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West Virginia State Police
South Charleston, WV

Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVPrivate Ernest Ripley
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Thursday, November 18, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVPrivate Charles M. Kackley
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Wednesday, May 25, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVPrivate William L. McMillion
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Tuesday, June 28, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVPrivate George A. Duling
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Sunday, August 28, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVPrivate Howard A. Deem
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Saturday, June 3, 1922
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVPrivate James Shrewsbury
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Thursday, July 12, 1923
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVPrivate Ulric C. Crawford
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Friday, June 20, 1924
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVPrivate Theodore R. Meadows
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Saturday, April 17, 1926
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVPrivate James L. Lowe
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Monday, June 28, 1926
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVPrivate Blake A. Michael
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Sunday, May 1, 1927
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVPrivate Arza A. Allen
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Thursday, November 1, 1928
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVSergeant William Hall
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Sunday, October 19, 1930
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper Farley K. Litton
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Friday, November 8, 1935
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper Allen Henry Bennett Jeffreys
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Sunday, July 16, 1939
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper Franklin D. Patrick
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Sunday, August 27, 1939
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVSergeant Newton Tressel Sites
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Monday, August 31, 1942
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper Burr White Harrison
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Monday, December 3, 1945
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVSergeant Joseph Pierce Horne
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Monday, September 9, 1946
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVCorporal Arthur M. Hurst
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Friday, June 17, 1949
Cause of Death: Drowned
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper Robert F. Rulong
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Monday, February 10, 1958
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVCorporal Harry E. Robinson
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Tuesday, November 27, 1962
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVCorporal William Joseph Shrewsbury
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Saturday, September 28, 1963
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper Robert Ball Noechel
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Monday, November 1, 1965
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper Hugh Donald Swartz
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Monday, October 5, 1970
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper First Class Thomas Dean Hercules
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1977
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper Charles Henry Johnson
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1977
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper Bruce Thompson Brown
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Friday, October 14, 1977
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVCorporal Dewey C. Shrewsbury
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Wednesday, October 25, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper Philip S. Kesner
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Wednesday, November 7, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVCorporal Carlen Bill Stone
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Thursday, December 16, 1982
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper Harry G. Lucas Jr.
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Wednesday, September 12, 1984
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper Jonathan David Harris
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Thursday, July 11, 1985
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper William Howard Phillips
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Thursday, July 30, 1987
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper First Class James Thomas Brammer
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1989
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVSenior Trooper Larry Gene Hacker
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Friday, April 9, 1993
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVLieutenant Charles Matthew Turner
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Thursday, April 4, 1996
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVSenior Trooper Douglas Wayne Bland
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Tuesday, January 19, 1999
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: West Virginia State Police, WVTrooper Brian W. Linn
West Virginia State Police, WV
EOW: Friday, November 2, 2007
Cause of Death: Automobile accident


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 38

Aircraft accident: 4
Automobile accident: 8
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 16
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Motorcycle accident: 5
Vehicular assault: 2

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