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Ohio State Highway Patrol
Columbus, OH

Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHSergeant John F. Best
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Monday, June 17, 1935
Cause of Death: Electrocuted
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman Leroy S. Bedell
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Tuesday, August 20, 1935
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman James E. Ivory
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Tuesday, January 7, 1936
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman Charles W. Timberlake
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Friday, August 7, 1936
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman Karl E. Bushong
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Monday, June 7, 1937
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman George A. Conn
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Monday, September 27, 1937
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman Charles G. Cannon
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1938
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman John G. Hough
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Tuesday, December 3, 1940
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman Paul L. McManis
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Sunday, September 28, 1941
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHCorporal John E. Ruch
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Wednesday, March 4, 1942
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHLieutenant Vance M. Andrews
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Wednesday, November 21, 1945
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman James P. Gardner
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Saturday, February 28, 1948
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman Harry D. Grimes
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Sunday, June 8, 1952
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman James A. Fredericka
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Friday, May 8, 1953
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman Earl W. Casterline
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Monday, October 19, 1953
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman Frank J. Hossler
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Saturday, September 22, 1956
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman Robert E. Karsmizki
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Sunday, March 31, 1957
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman Ernest E. Cole
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Saturday, October 3, 1964
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman Jon D. Birchem
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Monday, February 27, 1967
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHSergeant Harold K. Hanning
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Thursday, August 6, 1970
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHLieutenant James A. Kirkendall
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Wednesday, October 28, 1970
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman Joel F. Miller
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Monday, December 6, 1971
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman Carl L. Thrush
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Sunday, February 6, 1972
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman William J. Keller
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Saturday, October 14, 1972
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman David L. Sterner
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Sunday, February 25, 1973
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHPatrolman Jerry R. Neff
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Wednesday, January 30, 1974
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHSergeant Edward G. Moore
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Friday, July 23, 1976
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHTrooper Charles V. Vogel Jr.
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Thursday, January 24, 1980
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHTrooper William R. Bender
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Saturday, November 20, 1982
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHTrooper Jody S. Dye
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Friday, July 5, 1985
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHTrooper Wendy G. Everett
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Friday, August 5, 1988
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHTrooper Kenneth A. Maloney
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Saturday, July 28, 1990
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHTrooper James R. Gross
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Friday, January 19, 1996
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHTrooper Robert Perez Jr.
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Monday, May 15, 2000
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHTrooper Frank G. Vazquez
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Tuesday, November 6, 2001
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHSergeant Dale Rodney Holcomb
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Thursday, September 28, 2006
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHTrooper Joshua Patrick Risner
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Thursday, September 28, 2006
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Ohio State Highway Patrol, OHTrooper Jack P. Holland II
Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH
EOW: Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Cause of Death: Animal related


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 38

Aircraft accident: 2
Animal related: 1
Automobile accident: 12
Electrocuted: 1
Gunfire: 3
Motorcycle accident: 4
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 6
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 4

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