7, 1974 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Dennis John Ives Colorado Springs Police Department, CO EOW: Thursday, August 7, 1975 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Carl Irving LeVin Harker Heights Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, August 7, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Darlon Clint Dowell Ventura Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, August 7, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Darrell Vendl Phelps Kentucky State Police, KY EOW: Friday, August 7, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Alan M. Hultgren Skagit County Sheriff's Office, WA EOW: Friday, August 7, 1981 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Olen O'neal Kennamer Marshall County Sheriff's Depar..., AL EOW: Monday, August 7, 1989 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Gerald Leo Wright Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, August 7, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Frankie Maldonado-Delgado Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, August 7, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Charles Andrew Brososky Sr. Monroe County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Monday, August 7, 1995 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Damion Cortez Roberts North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Wednesday, August 7, 1996 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Joey Dean Little Placentia Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 7, 1996 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Corrections Officer Bill C. Himstedt Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Friday, August 7, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Jeffrey Lee Springer Waxahachie Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, August 7, 1999 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper Randall Wade Vetter Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Monday, August 7, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective David L. Taylor Greensboro Police Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, August 7, 2001 Cause of Death: Heat exhaustion

 

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

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 51
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 3
Drowned: 1
Electrocuted: 1
Explosion: 1
Gunfire: 25
Heart attack: 3
Heat exhaustion: 2
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 2
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 2
Vehicular assault: 3

 

By State:
Alabama: 3
California: 5
Colorado: 2
Connecticut: 1
Florida: 2
Illinois: 3
Kentucky: 2
Michigan: 3
Montana: 2
Nebraska: 1
Nevada: 1
New York: 3
North Carolina: 2
North Dakota: 1
Ohio: 3
Oregon: 2
Pennsylvania: 1
Puerto Rico: 1
Railroad Police: 1
Texas: 5
U.S. Government: 4
Utah: 1
Washington: 2