New Orleans Police Department, Louisiana Fallen Officers

Honoring All Fallen Members of the . . .

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New Orleans Police Department
New Orleans, LA

Police Officer Alexander Algeo
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, March 26, 1856
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer John Coffee
Crescent City Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, April 22, 1883
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Chief of Police David C. Hennessy
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, October 16, 1890
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman John Hurley
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, April 4, 1892
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Corporal Thomas Fitzgerald
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, August 10, 1892
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Albert Turegano
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, February 9, 1893
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman John Petaway
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, October 10, 1893
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman John H. Keller
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, November 18, 1894
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman John Teen
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, April 27, 1896
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Martin Trimp
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, May 6, 1898
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Corporal Anthony Cleary
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, May 6, 1898
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Corporal Richard Fitzgerald
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, June 10, 1898
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Corporal Thomas Duffy
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, May 11, 1899
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Michael Hanley
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, May 10, 1900
Cause of Death: Assault

Patrolman Peter J. Lamb
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, July 24, 1900
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Captain John Day
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, July 24, 1900
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Corporal John F. Lally
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, July 28, 1900
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Sergeant Gabriel J. (Gabe) Porteous
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, July 28, 1900
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman John Thomas
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, March 10, 1901
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Charles Doyle
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, February 7, 1903
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Robert J. Combias
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, October 18, 1907
Cause of Death: Stabbed

Patrolman John Carroll
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, August 14, 1908
Cause of Death: Stabbed

Patrolman Charles Merritt
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, February 14, 1911
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Joseph Lacoste
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, November 1, 1911
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Dennis Egan
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, June 21, 1914
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Francis A. Burke
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, July 16, 1915
Cause of Death: Drowned

Captain Garry Owen Mullen
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, August 2, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Superintendent James W. Reynolds
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, August 2, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman William Brown
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, December 9, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Detective Patrick J. Kennedy
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, February 14, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Frank P. Connor
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, February 14, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Detective Theodore A. Obitz
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, May 26, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Corporal Charles A. Giblin
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, June 15, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Corporal Alfred J. Beyl
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, February 14, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Roselius Folse
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, July 20, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Pat Manning
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, May 27, 1921
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Patrolman Timothy Lynch Jr.
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, February 11, 1922
Cause of Death: Electrocuted

Patrolman George E. Heno
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, August 15, 1922
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Lemmie L. Fortenberry
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, February 17, 1924
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Jacob Uhle
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, December 24, 1924
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Anthony Lynch
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1925
Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar

Patrolman William C. Grunwald
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, December 24, 1925
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Frank C. Mahen
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, February 5, 1926
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Detective Albert Wiebelt
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, January 3, 1928
Cause of Death: Drowned

Detective Richard Connors
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, January 3, 1928
Cause of Death: Drowned

Patrolman Lester H. Johnson
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, January 18, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman William Blumstein
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, November 24, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Ernest A. Grillot
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, December 24, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Cornelius L. Ford
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, March 9, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Albert E. Oestriecher
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, March 9, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Corporal George P. Weidert
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, March 9, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Captain James L. Daniels
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, April 16, 1933
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Detective James T. Ford
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, December 1, 1934
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman James A. Ranna
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, February 4, 1938
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Sergeant James J. Adams
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, December 27, 1940
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Patrolman Herman O. Raschke
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, June 15, 1941
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Patrolman Fred Krummel
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, January 16, 1942
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman George O'Donnell
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, December 5, 1944
Cause of Death: Animal related

Patrolman Frederick L. Braud
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, September 17, 1945
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Leslie J. Oster Sr.
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, July 31, 1947
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Detective Nicholas G. Jacob
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, September 6, 1948
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Charles R. Johns
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, January 2, 1949
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Marvin R. Morton
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, December 29, 1950
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Patrolman George W. Heaney
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, November 29, 1951
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Benson J. Walker
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, August 11, 1952
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Patrolman Harold J. Powell
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, January 11, 1955
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Patrolman Percival A. Johnson
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, September 10, 1955
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Lawrence H. Pool
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, March 14, 1956
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Sergeant Paul L. C. Paretti
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, February 13, 1957
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Allen C. Steele
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, October 16, 1959
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Dennis R. Fremin
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, April 18, 1961
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Patrolman Joseph J. Enright III
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, August 30, 1961
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Patrolman Gilbert D. Benitez
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, August 13, 1963
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Charles T. Kramer
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, March 8, 1965
Cause of Death: Asphyxiation

Patrolman Thomas F. Jackson
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, February 26, 1966
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman James D. Clayton
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, September 12, 1966
Cause of Death: Electrocuted

Sergeant Lloyd E. Verrett Sr.
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, October 5, 1967
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Delmar E. Stone
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, February 26, 1968
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Peter Edward Bergeron Jr.
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, December 12, 1969
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Victor E. Bordeaux
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, August 26, 1970
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Cadet Alfred E. Harrell
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, December 31, 1972
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Deputy Superintendent Louis Joseph Sirgo
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Paul A. Persigo
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Philip J. Coleman Sr.
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Kasimar Zinga Sr.
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, February 21, 1973
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Sergeant Edwin C. Hosli Sr.
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, March 5, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Dennis J. McInerney
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, February 26, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Detective Joseph R. Tardiff Jr.
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, February 28, 1975
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Captain Thomas J. Albert Sr.
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, February 21, 1979
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Patrolman Ronald Duplechain
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, November 17, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Gregory J. Neupert
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, November 8, 1980
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Noel Smith
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, February 8, 1984
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Police Officer Thomas Michael Phillips
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, August 28, 1987
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Police Officer Earl Joseph Hauck II
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, March 22, 1990
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Darren Ahmed
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, March 14, 1991
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Police Officer Talton E. Jett Sr.
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, November 17, 1992
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Police Officer Ronald A. Williams II
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, March 4, 1995
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Chris D. McCormick Sr.
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, July 17, 1996
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Detective Joseph C. Thomas
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, July 18, 1996
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Sergeant Morris Cavaliere Jr.
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, April 26, 1998
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Reserve Officer Johnnie Mae Clanton
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, June 23, 1999
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Police Officer Christopher Wayne Russell
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, August 4, 2002
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Alva Ray Simmons
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, July 10, 2004
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer George August Tessier III
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Police Officer LaToya Nicole Johnson
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, August 9, 2004
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Christopher John Doyle III
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, November 18, 2005
Cause of Death: Duty related illness

Police Officer Thelonious Anthony Dukes Sr.
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Friday, November 9, 2007
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Nicola Diane Cotton
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, January 28, 2008
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 108

The New Orleans Police Department 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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