1944 Honor Roll of Heroes |
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Patrolman Patrick Joseph Malone
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Wednesday, January 5, 1944
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
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Deputy Sheriff Jess Claude White
Ellis County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Saturday, January 8, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Sergeant Patrick Ryan
Cleveland Division of Police, OH
EOW: Friday, January 14, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
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Sergeant Irving I. Snyder
United States War Department - Naval Civilian Police, US
EOW: Friday, January 14, 1944
Cause of Death: Heart attack
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Chief of Police Walter S. Dukes
Branchville Police Department, SC
EOW: Sunday, January 16, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Deputy Sheriff Gary E. Fairey
Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office, SC
EOW: Thursday, January 20, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Policeman Ernesto Torres-Rivera
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Saturday, January 22, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Constable Clarence Wesley Reed
Williamson County Constable's Office, TN
EOW: Friday, January 28, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Police Officer Joseph C. Waldsachs
Baltimore City Police Department, MD
EOW: Saturday, January 29, 1944
Cause of Death: Fall
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Chief of Police John James Faircloth
Cadwell Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, February 6, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Detective Eugene J. Mahoney
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Sunday, February 6, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
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Deputy Sheriff Roy Curtis
Crittenden County Sheriff's Office, AR
EOW: Wednesday, February 9, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Police Officer Joseph P. McCormack
Greenwich Police Department, CT
EOW: Thursday, February 10, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Police Officer Jesse F. Beerbower
Leesburg Police Department, FL
EOW: Sunday, February 13, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Officer Forrest C. Gerken
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Tuesday, February 15, 1944
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
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Military Police Officer Paul John Wolfe
United States Army Military Police Corps, US
EOW: Saturday, February 19, 1944
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
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Policeman James Oscar Summers
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, March 4, 1944
Cause of Death: Assault
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Police Officer Arthur Simpson
Riverside Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, March 5, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Special Patrolman George Henry Haas
Emeryville Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, March 8, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Sergeant Forest Underwood
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Thursday, March 9, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Deputy Sheriff Roy Bower Hazen
Chemung County Sheriff's Department, NY
EOW: Thursday, March 9, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
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Deputy Sheriff Gordon E. Brinthaupt
Chemung County Sheriff's Department, NY
EOW: Thursday, March 9, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
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Patrolman Alva N. Mead
St. Joseph Police Department, MO
EOW: Saturday, March 18, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Patrolman Arthur F. Eggers
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Monday, March 27, 1944
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
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Patrolman George Kirk
Lorain Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, March 30, 1944
Cause of Death: Fall
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Deputy Sheriff John Edward Penney
Franklin County Sheriff's Department, TN
EOW: Thursday, April 6, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Patrolman Timothy Heverin
Long Island Rail Road Police Department, NY
EOW: Friday, April 7, 1944
Cause of Death: Fall
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Captain Pierce W. Farr
Waycross Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, April 9, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Police Officer Ray E. Rogers
South Pasadena Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1944
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
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Motorcycle Officer Gordon Udell Warrick
Beaumont Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1944
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
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Private Joseph E. Shawhan
United States Department of the Interior - United States Park Police, US
EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1944
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
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Patrolman Peter Shemela
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, April 18, 1944
Cause of Death: Explosion
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Chief of Police Virgil Smith
Beattyville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, April 22, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Police Officer Wallace J. Muscovich
Oakland Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, April 23, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Border Patrol Inspector Garvis Field Harrell
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Monday, April 24, 1944
Cause of Death: Heart attack
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Police Officer David Lee "Star" Johnson
Phoenix Police Department, AZ
EOW: Tuesday, May 2, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Patrolman Fred Disel
Toledo Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, May 6, 1944
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
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Detective Michael J. Ellis, Jr.
