1919 Honor Roll of Heroes
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 270
- Animal related 3
- Assault 9
- Automobile crash 9
- Boating accident 2
- Drowned 3
- Duty related illness 6
- Electrocuted 1
- Fall 2
- Gunfire 199
- Gunfire (Inadvertent) 5
- Heart attack 3
- Motorcycle crash 4
- Stabbed 2
- Struck by streetcar 4
- Struck by train 8
- Struck by vehicle 6
- Vehicle pursuit 3
- Weather/Natural disaster 1
Total Deaths by Month
- January 15
- February 18
- March 24
- April 25
- May 31
- June 19
- July 28
- August 19
- September 33
- October 23
- November 21
- December 14
Total Deaths by State
- Alabama 9
- Arizona 2
- Arkansas 2
- California 17
- Colorado 3
- Connecticut 5
- Delaware 1
- District of Columbia 3
- Florida 3
- Georgia 10
- Illinois 18
- Indiana 5
- Iowa 3
- Kansas 2
- Kentucky 9
- Louisiana 3
- Maryland 1
- Massachusetts 7
- Michigan 2
- Minnesota 5
- Mississippi 1
- Missouri 13
- Montana 2
- Nebraska 1
- New Jersey 5
- New York 19
- North Carolina 3
- Ohio 16
- Oklahoma 6
- Oregon 2
- Pennsylvania 21
- Puerto Rico 3
- Railroad Police 14
- South Carolina 6
- South Dakota 1
- Tennessee 6
- Texas 11
- U.S. Government 10
- Virginia 8
- Washington 2
- West Virginia 4
- Wisconsin 3
- Wyoming 3
Total Deaths by Gender
- Male 269
- Female 1
Statistics
- Average age 41
- Average tour of duty 8 years, 8 months
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, January 5, 1919
Cause: Duty related illness
East St. Louis Police Department, IL
EOW: Saturday, January 11, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, January 12, 1919
Cause: Duty related illness
Jackson County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Sunday, January 19, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy U.S. Marshal Ben Franklin Dixon
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Monday, January 20, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Custody Officer Virgil L. Orem
Indiana Department of Correction, IN
EOW: Tuesday, January 21, 1919
Cause: Assault
Shasta County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, January 23, 1919
Cause: Assault
Terre Haute Police Department, IN
EOW: Thursday, January 23, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Monday, January 27, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, January 27, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer George Ross Dingwall
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, January 27, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Manchester Police Department, CT
EOW: Thursday, January 30, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Police Charles H. Bishop
Connellsville City Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, January 31, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Sergeant James L. Hosna
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Thursday, February 6, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Detective James A. "Bert" Weare
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Friday, February 7, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Kingston Police Department, NY
EOW: Friday, February 7, 1919
Cause: Stabbed
Patrolman David Luther Jenkins
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Saturday, February 8, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Police J. E. B. Phillips
Grafton Police Department, WV
EOW: Tuesday, February 11, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy U.S. Marshal Clyde D. Calhoun
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Wednesday, February 12, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Charles E. Deininger
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Thursday, February 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Missouri Pacific Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, February 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Alexandria Police Department, VA
EOW: Sunday, February 16, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, February 18, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Virginia Department of Prohibition Enforcement, VA
EOW: Friday, February 21, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer William F. Hayes
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO
EOW: Sunday, February 23, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff George A. Bills
Palmer Police Department, MA
EOW: Tuesday, February 25, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Police Beldon Napoleon Little
Fort Payne Police Department, AL
EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff George Arnold Scott
DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, AL
EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Town Constable John Stough Stroup
Four Oaks Police Department, NC
EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Rahway Police Department, NJ
EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Rahway Police Department, NJ
EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Barton County Sheriff's Office, MO
EOW: Monday, March 3, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Night Patrolman George Martin Lowe
Ashland Police Department, OR
EOW: Monday, March 3, 1919
Cause: Struck by train
Deputy U.S. Marshal John Haven
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Tuesday, March 4, 1919
Cause: Automobile crash
New Haven Police Department, CT
EOW: Wednesday, March 5, 1919
Cause: Fall
Patrolman Clement Leroy Francis
Dayton Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, March 8, 1919
Cause: Duty related illness
Town Sergeant George Washington Nuckolls
Coeburn Police Department, VA
EOW: Saturday, March 8, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Madison County Sheriff's Department, IN
EOW: Sunday, March 9, 1919
Cause: Assault
Cleveland Division of Police, OH
EOW: Sunday, March 9, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Sunday, March 9, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
McKees Rocks Borough Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, March 11, 1919
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Police Officer Walter S. Gideon
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Thursday, March 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, March 14, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
DeKalb County Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, March 16, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Special Agent Charles A. Kieper
