ODMP research volunteers are constantly discovering forgotten line of duty deaths throughout the country. Because of our efforts, 2,188 forgotten heroes are now honored on the ODMP and other local, state and national memorials.
25 Most Recent Additions
- Automobile crash 2
- Gunfire 13
- Gunfire (Inadvertent) 3
- Heart attack 1
- Motorcycle crash 1
- Struck by train 4
- Struck by vehicle 1
Total Deaths by State
- Illinois 1
- Indiana 1
- Kansas 1
- Louisiana 1
- Minnesota 1
- Mississippi 1
- New York 1
- Oklahoma 2
- Oregon 1
- Pennsylvania 2
- Railroad Police 7
- U.S. Government 6
Tazewell County Sheriff's Office, IL
EOW: Saturday, September 4, 1920
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
McMinnville Police Department, OR
EOW: Monday, November 21, 1921
Cause: Heart attack
Deputy Sheriff Earl Pearl Hyatt
Itasca County Sheriff's Office, MN
EOW: Monday, July 17, 1922
Cause: Gunfire
Pennsylvania Coal and Iron Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, February 7, 1927
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective William J. Sullivan
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad Police, RR
EOW: Monday, October 11, 1926
Cause: Struck by train
Pennsylvania Coal and Iron Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, February 9, 1927
Cause: Gunfire
United States Army Military Police Corps, US
EOW: Wednesday, March 4, 1942
Cause: Automobile crash
Private First Class Jack Edward Martin
United States Army Military Police Corps, US
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1960
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
United States Army Military Police Corps, US
EOW: Wednesday, August 25, 1943
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Wabash Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, November 9, 1914
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff J. H. "Kit" Carson
Madison Parish Sheriff's Office, LA
EOW: Saturday, November 16, 1901
Cause: Gunfire
Illinois Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 1933
Cause: Struck by train
Special Agent Robert W. Mulcahy
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, November 8, 1935
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer William Arthur Brown
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, February 27, 1929
Cause: Gunfire
Special Agent William H. Garrison
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, April 21, 1924
Cause: Struck by train
New York Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, June 10, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Technical Sergeant William Albert Callahan
United States Marine Corps Military Police, US
EOW: Saturday, May 17, 1952
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Military Police Officer Perry Jackson Clements
United States Army Military Police Corps, US
EOW: Sunday, April 14, 1946
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Constable Richard Bibbs
Rosedale Police Department, KS
EOW: Wednesday, April 28, 1915
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Robert L. Cares
Choctaw County Sheriff's Office, OK
EOW: Friday, July 5, 1912
Cause: Gunfire
Town Marshal William Hampton Arendale, Sr.
Tutwiler Police Department, MS
EOW: Tuesday, December 24, 1912
Cause: Gunfire
Montgomery Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, February 27, 1912
Cause: Gunfire
Military Police Officer Paul John Wolfe
United States Army Military Police Corps, US
EOW: Saturday, February 19, 1944
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Alden Police Department, NY
EOW: Friday, December 22, 1916
Cause: Struck by train