San Antonio Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, May 11, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Sergeant Joseph Curtis
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Friday, May 12, 1944
Cause of Death: Heart attack
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Supernumerary Officer Ernest Walter Schilke
Bristol Police Department, CT
EOW: Wednesday, May 17, 1944
Cause of Death: Exposure to toxins
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Officer John A. Reed
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Thursday, May 18, 1944
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
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Patrolman Houston Greene
Kentucky Highway Patrol, KY
EOW: Thursday, May 18, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Police Officer Eugene J. Chavis
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, May 20, 1944
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
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Constable Lee Olen Jones
Cameron County Constable's Office - Precinct 4, TX
EOW: Sunday, May 21, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Constable John L. Taylor
Wake Forest Police Department, NC
EOW: Tuesday, May 30, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Police Officer John E. Zeh
Detroit Police Department, MI
EOW: Sunday, June 4, 1944
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
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Lieutenant Kenneth W. Stevens
Connecticut State Police, CT
EOW: Tuesday, June 6, 1944
Cause of Death: Heart attack
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Sergeant John W. O'Neil
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Wednesday, June 7, 1944
Cause of Death: Drowned
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Deputy Sheriff Con Burns
Lynn County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Thursday, June 8, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Town Marshal George I. "Senie" Worthen
Union Police Department, MS
EOW: Sunday, June 11, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Patrolman Alva H. Burnett
Pierre Police Department, SD
EOW: Sunday, June 11, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Deputy Sheriff William E. Atkinson
Dallas County Sheriff's Department, AR
EOW: Monday, June 12, 1944
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
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Deputy Sheriff James Edward Robbins
Crittenden County Sheriff's Office, AR
EOW: Monday, June 12, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Patrolman Elliote Holmes
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Thursday, June 15, 1944
Cause of Death: Heart attack
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Sheriff Fred A. Bigalow
Niagara County Sheriff's Office, NY
EOW: Monday, June 19, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Guard George T. Preston
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, June 20, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Charles Addams
Stephenson County Sheriff's Office, IL
EOW: Friday, June 23, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
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Chief Deputy Fred Hickson
Mason County Sheriff's Office, WA
EOW: Thursday, June 29, 1944
Cause of Death: Fall
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Trooper George R. Cameron
Oregon State Police, OR
EOW: Wednesday, July 5, 1944
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
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Patrolman Willard E. Pruitt, Jr.
Wilmington Police Department, DE
EOW: Friday, July 7, 1944
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
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Sergeant Kenneth Lewis Jacobs
United States Army Military Police Corps, US
EOW: Saturday, July 8, 1944
Cause of Death: Stabbed
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Chief of Police Dexter A. Millsaps
Taylorsville Police Department, NC
EOW: Sunday, July 9, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Patrolman John W. Neal, Jr.
Cincinnati Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, July 13, 1944
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
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Policeman William Jim Stallings
Bowdon Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, July 16, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Deputy Sheriff Edwin A. Mitchell
Winston County Sheriff's Office, MS
EOW: Monday, July 17, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
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Guard Edwin H. Lichtenberger
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, PA
EOW: Monday, July 17, 1944
Cause of Death: Assault
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Police Officer Joseph Dardis
Beacon Police Department, NY
EOW: Monday, July 24, 1944
Cause of Death: Heart attack
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Police Officer J. Wesley Moore
Clendenin Police Department, WV
EOW: Thursday, July 27, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Patrolman Bryant Kirn Birt
Gastonia Police Department, NC
EOW: Saturday, July 29, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
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Deputy Constable Silas Johnson
Floyd County Constable's Office, KY
EOW: Sunday, July 30, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Patrolman Charlie Vestel Murphy
Gastonia Police Department, NC
EOW: Tuesday, August 1, 1944
Cause of Death: Heart attack
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Patrolman William Hinkle Crutcher
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Thursday, August 3, 1944
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
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Deputy Sheriff Claude Lee Holt
Cross County Sheriff's Department, AR
EOW: Friday, August 4, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Trooper Charles Joseph Deans
Illinois State Police, IL
EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 1944
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
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Police Officer Edward O'Brien Pursell
Pensacola Police Department, FL
EOW: Saturday, August 12, 1944
Cause of Death: Heart attack
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Sheriff Roy Patterson
Barton County Sheriff's Office, MO
EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Guard Ernest L. Drake
Greenville County Chain Gang, SC
EOW: Sunday, August 20, 1944
Cause of Death: Assault
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Police Officer David Madison White, Sr.
