Officers Killed on This Day in History – January 19th: Total Line of Duty Deaths: 54 Aircraft accident: 2 Assault: 1 Automobile accident: 6 Duty related illness: 1 Exposure to toxins: 1 Gunfire: 23 Gunfire (Accidental): 3 Heart attack: 4 Motorcycle accident: 1 Stabbed: 3 Struck by vehicle: 3 Vehicle pursuit: 1 Vehicular assault: 5 By State: Alabama: 1 California: 2 Florida: 3 Georgia: 1 Illinois: 3 Indiana: 2 Iowa: 1 Kansas: 2 Kentucky: 1 Maryland: 2 Michigan: 3 Nebraska: 1 New Jersey: 1 New York: 8 Ohio: 4 Oklahoma: 6 Pennsylvania: 3 Puerto Rico: 1 Railroad Police: 1 South Carolina: 1 Tennessee: 1 Texas: 1 U.S. Government: 3 Virginia: 1 West Virginia: 1 Guard Daniel Heavey Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, OH EOW: Thursday, January 19, 1865 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman John T. Collins New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, January 19, 1903 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Correctional Officer Herman H. Drover Oklahoma Department of Corrections, OK EOW: Monday, January 19, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Fred C. Godfrey Oklahoma Department of Corrections, OK EOW: Monday, January 19, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Warden D. C. Oates Oklahoma Department of Corrections, OK EOW: Monday, January 19, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Clifford David Barber Jackson County Sheriffs Office, GA EOW: Sunday, January 19, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Railroad Policeman John P. Aracher Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Police Department, RR EOW: Thursday, January 19, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Otto W. Motz New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, January 19, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Homer R. Spaulding Okmulgee Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, January 19, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant J. J. Estes Lexington Police Department, KY EOW: Wednesday, January 19, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Willie D. Smith Jacksonville Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, January 19, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper James M. MacLarnon New York State Police, NY EOW: Monday, January 19, 1931 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper Clark Lewis New York State Police, NY EOW: Sunday, January 19, 1936 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Clinton Maxwell Osthimer Wabash Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, January 19, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Leonard James Bulman Allamakee County Sheriffs Department, IA EOW: Saturday, January 19, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Richard E. Taylor Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Saturday, January 19, 1963 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman William H. Keith Del City Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, January 19, 1965 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Assistant Superintendent Hugh Lucas Johnson Virginia Department of Corrections, VA EOW: Tuesday, January 19, 1965 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sheriff Ivan R. Newell Thurston County Sheriffs Department, NE EOW: Thursday, January 19, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant Joseph Rafay, Jr. Verona Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, January 19, 1967 Cause of Death: Heart attack Corrections Employee Leonard Tatro Illinois Department of Corrections, IL EOW: Friday, January 19, 1968 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sergeant Eldon K. Miller Kansas Highway Patrol, KS EOW: Friday, January 19, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Wayne Vonk Grand Rapids Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, January 19, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Quinton Velez-Figueroa Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Monday, January 19, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Gerald Jerry Velotta New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, January 19, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Robert F. Wenzel Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, January 19, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Stephen R. Gilroy New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, January 19, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Charles Leroy Wilkerson Escambia County Sheriffs Office, FL EOW: Saturday, January 19, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Michael Ian McDougal Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, January 19, 1975 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Corporal Paul James Walters Silver Spring Township Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, January 19, 1975 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant Richard L. Bandy Hendersonville Police Department, TN EOW: Saturday, January 19, 1980 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Kenneth D. Ell Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 19, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Paul A. Kortepeter Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Wednesday, January 19, 1983 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Corporal Robert E. Armstrong Dothan Police Department, AL EOW: Saturday, January 19, 1985 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer John F. Clonan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, January 19, 1985 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Chief of Police James Clare Lounsberry Marlette Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, January 19, 1986 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Carey S. Poetzman Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Sunday, January 19, 1986 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Corporal Gregory A. May Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Sunday, January 19, 1986 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Detective Mark Alan Bolhouse Fort Myers Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, January 19, 1988 Cause of Death: Heart attack Special Agent L. Douglas Abram United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, US EOW: Friday, January 19, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Juvenile Detention Officer Robert J. Heavey Morris County Juvenile Detention Center, NJ EOW: Thursday, January 19, 1995 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Michael Steven Francis Kiowa County Sheriffs Office, OK EOW: Friday, January 19, 1996 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper James R. Gross Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Friday, January 19, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Robert Porter Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, January 19, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Border Patrol Agent Jefferson L. Barr United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US EOW: Friday, January 19, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sean Gerald Carrington New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, January 19, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Senior Trooper Douglas Wayne Bland West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Oren Eugene Smith Edwards County Sheriffs Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 Cause of Death: Exposure to toxins Private First Class Dennis Elisha LaPage Charleston Police Department, SC EOW: Saturday, January 19, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Matthew Haden Samuels Greenwood County Sheriffs Office, KS EOW: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Ervin Michael Hawk Johnston, I Livonia Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, January 19, 2007 Cause of Death: Heart attack Chief of Police Ernest V. Mendoza Needville Independent School District Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, January 19, 2007 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Senior Border Patrol Agent Luis Alberto Aguilar United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, US EOW: Saturday, January 19, 2008 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Jarod Michael Dean Boston Heights Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, January 19, 2009 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:55:17 +0000
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