Police Officer Bobby D. Howard
Williamson Police Department, WV
EOW: Sunday, December 30, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Patrolman Glenn William "Bill" Turner
Reno Police Department, NV
EOW: Saturday, December 29, 1979
Cause of Death: Assault
Officer David Wayne Crowther
Portland Police Bureau, OR
EOW: Thursday, December 27, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Reserve Officer Helen Kuulei Lizama
Guam Police Department, GU
EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Reserve Officer Rudy Caingat Iglesias
Guam Police Department, GU
EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman David R. Tapscott
Springfield Police Department, IL
EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 1979
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Patrolman John E. Braun
Schofield Police Department, WI
EOW: Monday, December 24, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Lieutenant Mickey S. McMillan
Belmont County Sheriff's Department, OH
EOW: Sunday, December 23, 1979
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Policeman Victor L. Lopez-Rivera
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sergeant Michael Ray Twitty
Stevenson Police Department, AL
EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1979
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Sergeant Wilfred Charles Doyle
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, December 21, 1979
Cause of Death: Drowned
Officer William Thomas Laws, Jr.
Cedar Park Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, December 20, 1979
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Conservation Officer Ronald Lee Brandt
South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, SD
EOW: Thursday, December 20, 1979
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Police Officer Daniel J. Greer
Nassau County Police Department, NY
EOW: Sunday, December 16, 1979
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patrolman Anthony Lordi, Jr.
Hillside Police Department, NJ
EOW: Saturday, December 15, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Police Officer Lee Craig Smith
Austin Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, December 15, 1979
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Detective Michael Lee Lane
Whittier Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, December 13, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Detective Lieutenant John H. Miller
East Hanover Police Department, NJ
EOW: Wednesday, December 12, 1979
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Police Officer Charles L. Moeller
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, December 9, 1979
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Location: Illinois
Officer Lanny "Skip" Stevenson
Fresno Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patrolman George L. Ambrosio
Trenton Police Department, NJ
EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1979
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Officer Roy Watson Dooley
Atlanta Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, December 6, 1979
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Patrolman Paul Wesley Harlan
Joplin Police Department, MO
EOW: Thursday, December 6, 1979
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Sheriff David L. Clabaugh
Panola County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Thursday, December 6, 1979
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Policeman Maximo Luis Ortiz-Castillo
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Wednesday, December 5, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire