Honoring Officers Killed in 1972

Constable Michael Donald Chihil

Newbury Township Police Department, OH

EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1972

Cause: Vehicular assault

Trooper Ronald L. Carey

Delaware State Police, DE

EOW: Wednesday, January 5, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Harvey L. Stevens

Longview Police Department, TX

EOW: Wednesday, January 5, 1972

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Trooper David C. Yarrington

Delaware State Police, DE

EOW: Thursday, January 6, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer Lester Eugene Sleister

Augusta Police Department, GA

EOW: Saturday, January 8, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Special Deputy Sheriff Larry Lee Mulkey

Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, GA

EOW: Monday, January 10, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Chief Deputy James William Cantrell

Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, GA

EOW: Monday, January 10, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff Ralph G. Hancock

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, LA

EOW: Monday, January 10, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff Ralph Dwayne Wilder

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, LA

EOW: Monday, January 10, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer Roland J. Brewster

Newark Housing Authority Police Department, NJ

EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Ross D. Flavel

Lewiston Police Department, ID

EOW: Thursday, January 13, 1972

Cause: Bomb

Patrolman William A. Burgholzer, Jr.

Oswego Police Department, IL

EOW: Tuesday, January 18, 1972

Cause: Heart attack

Police Officer Robert Peter DeKorte

Coral Gables Police Department, FL

EOW: Friday, January 21, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Richard H. Conklin

South Plainfield Police Department, NJ

EOW: Friday, January 21, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Sergeant John Franklin Conner, Sr.

Cochran Police Department, GA

EOW: Saturday, January 22, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Rocco W. Laurie

New York City Police Department, NY

EOW: Thursday, January 27, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Gregory Philip Foster

New York City Police Department, NY

EOW: Thursday, January 27, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Sergeant Code W. Beverly, Jr.

San Francisco Police Department, CA

EOW: Friday, January 28, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Sergeant Paul Stevens

Ripon Police Department, CA

EOW: Friday, January 28, 1972

Cause: Heart attack

Officer William David Corn

DeKalb County Police Department, GA

EOW: Tuesday, February 1, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Jay R. Van Dusen

Amherst Police Department, NY

EOW: Wednesday, February 2, 1972

Cause: Heart attack

Patrolman Joseph G. Pudlick

Minneapolis Police Department, MN

EOW: Friday, February 4, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Trooper Charles Frank Noble

Washington State Patrol, WA

EOW: Saturday, February 5, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Edward James Parker

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL

EOW: Sunday, February 6, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Carl L. "Shorty" Thrush

Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH

EOW: Sunday, February 6, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Detective Douglas J. Alexander

Philadelphia Police Department, PA

EOW: Wednesday, February 9, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Sergeant Frank Peters

Keansburg Police Department, NJ

EOW: Friday, February 11, 1972

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Deputy Sheriff Richard Keith Eva

Lee County Sheriff's Office, FL

EOW: Saturday, February 12, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Eugene F. Scanlon, Sr.

Lawrence Police Department, MA

EOW: Saturday, February 12, 1972

Cause: Assault

Officer Raymond Leonard Hawkins

United States Department of the Interior - United States Park Police, US

EOW: Tuesday, February 15, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer Raymond F. Fredericksdorf

Philadelphia Police Department, PA

EOW: Saturday, February 19, 1972

Cause: Fall

Policeman Daniel Moya-Ramos

Puerto Rico Police Department, PR

EOW: Sunday, February 20, 1972

Cause: Stabbed

Police Officer Thomas Kennedy Duggan

Philadelphia Police Department, PA

EOW: Tuesday, February 22, 1972

Cause: Assault

Deputy Floyd Thomas Settles

Marion County Sheriff's Office, IN

EOW: Thursday, February 24, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Howard Thomas Horton

Hogansville Police Department, GA

EOW: Saturday, February 26, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Corrections Sergeant Donald Bourne

New Jersey Department of Corrections, NJ

EOW: Monday, February 28, 1972

Cause: Stabbed

Captain Earl R. Compton

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Police, US

EOW: Tuesday, February 29, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Detective Lieutenant Donald A. Robertson

Montgomery County Police Department, MD

EOW: Thursday, March 9, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff Henry C. Henderson

Wayne County Sheriff's Office, MI

EOW: Thursday, March 9, 1972

Cause: Assault

Trooper Herman T. Morris

Florida Highway Patrol, FL

EOW: Thursday, March 16, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Detective John M. Gallino

