New Jersey State Police, New Jersey Fallen Officers

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New Jersey State Police
West Trenton, NJ

Trooper William H. Marshall
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Wednesday, December 12, 1923
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper Robert E. Coyle
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Thursday, December 18, 1924
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Charles E. Ullrich
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Wednesday, February 17, 1926
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Herman Gloor Jr.
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Sunday, May 9, 1926
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper Walter Arrowsmith
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Thursday, August 5, 1926
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper Joseph A. Smith
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Thursday, August 4, 1927
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper David Z. Ernst
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Thursday, August 4, 1927
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper Peter Gladys
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Friday, December 28, 1928
Cause of Death: Stabbed

Trooper John Madden
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Sunday, March 3, 1929
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper John D. Divers
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Friday, May 2, 1930
Cause of Death: Duty related illness

Trooper Peter W. Ignatz
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Wednesday, March 4, 1931
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper Leonard P. McCandless
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Sunday, June 28, 1931
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper Michael J. Beylon
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, February 22, 1932
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper John Ressler
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Sunday, May 1, 1932
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper James R. Herbert
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Saturday, July 9, 1932
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper James Scotland
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Tuesday, February 19, 1935
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Warren G. Yenser
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Saturday, November 9, 1935
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Joseph Perry
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Wednesday, June 9, 1937
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper Matthew McManus
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, February 28, 1938
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper Vincent C. Vosbein
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Sunday, June 19, 1938
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper Walter B. Otte
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Wednesday, January 24, 1940
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper John I. Gregerson
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, April 28, 1941
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident

Trooper William J. Doolan
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, October 23, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Francis R. O'Brien
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, November 27, 1944
Cause of Death: Fire

Sergeant Cornelius A. O'Donnell
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, July 16, 1945
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Charles Kopf
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, September 27, 1948
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Walter R. Gawryla
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Friday, April 21, 1950
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper Emil J. Bock
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Saturday, May 26, 1951
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper Stanley A. Conn Jr.
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, August 27, 1951
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Trooper Joseph D. Wirth
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Sunday, November 25, 1951
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper First Class Joseph C. Walter
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Sunday, September 7, 1952
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Sergeant Frank A. Trainor
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, August 3, 1953
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Trooper John Anderson
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Tuesday, November 1, 1955
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper George Richard Dancy
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, May 28, 1956
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Finley Carl Fuchs
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Thursday, December 19, 1957
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Ronald E. Gray
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, December 1, 1958
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Hilary Welenc
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Friday, November 20, 1959
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Trooper John W. Staas
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Saturday, December 2, 1961
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Raymond P. Fiola
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, February 19, 1962
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Joseph Paul DeFrino
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, June 11, 1962
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Arthur J. Abagnale Jr.
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, June 11, 1962
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Milan Simcak
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, June 11, 1962
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Anthony Lukis Jr.
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Wednesday, May 4, 1966
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Thomas William Kavula
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Thursday, September 19, 1968
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Trooper Robert J. Prato
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Tuesday, December 2, 1969
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Trooper Russell John Moesta
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Thursday, November 19, 1970
Cause of Death: Struck by train

Trooper Marienus J. Segeren
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Sunday, July 25, 1971
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Robert Joseph Merenda
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, November 29, 1971
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Trooper Werner Foerster
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Wednesday, May 2, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Detective Thomas Atkins Dawson
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, August 13, 1973
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Philip Joseph Lamonaco
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, December 21, 1981
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper John P. McCarthy
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Saturday, September 25, 1982
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Lieutenant Lester Amos Pagano
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 1983
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Edward R. Errickson
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Wednesday, January 25, 1984
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Carlos M. Negron
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, May 7, 1984
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper William L. Carroll Jr.
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Thursday, July 12, 1984
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Detective Albert J. Mallen Sr.
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Wednesday, August 28, 1985
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Sergeant Theodore Moos
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Friday, February 27, 1987
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Trooper Thomas J. Hanratty
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Thursday, April 2, 1992
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Trooper II Marvin R. McCloud
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Tuesday, June 6, 1995
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper II Francis J. Bellaran
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Thursday, May 23, 1996
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

Trooper Scott M. Gonzalez
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Friday, October 24, 1997
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper I Christopher Scott Scales
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Tuesday, December 3, 2002
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Trooper Bertram Zimmerman III
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Thursday, February 5, 2004
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 64

Aircraft accident: 1
Automobile accident: 20
Duty related illness: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 11
Motorcycle accident: 17
Stabbed: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 8
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2

The New Jersey State Police is comprised of the following independent agencies and/or components (Note: Some of the agencies and/or components no longer exist):

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