The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - August 12th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sheriff William A. Phoenix Amador County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Sunday, August 12, 1855 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Cesario Lucero Cochise County Sheriff's Depart..., AZ EOW: Sunday, August 12, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Murrettus (Rhett) McGregor Dade County Sheriff's Department, FL EOW: Monday, August 12, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Collector Frank B. Robson United States Department of the..., US EOW: Wednesday, August 12, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph J. Heffernan Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Friday, August 12, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Ernest Conrad Summit County Sheriff's Department, CO EOW: Friday, August 12, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Timothy T. Devine Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, August 12, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles Pennell Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, August 12, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Anthony Korizek Lewis and Clark County Sheriff'..., MT EOW: Friday, August 12, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Zeno Fults St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, August 12, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William A. Campbell Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, August 12, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Abner Matlock Atascosa County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Saturday, August 12, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Carl Besalki Decatur Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, August 12, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Ed Miller Cochise County Sheriff's Depart..., AZ EOW: Tuesday, August 12, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Albert Anderson Oakland County Sheriff's Depart..., MI EOW: Sunday, August 12, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Louis H. Niederschulte St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, August 12, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Edwin B. Butler Alleghany County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Saturday, August 12, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Detective Sergeant John W. Cabiness Little Rock Police Department, AR EOW: Saturday, August 12, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Special Deputy Marshal Will Cross United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, August 12, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrol Officer Asa Duke Mullis Sr. Valdosta Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, August 12, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Correctional Officer John L. Sweeney Oregon Department of Corrections, OR EOW: Wednesday, August 12, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Correctional Officer James Milton Holman Oregon Department of Corrections, OR EOW: Wednesday, August 12, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Constable George Rutherford Wineger Constable's Office, WI EOW: Thursday, August 12, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Lewell S. Henderson DeKalb County Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, August 12, 1927 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Miles Henry Phillips DeKalb County Police Department, GA EOW: Friday, August 12, 1927 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman James Edwin Waldon Chillicothe Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, August 12, 1928 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Robert J. Card Sterling Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, August 12, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sergeant Jack E. Penn Bloomington Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, August 12, 1931 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper Raymond J. Chippendale New York State Police, NY EOW: Friday, August 12, 1932 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper John L. McCabe Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Saturday, August 12, 1933 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Marshal Robert W. Dawson Adams County Sheriff's Office, WA EOW: Monday, August 12, 1940 Cause of Death: Assault Police Officer Karl F. Kohler Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, August 12, 1943 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Rubert W. Franks El Centro Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, August 12, 1948 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman James J. McGillion New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, August 12, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Richard E. Pelkey Lake Placid Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, August 12, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles O. Woodworth California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 12, 1964 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Harold Levine New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, August 12, 1966 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Patrolman David Campbell Woodson Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, August 12, 1968 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Larry Joe Dean Clinton Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, August 12, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Charles S. Knowles Seabrook Police Department, NH EOW: Sunday, August 12, 1973 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Robert Hugh Milligan Broward County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Saturday, August 12, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ronald E. Pope Prichard Police Department, AL EOW: Saturday, August 12, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Police Officer Clark Anthony Wooldridge Las Vegas Metropolitan Police D..., NV EOW: Sunday, August 12, 1979 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Robert N. Yezzi Bensalem Township Police Depart..., PA EOW: Tuesday, August 12, 1980 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant Joe F. Gurney Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Friday, August 12, 1988 Cause of Death: Animal related Police Officer Henry Larry Caraballo Pearson Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, August 12, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Security Policeman Sean Elms United States Air Force Securit..., US EOW: Monday, August 12, 1991 Cause of Death: Training accident Senior Deputy Lisa Dianne Whitney Ventura County Sheriff's Depart..., CA EOW: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Stephen Michael Linen Jr. California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, August 12, 2001 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

 

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

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 49
Animal related: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Gunfire: 28
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 6
Struck by vehicle: 2
Training accident: 1
Vehicular assault: 2

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
Arizona: 2
Arkansas: 1
California: 5
Colorado: 1
Florida: 2
Georgia: 4
Illinois: 6
Kentucky: 1
Michigan: 1
Missouri: 3
Montana: 1
Nevada: 1
New Hampshire: 1
New York: 4
Ohio: 1
Oklahoma: 1
Oregon: 2
Pennsylvania: 2
Texas: 3
U.S. Government: 3
Virginia: 1
Washington: 1
Wisconsin: 1