The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - August 16th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman James W. Jones Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1888 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Joseph Rosenberg Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1888 Cause of Death: Stabbed Officer Frederick J. Palmore Springfield Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff James Thomas (Tom) Garvey Fort Bend County Sheriff's Depa..., TX EOW: Friday, August 16, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward G. Shea Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1910 Cause of Death: Struck by train Marshal George M. Butcher Missouri Valley Police Department, IA EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Rowe Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, August 16, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Peter Howard Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, August 16, 1915 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sheriff Walter Davis Lyon County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Postal Inspector Elbert Perry Lamberth United States Postal Inspection..., US EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Deputy Constable Frederick James Smartt Fresno County Constable's Offic..., CA EOW: Friday, August 16, 1918 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Joseph Daly Aberdeen Police Department, SD EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1919 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Police Officer William Washington Moore Augusta Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Ben A. Harris Port Arthur Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Sam Doss Randolph Township Police Depart..., MO EOW: Monday, August 16, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Frank Hill Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman August Richard Michalke Elmira Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1928 Cause of Death: Fall Patrolman Thomas W. England Hillside Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1932 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Special Agent Nelson B. Klein United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, August 16, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Ruben Wallen St. Charles Police Department, VA EOW: Sunday, August 16, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Paul Kritzeck Wright County Sheriff's Office, MN EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Jesse E. Mills Greenville Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph Sternberg Nassau County Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, August 16, 1954 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Robert E. Lee New Mexico State Police, NM EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1960 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Francis Bradley Westchester County Parkway Poli..., NY EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1960 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant Charles E. Gray Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1961 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Roy Cecil (Bull) Massey Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1961 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Corrections Officer Raymond A. Wietstock North Dakota State Industrial S..., ND EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1966 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman James Alfano Jr. Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, August 16, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Charles Edward Bradford Muscle Shoals Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1972 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Howard Louis Johnson Roseville Police Department, MN EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Deputy Sheriff Steven Douglas Lindblom Madera County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Norman Allard New Britain Police Department, CT EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)              Deputy City Marshal Charles H. Baker Houston City Marshal's Office, TX EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Policeman Secundino Morales-Maldonado Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman David Wayne Clark Shawnee Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1980 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Captain John Louis Francisco Sr. Richmond County Sheriff's Office, GA EOW: Monday, August 16, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Pilot Lansing Lloyd Warren Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1983 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Reserve Deputy Sheriff Ray Mallory Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1983 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident              Patrolman Thomas Joseph Dietzman Jr. Aurora Police Department, CO EOW: Friday, August 16, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Policeman Eladio Aponte-Rivera Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, August 16, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Ray Delton Bockman Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1986 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Sergeant Marvin Ray Kline Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1986 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Pilot Douglas Robert Moonen Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1986 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident             Reserve Deputy Sheriff John Wesley Wright Hawkins County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Joseph Galapo New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Trooper Jacqueline Vernon Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1988 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrol Officer Robert Louis John Galveston Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1990 Cause of Death: Struck by train Sergeant Dennis N. Glivar Garfield Heights Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Herbert Berkeley Stovall Jr. Peralta Community College Distr..., CA EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Shayne Daniel York Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Issac (Ike) Veal Honolulu Police Department, HI EOW: Monday, August 16, 2004 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: 52
Aircraft accident: 5
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 7
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 23
Gunfire (Accidental): 4
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 3
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
California: 9
Colorado: 1
Connecticut: 1
Georgia: 4
Hawaii: 1
Illinois: 3
Iowa: 1
Kansas: 2
Kentucky: 2
Minnesota: 2
Missouri: 2
New Jersey: 1
New Mexico: 1
New York: 4
North Carolina: 1
North Dakota: 1
Ohio: 1
Oklahoma: 1
Puerto Rico: 2
South Dakota: 1
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 5
U.S. Government: 2
Virginia: 2