The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - August 17th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Officer Thomas A. Welch Omaha Police Department, NE EOW: Friday, August 17, 1866 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Charles L. Lynch Alpena County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1887 Cause of Death: Gunfire Jailer Gustav A. Kaiser Dade County Sheriff's Department, FL EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Schroeder Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1901 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Patrol Officer Frank C. Skidmore New Castle Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Marshal Joseph W. Smith Bay Minette Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George H. Trumbull Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, August 17, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John C. Middlekauff Hagerstown Police Department, MD EOW: Monday, August 17, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Thomas S. Adubato Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire              U.S. Game Warden Edgar Albert Lindgren United States Department of the..., US EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Frank E. Hage Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Felt Jones Fayette County Police Department, GA EOW: Monday, August 17, 1925 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Charles S. Cooper Jr. Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, August 17, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Thomas G. Blount Walton County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Customs Agent Louis E. Babcock United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, August 17, 1931 Cause of Death: Drowned Sheriff Godfrey Click Kimball Iredell County Sheriff's Depart..., NC EOW: Friday, August 17, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert L. Kosmal Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Operative Henry E. Thomas United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, August 17, 1936 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Jefferson R. Holland Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Tuesday, August 17, 1937 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Private Elmer Ray Pyle Oregon State Police, OR EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Preston Bryant Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, August 17, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Roy Patterson Barton County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Gargan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Calvin Dotson Mercer County Sheriff's Department, WV EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas E. Webb Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Friday, August 17, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert H. Fossum Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Ermon Boyce Cox Arkansas State Police, AR EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Reserve Deputy Sheriff Robert Riley Lane County Sheriff's Department, OR EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1958 Cause of Death: Automobile accident            Reserve Officer Andrew F. (Pete) Sharp Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1963 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant Cornelius P. McGowan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1969 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Larry D. Minard Sr. Omaha Police Department, NE EOW: Monday, August 17, 1970 Cause of Death: Bomb Officer Levy McQuietor Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1972 Cause of Death: Fire Patrolman Jerry Tommie Wells Panama City Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, August 17, 1973 Cause of Death: Struck by train             Police Officer Dennis Lee O'Bradovich Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Raymond D. Hicks Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, August 17, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Patrolman Earl Charles (Chuck) Ashton Osburn Police Department, ID EOW: Tuesday, August 17, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George W. Redding California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1977 Cause of Death: Accidental Lieutenant Owen A. Landdeck Farmington Police Department, NM EOW: Friday, August 17, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer Thomas Schimenti Jr. New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, August 17, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Albert Patch California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1980 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sheriff Earl S. Dyess Sr. Hendry County Sheriff's Department, FL EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1980 Cause of Death: Stabbed Auxiliary Sergeant Denis P. Foley Will County Sheriff's Office, IL EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Clinton Wayne Crawford Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Monday, August 17, 1987 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Jonathan Dayne Janey Putnam County Sheriff's Department, WV EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Patrick Elton Roberts Jr. Brazoria County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Friday, August 17, 1990 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Officer Jimmie Lamar Haynes Chicago Housing Authority Polic..., IL EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Teresa Jean Hawkins Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, August 17, 1993 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Captain Thomas M. Beahm Wisconsin Department of Correct..., WI EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1994 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Corporal Michael Rush Carrithers Louisville Housing Authority Po..., KY EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1995 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Border Patrol Agent Lawrence B. Pierce United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1995 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff I Ralph Edward Zylka Milwaukee County Sheriff's Depa..., WI EOW: Thursday, August 17, 2000 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Deputy Sheriff Sung Hui Bang Milwaukee County Sheriff's Depa..., WI EOW: Thursday, August 17, 2000 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Police Officer Kevin William Schultz Pojoaque Pueblo Tribal Police D..., TR EOW: Saturday, August 17, 2002 Cause of Death: Drowned Deputy Sheriff Andrew John Mazur Greenville County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Sunday, August 17, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Eric Peter Loiselle Essex County Sheriff's Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Corporal John A. (Jay) Sampietro Jr. Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 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: 56
Accidental: 1
Aircraft accident: 2
Automobile accident: 5
Bomb: 1
Drowned: 2
Duty related illness: 1
Electrocuted: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 30
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 3
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 4
Vehicular assault: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
Arkansas: 1
California: 3
Florida: 4
Georgia: 1
Idaho: 1
Illinois: 3
Indiana: 1
Kentucky: 2
Maryland: 1
Michigan: 2
Minnesota: 2
Missouri: 2
Nebraska: 2
New Jersey: 1
New Mexico: 1
New York: 4
North Carolina: 1
Ohio: 2
Oregon: 2
Pennsylvania: 4
South Carolina: 1
Texas: 2
Tribal Police: 1
U.S. Government: 4
Virginia: 1
West Virginia: 2
Wisconsin: 4