1991 Honor Roll of Heroes
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 151
Total Deaths by Month
- January 16
- February 9
- March 18
- April 21
- May 7
- June 13
- July 10
- August 13
- September 12
- October 11
- November 10
- December 11
Total Deaths by State
- Alabama 2
- Arizona 2
- Arkansas 4
- California 11
- Connecticut 3
- District of Columbia 1
- Florida 7
- Georgia 6
- Hawaii 1
- Illinois 2
- Indiana 2
- Kansas 2
- Kentucky 2
- Louisiana 4
- Maryland 1
- Massachusetts 3
- Michigan 6
- Minnesota 1
- Mississippi 1
- Missouri 8
- Nevada 1
- New Hampshire 1
- New Mexico 2
- New York 9
- North Carolina 5
- Ohio 4
- Pennsylvania 6
- Puerto Rico 9
- Railroad Police 1
- South Carolina 5
- Tennessee 7
- Texas 14
- Tribal Police 1
- U.S. Government 8
- Virgin Islands 1
- Virginia 2
- Washington 2
- Wisconsin 3
- Wyoming 1
Total Deaths by Gender
- Male 144
- Female 7
Statistics
- Average age 37
- Average tour of duty 10 years, 5 months
Total K9 Line of Duty Deaths: 4
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Friday, January 4, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Dimmit County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Sunday, January 6, 1991
Cause: Stabbed
Police Officer Eddie N. Jones, Jr.
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Monday, January 7, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Staff Sergeant Tatiana Khaghani-Dees
United States Army Military Police Corps, US
EOW: Monday, January 7, 1991
Cause: Drowned
Arizona Department of Public Safety, AZ
EOW: Tuesday, January 8, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Muncie Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, January 8, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer JoAnn Virginia Liscombe
St. Louis County Police Department, MO
EOW: Monday, January 14, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Fort Pierce Police Department, FL
EOW: Friday, January 18, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Special Agent Kevin Patrick Hogan
Union Pacific Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, January 18, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Stanford Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, January 20, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Carmelo Colon-Medina
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Wednesday, January 23, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Constable Darrell Edward Lunsford, Sr.
Nacogdoches County Constable's Office - Precinct 3, TX
EOW: Wednesday, January 23, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Rio Arriba County Sheriff's Office, NM
EOW: Saturday, January 26, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
New Mexico State Police, NM
EOW: Saturday, January 26, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Dexter L. Mardenborough
Virgin Islands Police Department, VI
EOW: Sunday, January 27, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Ralph Henry Mock, Jr.
Hampton Township Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, January 28, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Steven Joseph Reuther
Milan Police Department, MI
EOW: Monday, February 4, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Richard John Burchick
Erie Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, February 6, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Daniel Robert Boyle
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, February 6, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Tina Frances Zapata-Kerbrat
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, February 11, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Little Rock Police Department, AR
EOW: Wednesday, February 13, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Harrisonville Police Department, MO
EOW: Wednesday, February 13, 1991
Cause: Duty related illness
Agent Efrain Hernandez de Leon
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Wednesday, February 20, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Michael L. Cole
El Dorado County Sheriff's Office, CA
EOW: Tuesday, February 26, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Corporal William John Illingworth, Sr.
Cayce Police Department, SC
EOW: Thursday, February 28, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Lieutenant Gregory A. Principe
Braintree Police Department, MA
EOW: Friday, March 1, 1991
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Braintree Police Department, MA
EOW: Friday, March 1, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer III Alejo Maldonado-Serrano
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Monday, March 4, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, TX
EOW: Tuesday, March 5, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Thomas Lawrence Herron
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, PA
EOW: Wednesday, March 6, 1991
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Police Officer Joseph John Grill
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, PA
EOW: Wednesday, March 6, 1991
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Chief of Police Patrick Boden McCready
Fairchild Police Department, WI
EOW: Sunday, March 10, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Assistant Chief of Police Jim Ray Kennedy, Jr.
Locust Police Department, NC
EOW: Wednesday, March 13, 1991
Cause: Heart attack
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, March 14, 1991
Cause: Vehicular assault
Naugatuck Police Department, CT
EOW: Sunday, March 17, 1991
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Patrol Officer Sandra Ann Robbins
South Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, March 17, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Waymon W. Ferguson
Many Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, March 18, 1991
Cause: Heart attack
Washoe County Sheriff's Office, NV
EOW: Tuesday, March 19, 1991
Cause: Heart attack
Pulaski Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, March 20, 1991
Cause: Heart attack
Police Officer William Steven Whalen
Dayton Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, March 22, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Harry Jordan Dalton, Jr.
