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Massachusetts State Police
Framingham, MA

Patch image: Metropolitan Police Department, MAPatrolman William Mateer
Metropolitan Police Department, MA
EOW: Sunday, January 10, 1909
Cause of Death: Drowned
Patch image: Metropolitan Police Department, MAPatrolman Irving B. Harding
Metropolitan Police Department, MA
EOW: Friday, October 11, 1918
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MAPatrolman Llewellyn A. Lowther
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Saturday, September 20, 1924
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MAPatrolman George L. Prentiss
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Saturday, October 1, 1927
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MAPatrolman John E. Higgins
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Saturday, April 14, 1928
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Metropolitan Police Department, MAPatrolman Thomas J. Sullivan
Metropolitan Police Department, MA
EOW: Saturday, October 5, 1929
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MAPatrolman Charles A. Better
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Sunday, September 28, 1930
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MAPatrolman Charles F. McGonagle
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Tuesday, August 2, 1932
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MAPatrolman Earl W. Tobin
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Friday, March 30, 1934
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MAPatrol Officer Robert A. Edmonds
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1936
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MAPatrolman Joseph W. Kelly
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Saturday, July 23, 1938
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MASpecial Officer Albert T. Hayes
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Friday, February 9, 1940
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MAPatrolman Charles J. Collins
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Wednesday, May 20, 1942
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MAPatrolman Alfred A. Hewitt
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Wednesday, January 4, 1950
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MAPatrolman Daniel Furtado
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Sunday, October 8, 1950
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MAPatrolman Alje M. Savela
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Friday, August 31, 1951
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MAPatrolman Wallace E. Mathews
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Thursday, April 23, 1953
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper James H. Marshall
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Friday, October 21, 1960
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper Robert J. MacDougall
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Friday, August 6, 1971
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper Edward A. Mahoney
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Sunday, November 21, 1976
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper Perley K. Johnson Jr.
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Monday, February 13, 1978
Cause of Death: Fire
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper Donald E. Shea
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Saturday, December 16, 1978
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Metropolitan Police Department, MAPatrolman Paul Michael Kennefick
Metropolitan Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, July 14, 1982
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper George L. Hanna
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Saturday, February 26, 1983
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Metropolitan Police Department, MAOfficer Robert P. Dana
Metropolitan Police Department, MA
EOW: Sunday, March 25, 1984
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper Joseph Francis Moynihan Jr.
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Tuesday, June 19, 1990
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper Davidson Gould Whiting
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Thursday, August 18, 1994
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper Mark S. Charbonnier
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Friday, September 2, 1994
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper Paul Andrew Perry
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Wednesday, February 22, 1995
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper James Mattaliano
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Wednesday, February 22, 1995
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper James Brian Malloy
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Wednesday, January 22, 1997
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper Drew C. Chandler
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Friday, July 21, 2000
Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MADetective Joseph Elmer McCain
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Monday, October 22, 2001
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper Vincent P. Cila
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Friday, July 22, 2005
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Massachusetts State Police, MATrooper Paul Francis Barry
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Thursday, June 15, 2006
Cause of Death: Automobile accident


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 35

Aircraft accident: 3
Automobile accident: 8
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 6
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 11
Struck by vehicle: 2

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