Officer Down Memorial Page

Patrolman Anthony Kemper
Cincinnati Police Division, OH
EOW: Wednesday, February 23, 1876
Cause of Death: Assault

Jailer Floyd Coberly
Denton County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1897
Cause of Death: Assault

Policeman August F. Brusius
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1907
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Judson P. Davis
Seattle Police Department, WA
EOW: Thursday, February 23, 1911
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Detective William L. Humphries
Wichita Police Department, KS
EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1915
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Edward L. Broadfoot
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer William F. Hayes
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO
EOW: Sunday, February 23, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman William H. Welch
Framingham Police Department, MA
EOW: Friday, February 23, 1923
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Fred A. Peitsch
St. Paul Police Department, MN
EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1926
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Policeman Carl Drake
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1926
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Police Officer John Schultz
St. Paul Police Department, MN
EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1926
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Richard Nash
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Wednesday, February 23, 1927
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Chief of Police James Albert Welch
New Cumberland Police Department, PA
EOW: Thursday, February 23, 1928
Cause of Death: Bomb

Patrolman William T. Wilson
Dayton Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, February 23, 1928
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff Linder Newsome
Forsyth County Sheriff's Department, NC
EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1929
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

Probationary Patrolman Edward P. Keenan
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Sunday, February 23, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Police Officer Robert Bahlke
Milwaukee Police Department, WI
EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1932
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Police Officer Patrick F. Whalen
Yonkers Police Department, NY
EOW: Friday, February 23, 1934
Cause of Death: Explosion

Officer James Banahan
Lexington Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1935
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Officer Reynold Wolfe
Omaha Police Department, NE
EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1935
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Railroad Detective William Myrtle McIntyre
Southern Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1935
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Colonel Francis E. Riggs
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Sunday, February 23, 1936
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Deputy Marshal Charles Logan Vanstory
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Sunday, February 23, 1936
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Investigator Howard Russell Bunting
Illinois Department of Conservation - Division of Law Enforcement, IL
EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1957
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Officer Richard D. Duvall
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1960
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Victor H. Turpen
Georgia State Patrol, GA
EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1965
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Constable Ernest Wilson Walters
Forsyth County Sheriff's Department, NC
EOW: Wednesday, February 23, 1966
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Lieutenant Joseph D. Ferris
Louisiana State Police, LA
EOW: Friday, February 23, 1968
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Detective Melvin Wilmoth
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO
EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Jonah Darrell Cox
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Richard P. Burns
Newark Police Department, NJ
EOW: Sunday, February 23, 1975
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer George Howard Hall
Metro Nashville Police Department, TN
EOW: Monday, February 23, 1976
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Charles Robert Coates, II
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, February 23, 1983
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Officer Thomas M. Rees
West Jordan Police Department, UT
EOW: Sunday, February 23, 1986
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Deputy Sheriff Richard Walter Blancher
Alameda County Sheriff's Office, CA
EOW: Sunday, February 23, 1986
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Border Patrol Agent John Robert McCravey
United States Department of Justice - Border Patrol, US
EOW: Monday, February 23, 1987
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

Officer Jeffrey Norman Ritchey
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Monday, February 23, 1987
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Officer Kevin Michael Burrell
Compton Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, February 23, 1993
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Sergeant Howard J. Plouff
Winston-Salem Police Department, NC
EOW: Friday, February 23, 2007
Cause of Death: Gunfire