Orange County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Monday, March 25, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Senior Officer Specialist Daniel J. Bryer
United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons, US
EOW: Friday, March 29, 1991
Cause: Training accident
Detective Charles Edward Harris
Southern Pines Police Department, NC
EOW: Thursday, April 4, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Carlos William Sepulveda-Caraballo
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Friday, April 5, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
DeKalb County Police Department, GA
EOW: Monday, April 8, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff David Delgado Castillo
Bexar County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Thursday, April 11, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Robert T. D'Egidio
Cornwall-on-Hudson Police Department, NY
EOW: Friday, April 12, 1991
Cause: Heart attack
Sergeant Bruno David Soboleski
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, April 12, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Patrol Officer David Allen Thurman
Pineville Police Department, MO
EOW: Sunday, April 14, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Pocahontas Police Department, AR
EOW: Monday, April 15, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Pennsylvania State Capitol Police, PA
EOW: Friday, April 19, 1991
Cause: Heart attack
Deputy Sheriff Allen Arthur Albee
Burnett County Sheriff's Department, WI
EOW: Friday, April 19, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Chief Deputy Sheriff Ken Norris Meister
Zavala County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Saturday, April 20, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Douglas Scott Goeble
San Antonio Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, April 20, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer John "Jack" Jantzen
Suffolk County Police Department, NY
EOW: Sunday, April 21, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Dennis Wayne Bryant
Benton County Sheriff's Office, WA
EOW: Monday, April 22, 1991
Cause: Vehicular assault
Garland County Sheriff's Office, AR
EOW: Tuesday, April 23, 1991
Cause: Aircraft accident
Garland County Sheriff's Office, AR
EOW: Tuesday, April 23, 1991
Cause: Aircraft accident
Police Officer Michael David Gartrell
Sacramento Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1991
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Police Officer Raymond E. Radel, Jr.
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Georgia State Patrol, GA
EOW: Saturday, April 27, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Bay City Police Department, MI
EOW: Saturday, April 27, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Terry James Jablonski
Bay City Police Department, MI
EOW: Saturday, April 27, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Carmelo Ortiz-Rivera
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Sunday, May 5, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Christopher C. Willems
Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, KS
EOW: Sunday, May 12, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Richard S. Cochran, II
King County Sheriff's Office, WA
EOW: Wednesday, May 22, 1991
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Mason McCarty
Bourbon County Sheriff's Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, May 23, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Douglas Gene Nanney
Madison County Sheriff's Office, TN
EOW: Friday, May 24, 1991
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Beech Grove Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, May 28, 1991
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Captain Raymond Bussell Merritt
Tift County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Saturday, June 8, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
New York City Department of Correction, NY
EOW: Monday, June 10, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Officer Charles Brian Stafford
Miami Springs Police Department, FL
EOW: Tuesday, June 11, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Kenneth Michael Hansen
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Tuesday, June 11, 1991
Cause: Drowned
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, June 13, 1991
Cause: Aircraft accident
Police Officer Charles Randall Champe
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, June 13, 1991
Cause: Aircraft accident
Deputy Harold Charles Voege, Jr.
Ripley County Sheriff's Department, MO
EOW: Sunday, June 16, 1991
Cause: Accidental
Columbus County Sheriff's Office, NC
EOW: Tuesday, June 18, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Police Ralph C. "Buster" Brooks
Antrim Police Department, NH
EOW: Tuesday, June 18, 1991
Cause: Heart attack
Police Officer Emilio Quinones-Santana
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy U.S. Marshal Henry Burton "Bud" Carlson
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Thursday, June 20, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Special Agent David Henry Feick
United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, US
EOW: Friday, June 28, 1991
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer Richard Michael Leskie
Detroit Police Department, MI
EOW: Monday, July 1, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, LA
EOW: Saturday, July 6, 1991
Cause: Drowned
Pasadena Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, July 10, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Donald Burton Gamblin, Jr.