Crestwood Police Department, MO

EOW: Saturday, March 18, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer Elijah G. Stroud

New York City Police Department, NY

EOW: Saturday, March 18, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Billy Dan Howry

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, TX

EOW: Saturday, March 18, 1972

Cause: Vehicular assault

Police Officer Bertram Winkler

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, NY

EOW: Tuesday, March 21, 1972

Cause: Heart attack

Patrolman Curtis L. Staton

Columbus Division of Police, OH

EOW: Wednesday, March 22, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Willie Lester Smith

Jacksonville Police Department, AL

EOW: Saturday, March 25, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Sheriff Howard M. Shaffer

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, ID

EOW: Saturday, March 25, 1972

Cause: Struck by train

Patrolman Bartley J. Connolly, Jr.

Penn Hills Township Police Department, PA

EOW: Saturday, March 25, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Sergeant William Edward Schrott

Penn Hills Township Police Department, PA

EOW: Saturday, March 25, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Allen Perry Camp

Dallas Police Department, TX

EOW: Saturday, March 25, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Policeman Kenneth Edmund Walters

Los Angeles Police Department, CA

EOW: Monday, March 27, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Detective Sergeant George Francis Stuckey

Bristol Township Police Department, PA

EOW: Wednesday, March 29, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Constable Lawrence Graham

Mitchell County Constable's Office - Precinct 5, TX

EOW: Thursday, March 30, 1972

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Police Officer Dominic Guglielmi

Philadelphia Police Department, PA

EOW: Friday, March 31, 1972

Cause: Fall

Detective William R. Capers

New York City Police Department, NY

EOW: Monday, April 3, 1972

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Patrolman Paul John Metzger

Kettering Police Department, OH

EOW: Monday, April 3, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Sheriff Douglas Lucian Batey

Clay County Sheriff's Department, AR

EOW: Thursday, April 6, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff Glendal Ray Archer

Clay County Sheriff's Department, AR

EOW: Thursday, April 6, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Correctional Lieutenant Robert C. Geer

Oregon Department of Corrections, OR

EOW: Friday, April 7, 1972

Cause: Stabbed

Trooper James Willard McNeely

Kentucky State Police, KY

EOW: Saturday, April 8, 1972

Cause: Drowned

Patrol Officer David T. Childs

Kentucky Water Patrol, KY

EOW: Saturday, April 8, 1972

Cause: Drowned

Deputy Sheriff Lawrence Conley

Floyd County Sheriff's Office, KY

EOW: Wednesday, April 12, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff Troy Key

Clay County Sheriff's Department, AR

EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer Alfred Baird

Asheville Police Department, NC

EOW: Sunday, April 16, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Chief of Police Joseph Francis Merva

Throop Borough Police Department, PA

EOW: Sunday, April 16, 1972

Cause: Heart attack

Corrections Sergeant Brent Miller

Louisiana Department of Corrections, LA

EOW: Monday, April 17, 1972

Cause: Stabbed

Policeman Carlos M. Carrer-Rivera

Puerto Rico Police Department, PR

EOW: Tuesday, April 18, 1972

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Police Officer Andrew Lee Collins

Sacramento Police Department, CA

EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Police Officer Phillip W. Cardillo

New York City Police Department, NY

EOW: Thursday, April 20, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Donald Lee Marler

Harrisonville Police Department, MO

EOW: Friday, April 21, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Francis E. Wirt

Harrisonville Police Department, MO

EOW: Friday, April 21, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Sergeant Marvin Rudolph Brewster

Josephine County Sheriff's Office, OR

EOW: Friday, April 21, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Officer Michael Patrick Jenkins

Bessemer City Police Department, NC

EOW: Tuesday, May 2, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Carl Jackson "Jack" Cooke, III

Dallas Police Department, TX

EOW: Tuesday, May 2, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Lieutenant Robert Jackson Eury, Sr.

Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office, NC

EOW: Friday, May 5, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff William Raffo Wimsett, Sr.

Nelson County Sheriff's Office, KY

EOW: Saturday, May 6, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Constable Thomas Jefferson York

Fentress County Constable's Office, TN

EOW: Sunday, May 7, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Trooper Frank R. Dunbar

Illinois State Police, IL

EOW: Sunday, May 14, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Patrolman Roy L. Stout

Somerset Police Department, MA

EOW: Monday, May 15, 1972

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Patrolman Antonio T. "Tony" Canales

San Antonio Police Department, TX

EOW: Thursday, May 18, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer John R. Isaacson, Jr.

