Law Enforcement Line of Duty Deaths in 1944

Honoring Officers Killed in 1944

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

1944 Honor Roll of Heroes

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Line of Duty Deaths: 99

Animal related: 1
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 12
Drowned: 1
Exposure to toxins: 1
Fall: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 45
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 9
Motorcycle accident: 12
Struck by vehicle: 4
Vehicle pursuit: 4
Vehicular assault: 4

By Month

January: 8
February: 6
March: 8
April: 6
May: 9
June: 10
July: 10
August: 7
September: 5
October: 8
November: 10
December: 12

By State

Alabama: 2
Arkansas: 3
California: 12
Connecticut: 3
Delaware: 1
Florida: 3
Georgia: 4
Illinois: 5
Kansas: 1
Kentucky: 3
Louisiana: 2
Michigan: 2
Minnesota: 1
Mississippi: 2
Missouri: 3
New Jersey: 4
New Mexico: 1
New York: 12
North Carolina: 4
Ohio: 5
Oklahoma: 1
Oregon: 1
Pennsylvania: 2
Puerto Rico: 2
South Carolina: 3
South Dakota: 1
Tennessee: 3
Texas: 7
U.S. Government: 3
West Virginia: 3

By Gender

Male: 99
Female: 0

Statistics

Average age: 45
Average tour of duty: 10 years, 3 months

Line of duty deaths this year
45 +25%

Gunfire deaths this year
16 0%

Auto-related deaths this year
16 +33%