Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia Fallen Officers

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Metropolitan Police Department
Washington, DC

Officer Francis M. Doyle
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Friday, December 29, 1871
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer John H. Fowler
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, September 9, 1884
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Americus N. Crippin
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, November 5, 1889
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Adolphus C. Constantine
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Thursday, September 10, 1891
Cause of Death: Drowned

Officer Junius B. Slack
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Friday, November 27, 1891
Cause of Death: Stabbed

Sergeant Frederick M. (Fritz) Passau
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, May 17, 1899
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer John J. Smith
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1904
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer William E. Yetton
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, November 9, 1908
Cause of Death: Animal related

Captain William H. Mathews
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Friday, March 5, 1909
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Crossing Policeman Eugene Calvin Smith
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1910
Cause of Death: Fall

Officer William Charles Farquhar
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, October 22, 1913
Cause of Death: Duty related illness

Officer Willie R. Gawen
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, March 2, 1915
Cause of Death: Bicycle accident

Lieutenant David T. Dunigan
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, May 21, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer John A. Conrad
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, May 21, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Lester M. Kidwell
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Thursday, July 11, 1918
Cause of Death: Fall

Detective Harry Wilson
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, July 21, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Home Defense Officer Isaac B. Halbfinger
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, July 22, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer James E. Armstrong
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, December 20, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Oscar A. McKimmie
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, January 17, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Preston E. Bradley
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, February 21, 1921
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Officer Samuel C. Hayden
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, February 27, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer George D. Chinn
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Thursday, October 20, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Edmund P. Keleher
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, January 10, 1922
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Officer Frederick G. Stange
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, February 28, 1923
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Officer John Purcell
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, October 17, 1923
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Raymond C. Leisinger
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Thursday, August 28, 1924
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Claude C. Koontz
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, November 30, 1925
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

Officer Earl A. Skinner
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, June 9, 1926
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Officer Leo W. K. Busch
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, September 28, 1926
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer James G. Helm
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, February 11, 1928
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Officer Claude O. Rupe
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, October 14, 1928
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Officer John Francis McAuliffe
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, January 21, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer William S. Buchanan
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Thursday, April 18, 1929
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Officer Harry J. McDonald
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, July 22, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Edgar Preston Alexander
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, November 16, 1929
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Officer Ross H. Kaylor
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1929
Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar

Officer Frederick W. Bauer
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Friday, June 6, 1930
Cause of Death: Accidental

Officer Frank J. Scoville
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, September 24, 1930
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Officer Jessie L. Taylor
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, May 17, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Charles D. Poole
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, August 4, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Arthur H. Gelhar
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1931
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Officer Elmer A. Swanson
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, July 5, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer George W. Shinault
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Raymond V. Sinclair
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Friday, December 28, 1934
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Officer Frank L. Nussbaum
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, February 16, 1936
Cause of Death: Fall

Detective Sergeant Paul W. Jones
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, March 14, 1936
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Officer Ernest T. Wessells
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, April 23, 1938
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Officer Richard T. Conklin
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, June 5, 1938
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Officer Raymond E. Grant
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, August 14, 1939
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Officer Robert W. Davis
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, January 1, 1940
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Sergeant Charles F. Cummins Jr.
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, June 12, 1940
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Uel M. Gaile
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, August 19, 1940
Cause of Death: Accidental

Officer Irving Rosenberg
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, February 15, 1942
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Officer Charles R. Johnston
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, May 9, 1943
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer William J. Weston Jr.
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, March 4, 1945
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Donald W. Downs
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, September 1, 1946
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Officer Harry E. Hamilton
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Friday, November 1, 1946
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Officer Richard H. Taylor
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Friday, December 13, 1946
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Hubert W. Estes
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Friday, May 16, 1947
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Mortimer P. Donoghue
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Thursday, September 16, 1948
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Corporal Grady A. Beacham
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Thursday, December 2, 1948
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer George W. Cassels
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, July 12, 1953
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Lester G. Myers
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Thursday, November 13, 1958
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Officer Harold K. Shelton
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, May 3, 1959
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Donald J. Brereton
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1960
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Terrell M. Dodson
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, April 17, 1960
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