Glendale Police Department, CA

EOW: Friday, May 19, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Patrolman Gayle Lamar Holmes

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, TX

EOW: Friday, May 19, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Sheriff Paul Roy Vinson

King County Sheriff's Department, TX

EOW: Friday, May 19, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy City Marshal Carlee Hart

Bokchito Police Department, OK

EOW: Sunday, May 21, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff Charles O. Ley

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA

EOW: Wednesday, May 24, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Patrolman Robert L. Gallowitch

Chicago Police Department, IL

EOW: Wednesday, May 24, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Lewis Willard "Kit" Hurst, Jr.

Norfolk Police Department, VA

EOW: Wednesday, May 24, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Jeffrey Glenn Rugheimer

Pascagoula Police Department, MS

EOW: Tuesday, May 30, 1972

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Deputy Sheriff Douglas James Landry

Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office, LA

EOW: Wednesday, May 31, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Patrol Officer Charles Jeffery Williams

Rockford Police Department, IL

EOW: Thursday, June 1, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Dennis R. Heap

Baton Rouge Police Department, LA

EOW: Thursday, June 1, 1972

Cause: Motorcycle crash

Trooper George W. Emory

Delaware State Police, DE

EOW: Saturday, June 3, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Captain Joseph Kruse

Iowa Department of Corrections, IA

EOW: Thursday, June 8, 1972

Cause: Stabbed

Deputy Sheriff Wesley Green Cole

Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, OK

EOW: Friday, June 9, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Reserve Officer Daniel E. Wickard

Rapid City Police Department, SD

EOW: Friday, June 9, 1972

Cause: Drowned

Patrol Officer Harlow Douglas Meers

Rome Police Department, GA

EOW: Saturday, June 10, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy Ralph K. Butler

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, AZ

EOW: Monday, June 12, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Police Officer James Thomas Sawyer

Custer Police Department, SD

EOW: Tuesday, June 13, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Guard Nolan Buckhanan

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Wednesday, June 14, 1972

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Patrolman Joseph F. Brassard

Troy Police Department, NY

EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1972

Cause: Assault

Police Officer David Franklin Noel

Houston Police Department, TX

EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1972

Cause: Stabbed

Deputy Sheriff Gary Vickers

Gadsden County Sheriff's Office, FL

EOW: Sunday, June 18, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Deputy Town Marshal Leroy Odom, Jr.

Farmerville Police Department, LA

EOW: Tuesday, June 20, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Gordon F. Hufnagle

Lewisburg Borough Police Department, PA

EOW: Wednesday, June 21, 1972

Cause: Drowned

Sergeant Robert M. "Whitey" Skelton, Jr.

Monroe County Sheriff's Office, NY

EOW: Friday, June 23, 1972

Cause: Vehicular assault

Officer Howard Kenton Hicks

Dallas Police Department, TX

EOW: Friday, June 23, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff Lawrence Paul Felcyn

Redwood County Sheriff's Department, MN

EOW: Sunday, June 25, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Trooper William Joseph Trees

Indiana State Police, IN

EOW: Monday, June 26, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Police Officer Leo Paul Van Winkle

Philadelphia Police Department, PA

EOW: Tuesday, June 27, 1972

Cause: Drowned

Police Officer John Skagen

New York City Transit Police Department, NY

EOW: Wednesday, June 28, 1972

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Deputy Sheriff John Morris Heithcock

Williamson County Sheriff's Office, TN

EOW: Wednesday, June 28, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Lieutenant William Benton Mays

Robinson Township Police Department, PA

EOW: Thursday, June 29, 1972

Cause: Heart attack

Constable Daniel Davis Tubbs

Camp County Constable's Office - Precinct 1, TX

EOW: Thursday, June 29, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Donald Lee Mitchell

DeKalb County Police Department, GA

EOW: Sunday, July 2, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Trooper Clyde Stephen Perry

North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC

EOW: Sunday, July 2, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Officer Dana Everett Paladini

California Highway Patrol, CA

EOW: Tuesday, July 4, 1972

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Deputy Sheriff John Henry Walter

Fauquier County Sheriff's Office, VA

EOW: Wednesday, July 5, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Patrolman William F. Holbert, Jr.

Binghamton Police Department, NY

EOW: Monday, July 17, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff Rayburn L. Shipp

Hunt County Sheriff's Office, TX

EOW: Tuesday, July 18, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy U.S. Marshal Dick D. McKinney

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US

EOW: Thursday, July 20, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Leonard Lamatrice

Steubenville Police Department, OH

EOW: Friday, July 21, 1972

Cause: Fire

Detective Guy Andrew Mack, Sr.