Shawnee Police Department, KS
EOW: Saturday, July 13, 1991
Cause: Vehicular assault
Kenosha County Sheriff's Department, WI
EOW: Sunday, July 21, 1991
Cause: Vehicular assault
New Canaan Police Department, CT
EOW: Wednesday, July 24, 1991
Cause: Electrocuted
United States Department of Defense - Walter Reed Army Medical Center Police, US
EOW: Wednesday, July 24, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Lieutenant William Patrick Farrell
Front Royal Police Department, VA
EOW: Wednesday, July 24, 1991
Cause: Duty related illness
Clanton Police Department, AL
EOW: Sunday, July 28, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Gary Allan Johnson
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, NY
EOW: Thursday, August 1, 1991
Cause: Vehicular assault
Deputy Sheriff Marion Dyer Hodges
Gregg County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Sunday, August 4, 1991
Cause: Fall
United States Air Force Security Forces, US
EOW: Monday, August 12, 1991
Cause: Training accident
Pomona Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, August 13, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
United States Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration, US
EOW: Tuesday, August 13, 1991
Cause: Aircraft accident
Chicago Housing Authority Police Department, IL
EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer William Joseph Werner, IV
Westminster Police Department, SC
EOW: Sunday, August 18, 1991
Cause: Vehicular assault
Police Officer Christopher Bieker May
Fulton County Police Department, GA
EOW: Monday, August 19, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Collier County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Thursday, August 22, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Michael William Morrow
Pine County Sheriff's Department, MN
EOW: Saturday, August 24, 1991
Cause: Assault
Honolulu Police Department, HI
EOW: Wednesday, August 28, 1991
Cause: Vehicular assault
Special Agent Jessie Bruce Dobson, Jr.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement, FL
EOW: Friday, August 30, 1991
Cause: Aircraft accident
Auxiliary Officer George Wayne Starr
Virginia Beach Police Department, VA
EOW: Saturday, August 31, 1991
Cause: Vehicular assault
Carlsbad Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, September 1, 1991
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Officer Leonard Leon Kolodziej
Phoenix Police Department, AZ
EOW: Wednesday, September 4, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Monday, September 9, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Wayne County Sheriff's Office, MI
EOW: Wednesday, September 11, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Hector Antonio Fontanez-Diaz
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Thursday, September 12, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Corporal Jeffery Scott Sanford
Harris County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Saturday, September 14, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
St. Joseph Police Department, MO
EOW: Sunday, September 15, 1991
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer Ronald Wayne Davis
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, September 17, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Special Agent Debra Goodale Tison
Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, FL
EOW: Friday, September 20, 1991
Cause: Vehicular assault
Probationary Police Officer Neil McGroary
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Sunday, September 22, 1991
Cause: Heart attack
Police Officer Angel Luis Rivera-Delgado
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Tuesday, September 24, 1991
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Agent Ramon Luis Galarza-Torres
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Sunday, September 29, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Sergeant Tomas Pantojas de Jesus
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Tuesday, October 1, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Correctional Officer Ronald Levert Richardson
District of Columbia Department of Corrections, DC
EOW: Monday, October 7, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Lieutenant James Ronnie Woodard, Sr.
Metro Nashville Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, October 9, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Wyoming Department of Game and Fish, WY
EOW: Wednesday, October 16, 1991
Cause: Aircraft accident
Kern County Sheriff's Office, CA
EOW: Saturday, October 19, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Officer John William Grubensky
Oakland Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, October 20, 1991
Cause: Fire
Deputy Kenneth Fredrick Perrigo
Shasta County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Monday, October 21, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Corrections Officer Peter Michael Petrosino
New York State Department of Correctional Services, NY
EOW: Thursday, October 24, 1991
Cause: Duty related illness
Wildlife Officer Donald Dante Thornbury
Miccosukee Tribal Police Department, TR
EOW: Monday, October 28, 1991
Cause: Drowned
Officer Jeremiah J. Hurley, Jr.
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Monday, October 28, 1991
Cause: Bomb
Maryland Toll Facilities Police Department, MD
EOW: Thursday, October 31, 1991
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Alabama Department of Public Safety, AL
EOW: Sunday, November 3, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Covington Police Department, TN
EOW: Monday, November 4, 1991
Cause: Heart attack
Deputy Sheriff Glover Emerson "Skip" Bryant, III
Okeechobee County Sheriff's Department, FL
EOW: Friday, November 8, 1991
Cause: Aircraft accident
El Paso Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, November 12, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Donald Ray Tucker
Clinton Police Department, NC
EOW: Thursday, November 14, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Vernon Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, November 17, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC
EOW: Wednesday, November 20, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Patrol Officer Eugene A. Griffin
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Friday, November 22, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, LA
EOW: Sunday, November 24, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Patrolman Joseph Charles Giampaolo
Perry Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, November 28, 1991
Cause: Duty related illness
Wildlife Officer Larry Allen Hart
Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Division of Wildlife, OH
EOW: Saturday, December 7, 1991
Cause: Heart attack
Deputy Sheriff Sandra Belle Wilson
Miller County Sheriff's Office, MO
EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Leslie Blaine Roark
Moniteau County Sheriff's Office, MO
EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Cooper County Sheriff's Office, MO
EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Security Policeman Timothy Royce Riggs
United States Air Force Security Forces, US
EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1991
Cause: Electrocuted
Corporal Leroy Mallett Dantzler
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, SC
EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Allen Richard Lipford
Johnson County Sheriff's Office, TN
EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Senior Corporal Lawrence David Bromley
Dallas Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1991
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Trooper I David Hunter O'Brien
South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC
EOW: Saturday, December 14, 1991
Cause: Automobile crash
Officer Niles Frederick Johantgen
Atlanta Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Saturday, December 28, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
