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Memphis Police Department
Memphis, TN

Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman W. Stith Tucker
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Saturday, May 5, 1860
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman John W. Causey
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, December 31, 1861
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNSergeant W.C. Stockham
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, February 22, 1865
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman William Mower
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Thursday, March 1, 1866
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman John Stevens
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, May 1, 1866
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman John M. Claridge
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, April 23, 1867
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Walter M. Rogers
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, June 4, 1867
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman John M. Fenton
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, December 31, 1867
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman John Gear
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, March 13, 1868
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNCaptain Somers Perry
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, June 12, 1868
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNSergeant D. J. Finch
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Monday, March 8, 1869
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman John Regan
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, July 13, 1870
Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Rufus C. Parkinson
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, November 2, 1894
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNDetective Joseph A. Perkins
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, July 17, 1900
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Robert C. Jameson
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Monday, October 17, 1904
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman W. Edwin Miller
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Sunday, February 10, 1907
Cause of Death: Drowned
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrol Driver John H. Ryan
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Saturday, March 19, 1910
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman John M. Taylor
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Saturday, June 22, 1912
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Andrew Jackson
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, January 14, 1914
Cause of Death: Electrocuted
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNSergeant Julius S. Brett
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Monday, August 30, 1915
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Edward L. Broadfoot
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman A. L. White
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Sunday, April 13, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNSergeant John C. Brinkley
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, June 13, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Guy Saint
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, January 7, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Vic Zambroni
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, March 23, 1920
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman James S. Holmes
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, September 21, 1920
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman James J. McNeill
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, December 14, 1920
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Polk C. Caraway
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, August 10, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNLieutenant Vincent Lucarini
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, August 10, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNSergeant J. L. Bell
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Thursday, September 1, 1921
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman P. T. Fleet
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Thursday, November 3, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Jesse P. Wooten
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, February 21, 1922
Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Charles F. Stevens
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Saturday, August 4, 1923
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman T. B. Knox
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Sunday, April 5, 1925
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman W. R. Bridges
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Saturday, April 20, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Walter H. McEwen
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Monday, December 30, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman C. J. Redder
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Thursday, October 22, 1931
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Roy A. Scott
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Thursday, February 20, 1936
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman George W. Ham
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Thursday, February 27, 1936
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman C. C. Musick
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, July 2, 1937
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman John Cannon
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, June 30, 1939
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman James E. Walker
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Saturday, April 12, 1952
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Joseph Palazolla
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Monday, November 30, 1959
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Frank Bruno Jr.
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, October 7, 1960
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Morris E. White
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, November 20, 1963
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman James E. Harper Jr.
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, February 12, 1964
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Dennis J. Jobe
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, September 22, 1970
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Michael D. Wright Jr.
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Saturday, September 9, 1972
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman David W. Clark
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Monday, May 21, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Edward John Hammond Jr.
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, November 23, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman McCord L. Springfield
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Saturday, March 12, 1977
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman James N. Bush Jr.
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, December 29, 1978
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman James L. Jefferson
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Saturday, August 18, 1979
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNLieutenant Clarence P. Cox Jr.
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, May 12, 1981
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNLieutenant Ronald D. Oliver
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, August 5, 1981
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Larry P. Childress
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Thursday, January 14, 1982
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Charles L. Harrison
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Thursday, May 6, 1982
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPolice Officer John Wesley Sykes Jr.
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, December 31, 1982
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Robert S. Hester
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1983
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPolice Service Technician Booker T. Shaw
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, December 17, 1985
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrol Officer John E. Reeve
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Monday, September 9, 1991
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNMajor Rufus Gates
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Monday, November 7, 1994
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPolice Officer II Dannael James Weekes
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, March 7, 1997
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman Don Williams
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Thursday, January 29, 1998
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman II Don Lee Overton
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, October 12, 1999
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman John Harold Robinson Jr.
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, December 1, 1999
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPolice Officer Clayton Wayne Hicks Jr.
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, November 14, 2000
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman II Anthony Louis Woods
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Memphis Police Department, TNPatrolman II Marlon Allen Titus
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Cause of Death: Automobile accident


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 69

Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 4
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 1
Electrocuted: 1
Gunfire: 37
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Motorcycle accident: 5
Stabbed: 3
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 4
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 6

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