Canton Police Department, OH

EOW: Saturday, July 22, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Chief of Police Edward R. Gleason, Jr.

Palisades Interstate Park Police Department - New York Section, NY

EOW: Sunday, July 23, 1972

Cause: Heart attack

Patrolman John Mueller Sellers

Pinole Police Department, CA

EOW: Monday, July 24, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer Lorenzo Arnest Gray

Baltimore City Police Department, MD

EOW: Wednesday, July 26, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff Shirley Meclellan White

Carson County Sheriff's Office, TX

EOW: Wednesday, July 26, 1972

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Police Officer James Albert Chew

Steamboat Springs Police Department, CO

EOW: Friday, July 28, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Trooper Dan Austin Nelson

Oregon State Police, OR

EOW: Friday, July 28, 1972

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Deputy Sheriff Berry Creamer

Anderson County Sheriff's Office, SC

EOW: Friday, July 28, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Reserve Officer Joe Cobb Jones

Dallas Police Department, TX

EOW: Saturday, July 29, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Patrolman Melvin Oliver Miner

Norman Police Department, OK

EOW: Sunday, July 30, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Corrections Officer Alfred J. Baranowski

Massachusetts Department of Correction, MA

EOW: Monday, July 31, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Corrections Officer James R. Souza

Massachusetts Department of Correction, MA

EOW: Monday, July 31, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer Gilbert T. Stocker

Detroit Police Department, MI

EOW: Monday, July 31, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Sergeant Robert Lee Mikesell

Calipatria Police Department, CA

EOW: Thursday, August 3, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Bobby Lee McSpadden

Hayward Police Department, CA

EOW: Friday, August 4, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Chief of Police Melvin Ray Lucas

Milton Police Department, WV

EOW: Friday, August 4, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Kenneth Grant Roediger

California Highway Patrol, CA

EOW: Saturday, August 5, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Thomas McGough

Steubenville Police Department, OH

EOW: Sunday, August 6, 1972

Cause: Fire

Sergeant Billy Franklin Wood

Williamstown Police Department, KY

EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Captain Charles Edward Bradford

Muscle Shoals Police Department, AL

EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1972

Cause: Heart attack

Officer Howard Louis Johnson

Roseville Police Department, MN

EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Levy McQuietor, Jr.

Dallas Police Department, TX

EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1972

Cause: Fire

Patrolman Lawyer Young

Drew Police Department, MS

EOW: Sunday, August 20, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Constable Crockett B. Boothe

McDowell County Constable's Office, WV

EOW: Monday, August 21, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Trooper Donald C. "Pete" Pederson

Wisconsin State Patrol, WI

EOW: Saturday, August 26, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Alfred G. Johnson

California Highway Patrol, CA

EOW: Sunday, August 27, 1972

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Patrolman Joseph Andrew Edwards

Columbus Division of Police, OH

EOW: Monday, August 28, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Policeman Jose E. Marquez-Guisao

Puerto Rico Police Department, PR

EOW: Thursday, August 31, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Sergeant Jesse J. Buttram

Lenoir City Police Department, TN

EOW: Thursday, August 31, 1972

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Patrolman Olin J. Wait

Reading Police Department, PA

EOW: Saturday, September 2, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Wilfredo Ortiz-Alvarada

Puerto Rico Police Department, PR

EOW: Monday, September 4, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Chief of Police Everett Verle Hunt

Etna Police Department, CA

EOW: Friday, September 8, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Patrolman Michael D. Wright, Jr.

Memphis Police Department, TN

EOW: Saturday, September 9, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Chief of Police Vern L. Ervin

French Lick Police Department, IN

EOW: Sunday, September 10, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Conservation Officer Gerald F. Welling

Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI

EOW: Sunday, September 10, 1972

Cause: Vehicular assault

Sergeant James Amos Meeks

Mississippi Department of Corrections, MS

EOW: Tuesday, September 12, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Detective Howard F. Smith

Cincinnati Police Department, OH

EOW: Wednesday, September 13, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Kenneth Michael Kennedy

Hutchinson Police Department, KS

EOW: Friday, September 15, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Trooper Robert Eugene Ake

Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OK

EOW: Monday, September 18, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Detective Darrel Dale Cate

Buena Park Police Department, CA

EOW: Thursday, September 21, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Charles W. Morris

Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety, CA

EOW: Saturday, September 23, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Thomas L. Norman

