The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - August 10th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman John A. Branagan New York Metropolitan Police Force, NY EOW: Tuesday, August 10, 1869 Cause of Death: Accidental Officer John G. Duff Versailles Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, August 10, 1874 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal John Collins United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, August 10, 1883 Cause of Death: Gunfire Undersheriff Neil Marshall Benzie County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Saturday, August 10, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal James O. Hager United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, August 10, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George Washington Hall Chillicothe Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, August 10, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Abraham Conrad Eugene Town Marshal's Office, IN EOW: Wednesday, August 10, 1892 Cause of Death: Stabbed Corporal Thomas Fitzgerald New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Wednesday, August 10, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Special Deputy Marshal J. Perry Griggs United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, August 10, 1893 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff Charles Proctor United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, August 10, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Dalton Dayton Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, August 10, 1899 Cause of Death: Animal related Deputy Sheriff George M. Leftwich Jack County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Saturday, August 10, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Leonard S. Rich Webb City Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, August 10, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff George A. Stillwell Suffolk County Sheriff's Depart..., NY EOW: Friday, August 10, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles E. Twitchell Rochester Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, August 10, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert L. Marshall Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, August 10, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Detective Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Hagan Jacksonville Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, August 10, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Vincent Lucarini Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, August 10, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Polk C. Caraway Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, August 10, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Patrick H. Doherty Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, August 10, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harry Gaster Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, August 10, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William F. Hodges Savannah Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, August 10, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sergeant Louis Bertucci Richmond Police Department, VA EOW: Monday, August 10, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Henry Franklin Howie Big Spring Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, August 10, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Ben McCullough Coffee County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Saturday, August 10, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John W. Dieken Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, August 10, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Nels Goodman Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Tuesday, August 10, 1937 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Joseph B. Mathews California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, August 10, 1939 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Warden Jess Dunn Oklahoma Department of Corrections, OK EOW: Sunday, August 10, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William A. Ford Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Sunday, August 10, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Clinton Benjamin California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, August 10, 1942 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Raymond A. Geiger California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, August 10, 1956 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Detective Paul B. Whitehead Lincoln Police Department, NE EOW: Thursday, August 10, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer David Noel Seibert Torrance Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, August 10, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Roland Hicks Jr. Camp Hill Police Department, AL EOW: Sunday, August 10, 1969 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer John Daniel Kennedy Delray Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, August 10, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John Harold Larson St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, August 10, 1974 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Wallace Johnson Mowbray Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Sunday, August 10, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Jimmie Weldon Parks Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Sunday, August 10, 1975 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle             Deputy Sheriff Dennis Donald Bouchie Itasca County Sheriff's Department, MN EOW: Friday, August 10, 1979 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Ernest J. Dankert Saginaw County Sheriff's Depart..., MI EOW: Friday, August 10, 1979 Cause of Death: Heart attack Chief Deputy Sheriff Clyde E. Hobbs Uvalde County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, August 10, 1982 Cause of Death: Assault Corporal Phillip Gene Osterman Arkansas State Police, AR EOW: Saturday, August 10, 1985 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Hakim Azim Farthing United States Department of the..., US EOW: Saturday, August 10, 2002 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault            Captain Michael Lawrence Sparkes Sr. Los Angeles County Office of Pu..., CA EOW: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Terry Lee Melancon Jr. Baton Rouge City Police Department, LA EOW: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James C. McBride Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Cause of Death: Duty related illness            Deputy Sheriff Timothy David Graham Pima County Sheriff's Department, AZ EOW: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

 

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

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 48
Accidental: 1
Aircraft accident: 1
Animal related: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 1
Duty related illness: 2
Gunfire: 28
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 4
Stabbed: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
Arizona: 1
Arkansas: 1
California: 5
District of Columbia: 1
Florida: 2
Georgia: 1
Illinois: 2
Indiana: 1
Louisiana: 2
Maryland: 1
Michigan: 2
Minnesota: 2
Missouri: 3
Nebraska: 1
New York: 3
Ohio: 2
Oklahoma: 2
Tennessee: 3
Texas: 5
U.S. Government: 5
Virginia: 1
Wisconsin: 1