ODMP research volunteers are constantly discovering forgotten line of duty deaths throughout the country. Because of our efforts, 2,234 forgotten heroes are now honored on the ODMP and other local, state and national memorials.
25 Most Recent Additions
- Accidental 1
- Assault 1
- Duty related illness 2
- Fall 1
- Gunfire 10
- Heart attack 3
- Stabbed 1
- Struck by train 3
- Train accident 1
- Vehicular assault 2
Total Deaths by State
- Alabama 2
- Indiana 1
- Maryland 1
- New Jersey 1
- Ohio 1
- Pennsylvania 5
- Railroad Police 13
- Texas 1
Village Marshal Clyde O. Cook, Sr.
Waynesfield Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, October 24, 1963
Cause: Heart attack
Special Officer John S. Weekly
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, September 23, 1925
Cause: Gunfire
Special Agent John H. "Jack" Horst
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, April 28, 1975
Cause: Heart attack
Special Officer John J. Cannon
Jersey Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, September 4, 1910
Cause: Struck by train
Jersey Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, September 28, 1909
Cause: Struck by train
Auxiliary Police Officer Henry F. Hall
Anderson Police Department, IN
EOW: Saturday, May 18, 1957
Cause: Vehicular assault
Auxiliary Police Officer George F. Solomon
Pemberton Township Police Department, NJ
EOW: Tuesday, August 18, 1942
Cause: Vehicular assault
Moyamensing Township Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, November 2, 1850
Cause: Gunfire
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Thursday, August 5, 1852
Cause: Assault
Police Officer William Sebastian Hendrickson
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, October 7, 1918
Cause: Duty related illness
Lieutenant Edward Charles Dohrmann, Jr.
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Sunday, April 13, 1969
Cause: Heart attack
Chester Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Cause: Duty related illness
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, September 3, 1922
Cause: Stabbed
Baltimore City Police Department, MD
EOW: Sunday, June 16, 1895
Cause: Accidental
Sulphur Springs Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, October 9, 1879
Cause: Gunfire
Special Agent James Thomas Dempsey
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, September 29, 1936
Cause: Train accident
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, October 2, 1923
Cause: Gunfire
Special Agent Fred F. Lindberg
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, May 19, 1922
Cause: Gunfire
Detective William Arthur Grimstad
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, June 30, 1921
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Roy E. Mangum, Sr.
Fairfield Police Department, AL
EOW: Thursday, August 26, 1937
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective William F. Baldwin
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, January 18, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff John Perry Edwards
Elmore County Sheriff's Office, AL
EOW: Thursday, May 16, 1912
Cause: Gunfire
Great Northern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, July 18, 1904
Cause: Fall
Special Officer Thomas Clay Warden
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, March 2, 1906
Cause: Struck by train
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, October 7, 1874
Cause: Gunfire