Bastrop Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, August 21, 1944
Cause of Death: Assault
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Chief Deputy Sheriff Ross John Krieger
Porter County Sheriff's Department, IN
EOW: Saturday, August 26, 1944
Cause of Death: Heart attack
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Police Officer E. Holt Hammon
Webster Springs Police Department, WV
EOW: Saturday, September 2, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Deputy Robert Max Suarez
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Sunday, September 3, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Deputy Sheriff Thomas M. Plummer, Jr.
Madison County Sheriff's Office, MS
EOW: Sunday, September 17, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Patrolman John Lynch
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Tuesday, September 19, 1944
Cause of Death: Assault
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Narcotics Agent Andrew P. Sanderson
United States Department of the Treasury - Bureau of Narcotics, US
EOW: Saturday, September 23, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
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Officer Pierce Lee Reeves
Mobile Police Department, AL
EOW: Sunday, September 24, 1944
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
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Deputy Sheriff Sherd Barry Partin
Bell County Sheriff's Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, September 30, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Detective Ellwood S. Egan, Sr.
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Tuesday, October 3, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
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Lieutenant Keith Ellsworth
Charleston Police Department, SC
EOW: Friday, October 6, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Patrolman Vadas G. Richardson
Kentucky Highway Patrol, KY
EOW: Saturday, October 7, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Police Officer Walter C. Busch, Sr.
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Wednesday, October 11, 1944
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
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Police Officer John Alfred Salter, Sr.
Jasper Police Department, AL
EOW: Friday, October 13, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Special Deputy Sheriff Elmore David Pressley
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, OH
EOW: Saturday, October 21, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Policeman Efrain Sosa-Almeyda
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Sunday, October 22, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Trooper William J. Doolan
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, October 23, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
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Sheriff Louis J. Miesner
Benton County Sheriff's Office, MO
EOW: Wednesday, November 1, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Officer Lewis Willis Gregg
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Saturday, November 4, 1944
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
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Patrolman Stanley J. "Steve" Jakubowski
Lancaster Police Department, NY
EOW: Saturday, November 4, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
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Deputy Sheriff Herman Ernest Seabright
Marshall County Sheriff's Office, WV
EOW: Sunday, November 5, 1944
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
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Game Protector Clarence Joseph Webster
New York State Environmental Conservation Police, NY
EOW: Thursday, November 16, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
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Traffic Officer Vincent Eugene Munch
San Luis Obispo Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, November 18, 1944
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
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Guard Zoeth C. Skaggs
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Friday, November 24, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
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Trooper Francis R. O'Brien
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Monday, November 27, 1944
Cause of Death: Fire
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Officer George A. Humburg, Jr.
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Wednesday, November 29, 1944
Cause of Death: Heart attack
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Officer Lee Cole
Royal Oak City Police Department, MI
EOW: Wednesday, November 29, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
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Patrolman Clarence A. Bower
Maywood Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, December 5, 1944
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
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Patrolman George O'Donnell
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, December 5, 1944
Cause of Death: Animal related
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Officer David R. Henderson
California Highway Patrol, CA
EOW: Thursday, December 7, 1944
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
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Deputy Chief of Police Robert Shanley
Carteret Police Department, NJ
EOW: Thursday, December 7, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Patrolman John Simon DeRubbo
Swissvale Borough Police Department, PA
EOW: Thursday, December 7, 1944
Cause of Death: Heart attack
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Patrolman Walter Rusinak
Carteret Police Department, NJ
EOW: Friday, December 8, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Patrolman Ezra Caldwell
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Saturday, December 16, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Patrolman Samuel M. Black
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Saturday, December 16, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Trooper Maurice R. Plummer
Kansas Highway Patrol, KS
EOW: Saturday, December 16, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
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Village Marshal Lee Pena
Taos Police Department, NM
EOW: Wednesday, December 20, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Patrolman Arthur Claude Dowdy
Pasadena Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, December 24, 1944
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
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Detective Anthony J. McGinley
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Wednesday, December 27, 1944
Cause of Death: Gunfire
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Police Officer Alexander Bryant McNaughton
Atlanta Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, December 28, 1944
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
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