Detective Sergeant James Roche
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, June 30, 1962
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Officer Elmer L. Hunter
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, March 20, 1963
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer David C. Higginbotham
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, December 7, 1963
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Officer Robert D. Handwerk
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Friday, January 24, 1964
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Martin I. Donovan
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Thursday, July 9, 1964
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Marcus P. Willis
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, December 27, 1965
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Officer Marvin Lee Stocker
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, March 23, 1966
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Russell W. Ponton
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, May 2, 1967
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Detective Gilbert M. Silvia
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, November 25, 1967
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Lawrence L. Dorsey
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Friday, February 2, 1968
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Eugene I. Williams
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, February 27, 1968
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Stephen Acheson Williams
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, July 2, 1968
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Willie C. Ivery Jr.
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Friday, November 15, 1968
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Officer David C. Hawfield
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, July 14, 1969
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Officer Michael J. Cody
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, July 14, 1969
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Officer Allan L. Nairn
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, November 30, 1969
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Officer David H. Rose
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, February 20, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Officer Glenn Patrick Fisher
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, March 10, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Jerrard F. Young
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Friday, May 21, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer William L. Sigmon
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, May 25, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Jerry Wayne Morris
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, December 4, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Dana Edward Harwood
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, September 25, 1972
Cause of Death: Drowned

Officer Ronnie W. Hassell
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, December 2, 1972
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Officer George D. Jones Jr.
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, March 24, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Gail A. Cobb
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Friday, September 20, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Sergeant Michael J. Acri
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, October 16, 1976
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Bruce W. Wilson
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, April 26, 1977
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Bernis Carr Jr.
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Thursday, February 16, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Alfred V. Jackson
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, June 6, 1979
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident

Officer Richard F. Giguere
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, June 6, 1979
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident

Officer Arthur P. Snyder
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, February 12, 1980
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Donald G. Luning
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, September 14, 1982
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Robert K. Best
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, December 15, 1982
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Raymond E. Mumford
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Friday, March 11, 1983
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Sergeant Joseph M. Cournoyer
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, January 29, 1985
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Kevin Joseph Welsh
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, August 4, 1986
Cause of Death: Drowned

Officer Robert Remington
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1987
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer James L. Gordon
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, December 14, 1987
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Officer Ernest Carlyle Ricks III
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, May 17, 1989
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Officer Jason Edward White
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Thursday, December 30, 1993
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Sergeant Henry Joseph Daly
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, November 22, 1994
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer James Madison McGee Jr.
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, February 7, 1995
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Officer Scott Shaffer Lewis
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, October 9, 1995
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Anthony W. Simms
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, June 3, 1996
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Master Patrol Officer Brian T. A. Gibson
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, February 5, 1997
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Oliver Wendell Smith Jr.
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1997
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Robert L. Johnson Jr.
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, April 26, 1997
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Thomas Franklin Hamlette Jr.
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, July 18, 1998
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Sergeant John Samuel Ashley
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Sunday, May 30, 2004
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Sergeant Clifton Rife II
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Reserve Sergeant Joseph Pozell
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Police Officer James C. McBride
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Cause of Death: Duty related illness

Sergeant Gerard Walter Burke Jr.
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Thursday, March 23, 2006
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Police Officer Wayne Pitt
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 120

Accidental: 2
Aircraft accident: 2
Animal related: 1
Automobile accident: 8
Bicycle accident: 1
Drowned: 3
Duty related illness: 2
Fall: 3
Gunfire: 61
Gunfire (Accidental): 7
Heart attack: 4
Motorcycle accident: 12
Stabbed: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 4
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 6

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