Camden Police Department, AL

EOW: Sunday, September 24, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Constable Beauford Rader

Greene County Constable's Office, TN

EOW: Sunday, September 24, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Deputy Sheriff Emerson Shelton

Greene County Sheriff's Office, TN

EOW: Sunday, September 24, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Officer Dana Edward Harwood

Metropolitan Police Department, DC

EOW: Monday, September 25, 1972

Cause: Drowned

Game Warden Pilot Richard E. Varney

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service, ME

EOW: Wednesday, September 27, 1972

Cause: Aircraft accident

Patrolman Joseph Griffin Wright

North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC

EOW: Wednesday, September 27, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Henry Tillman Davis

Gainesville Police Department, GA

EOW: Friday, September 29, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Trooper Walter Orville Thurtell

Kentucky State Police, KY

EOW: Friday, September 29, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Patrolman Raymond T. Bustard

Montclair Police Department, NJ

EOW: Friday, September 29, 1972

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Lieutenant Inno H. Suek

Minneapolis Police Department, MN

EOW: Saturday, September 30, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Chief of Police Marvin James Bell

Elizabethtown Police Department, NC

EOW: Saturday, September 30, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Anthony Charles Raymond

Hillside Police Department, IL

EOW: Sunday, October 1, 1972

Cause: Stabbed

Detective Edward Madden

Chicago Police Department, IL

EOW: Monday, October 2, 1972

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Deputy Sheriff Joseph R. Herrera

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA

EOW: Tuesday, October 3, 1972

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Patrolman Frederick Aaron Lippert

Whitaker Borough Police Department, PA

EOW: Thursday, October 5, 1972

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Correctional Officer William Edger Quilliams

West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, WV

EOW: Thursday, October 5, 1972

Cause: Stabbed

Correctional Officer Jesus "Jesse" Sanchez

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CA

EOW: Friday, October 6, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Michael Richard Sagner

East Earl Township Police Department, PA

EOW: Saturday, October 7, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Deputy Sheriff Orie A. Hicks

Harlan County Sheriff's Office, KY

EOW: Sunday, October 8, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Roy Odes Caffey

South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC

EOW: Sunday, October 8, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Trooper Steven B. DeVries

Michigan State Police, MI

EOW: Thursday, October 12, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Special Agent Frank Tummillo

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, US

EOW: Thursday, October 12, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff Donald R. Kartchner

La Plata County Sheriff's Office, CO

EOW: Friday, October 13, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Patrolman William J. Keller

Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH

EOW: Saturday, October 14, 1972

Cause: Vehicular assault

Police Officer Henry L. Thompson

Birmingham Police Department, AL

EOW: Monday, October 16, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Trooper Robert D. Lapp, Jr.

Pennsylvania State Police, PA

EOW: Monday, October 16, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Stephen J. Ondas

Akron Police Department, OH

EOW: Saturday, October 21, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer Joseph Meaders

New York City Police Department, NY

EOW: Sunday, October 22, 1972

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Sergeant Robert W. Bennett

Parma Heights Police Department, OH

EOW: Wednesday, October 25, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer Israel Peter Gonzalez, Sr.

Arlington County Police Department, VA

EOW: Wednesday, October 25, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer Jerry Leon Spruill

Houston Police Department, TX

EOW: Thursday, October 26, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Trooper First Class Thomas Asa Noyle

Maryland State Police, MD

EOW: Saturday, October 28, 1972

Cause: Aircraft accident

Trooper First Class Phillip Lee Russ

Maryland State Police, MD

EOW: Saturday, October 28, 1972

Cause: Aircraft accident

Special Agent Harry J. Schanz

United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service, US

EOW: Sunday, October 29, 1972

Cause: Fire

Constable George Albert

Pennsylvania State Constable - Lancaster County, PA

EOW: Wednesday, November 1, 1972

Cause: Heart attack

Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Johnson

Crockett County Sheriff's Department, TN

EOW: Wednesday, November 1, 1972

Cause: Vehicular assault

Sheriff Boyd L. Hall

Teton County Sheriff's Office, WY

EOW: Wednesday, November 1, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Sergeant Harry Charles Chapin

Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, FL

EOW: Sunday, November 5, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Lieutenant Robert C. Atwell

Marion County Sheriff's Office, IN

EOW: Tuesday, November 7, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer Jerry Joseph Genova

Lauderdale Lakes Police Department, FL

EOW: Wednesday, November 15, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Police Officer Richard J. Posey

Kennett Square Borough Police Department, PA

EOW: Wednesday, November 15, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer William W. Davis

Kennett Square Borough Police Department, PA

EOW: Wednesday, November 15, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Inspector Loring Carr

Illinois Department of Conservation - Division of Law Enforcement, IL

EOW: Friday, November 17, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Inspector I Eugene Allen

Illinois Department of Conservation - Division of Law Enforcement, IL

EOW: Friday, November 17, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Police Officer Henry T. Minard

Hollywood Police Department, FL

EOW: Saturday, November 18, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Chief of Police Thomas Clifford Dillon

Bethel Police Department, AK

EOW: Sunday, November 19, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Sergeant William R. Morris

Miami County Sheriff's Office, OH

EOW: Wednesday, November 22, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Special Agent Pete Earl Lackey

Illinois Bureau of Investigation, IL

EOW: Monday, November 27, 1972

Cause: Stabbed

Patrolman Raymond C. Woods

New Milford Police Department, NJ

EOW: Tuesday, November 28, 1972

Cause: Fire

Corporal Paul John Sweeney

New Castle County Police Department, DE

EOW: Thursday, November 30, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Special Agent Craig Peter Carney

United States Department of the Treasury - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, US

EOW: Friday, December 1, 1972

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Officer Ronnie W. Hassell

Metropolitan Police Department, DC

EOW: Saturday, December 2, 1972

Cause: Vehicular assault

Deputy Sheriff Maurice E. Anglin

Collier County Sheriff's Office, FL

EOW: Saturday, December 2, 1972

Cause: Heart attack

Police Officer Frank Gilbert Dobler, Sr.

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO

EOW: Saturday, December 2, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrol Officer Charles Hubert Lee

Clayton Police Department, NC

EOW: Saturday, December 2, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Larry Thomas Walton

North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC

EOW: Saturday, December 2, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Sergeant Jimmy Lee Cook

Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, FL

EOW: Friday, December 8, 1972

Cause: Drowned

Sergeant Gerald James Riley

Detroit Police Department, MI

EOW: Friday, December 8, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Trooper James Buford Robinson

Alabama Department of Public Safety, AL

EOW: Sunday, December 10, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman John Charles Thomas

Tuscaloosa Police Department, AL

EOW: Sunday, December 10, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer Donald Wayne Swearingin

Coppell Police Department, TX

EOW: Tuesday, December 12, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Chief of Police Dana Lee Thompson

Manchester Police Department, VT

EOW: Tuesday, December 12, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer Harold Erwin Warnecke

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO

EOW: Friday, December 15, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrol Officer Clyde Warren "Hoppy" Pearson

Bossier City Police Department, LA

EOW: Sunday, December 17, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Joseph M. Mullen

Boston Police Department, MA

EOW: Monday, December 18, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Game Warden Donald Wyatt Gentry

Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, VA

EOW: Tuesday, December 19, 1972

Cause: Aircraft accident

Game Warden Allen Cooke Flippo

Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, VA

EOW: Tuesday, December 19, 1972

Cause: Aircraft accident

Patrolman Robert Randall East

North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC

EOW: Thursday, December 21, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Trooper Thomas F. Isbell

Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OK

EOW: Thursday, December 21, 1972

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Deputy Chief of Police Richard D. Ferguson

Beech Grove Police Department, IN

EOW: Friday, December 22, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Deputy Sheriff William Frank Gilbert

Roanoke County Sheriff's Office, VA

EOW: Friday, December 22, 1972

Cause: Heart attack

Patrolman Leonard Meeks, Jr.

North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC

EOW: Monday, December 25, 1972

Cause: Automobile crash

Police Officer Robert P. Bradford, Jr.

Detroit Police Department, MI

EOW: Wednesday, December 27, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Detective Conrad Lee Birney

Alexandria Police Department, VA

EOW: Wednesday, December 27, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Detective Duane Dean Winkelman

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Police Department, RR

EOW: Thursday, December 28, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Elmos Sewell Morgan

Cedar Bluff Police Department, AL

EOW: Friday, December 29, 1972

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Cadet Alfred E. Harrell

New Orleans Police Department, LA

EOW: Sunday, December 31, 1972

Cause: Gunfire

K9 Caesar

Chicago Police Department, IL

EOW: Monday, February 14, 1972

Cause: Fall

K9 Duke

Baltimore City Police Department, MD

EOW: Sunday, April 23, 1972

Cause: Fall

K9 King

Augusta County Sheriff's Office, VA

EOW: Saturday, June 3, 1972

Cause: Gunfire