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, March 17, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, March 20, 1919
Cause: Automobile crash
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, March 20, 1919
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Keeper Bruce Linwood Drummond
New Jersey Department of Corrections, NJ
EOW: Thursday, March 20, 1919
Cause: Duty related illness
Police Officer Joseph T. Swierczynski
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Thursday, March 20, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Tuesday, March 25, 1919
Cause: Heart attack
Canton Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, March 29, 1919
Cause: Struck by train
Patrolman Charles West Hatfield
Ashland Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, March 31, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
East St. Louis Police Department, IL
EOW: Tuesday, April 1, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Police Frank H. Flowers
Warren Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, April 3, 1919
Cause: Struck by streetcar
Police Officer Robert McLean Hamilton
Turtle Creek Borough Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, April 4, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Saturday, April 5, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff George J. Dorminey
Ben Hill County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Sunday, April 6, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Richard Johnson
Harlan County Sheriff's Office, KY
EOW: Sunday, April 6, 1919
Cause: Assault
Special Deputy Sheriff David L. Elliott
Harlan County Sheriff's Office, KY
EOW: Monday, April 7, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
West Park District Police Department, IL
EOW: Wednesday, April 9, 1919
Cause: Struck by train
Railroad Detective Charles A. Lowery, Jr.
Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, April 10, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Jenkins County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Sunday, April 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Night Marshal Thomas Preston Stephens
Jenkins County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Sunday, April 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff John A. "Alf" Wall
Johnston County Sheriff's Office, NC
EOW: Sunday, April 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Andrew Lycurgus White
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Sunday, April 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Mounted Guard Clarence Meek Childress
United States Department of Labor - Immigration Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, April 17, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
New York State Department of Correctional Services, NY
EOW: Thursday, April 17, 1919
Cause: Assault
St. Louis County Sheriff's Office, MO
EOW: Friday, April 18, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Pine Grove Police Department, WV
EOW: Friday, April 18, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Town Marshal Jasper Newton Scroggins
Colusa Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, April 19, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Wednesday, April 23, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Robert M. E. Bumster
Quincy Police Department, IL
EOW: Friday, April 25, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Timothy McQuinn
Lee County Sheriff's Office, KY
EOW: Sunday, April 27, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective George C. Slavens
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, April 30, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff John J. McDonald
Lafayette County Sheriff's Department, MO
EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Sheriff Joseph Caldwell Talbott
Lafayette County Sheriff's Department, MO
EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services, US
EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Harold G. Roughley
Detroit Police Department, MI
EOW: Monday, May 5, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Constable David Nathan Morehouse
Paso Robles Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, May 6, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Lawrence E. Reidheimer
Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office, LA
EOW: Tuesday, May 6, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
The Dalles Police Department, OR
EOW: Wednesday, May 7, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Officer Sterling Price "Dick" Warren
Fort Worth Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, May 7, 1919
Cause: Struck by streetcar
Green County Sheriff's Office, WI
EOW: Wednesday, May 7, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Constable James C. Stapleton
Lafayette County Sheriff's Department, MO
EOW: Friday, May 9, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Mounted Guard Charles Lloyd Hopkins
United States Department of Labor - Immigration Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, May 9, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Bowling Green Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, May 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Deputy Sheriff Hannibal Noah Blankenship, Sr.
McDowell County Sheriff's Office, WV
EOW: Tuesday, May 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Lexington Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, May 14, 1919
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer George A. Garland
Gloucester Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, May 14, 1919
Cause: Duty related illness
St. Joseph Police Department, MO
EOW: Wednesday, May 14, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Field Inspector William "Bill" Mayes
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, TX
EOW: Wednesday, May 14, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
River Rouge Police Department, MI
EOW: Thursday, May 15, 1919
Cause: Motorcycle crash
San Diego County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, May 17, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Marshal Benjamin Franklin Brashears
Panama Police Department, OK
EOW: Saturday, May 17, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Walker County Sheriff's Office, AL
EOW: Tuesday, May 20, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Friday, May 23, 1919
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Patrolman William Albert Bather, Jr.
Toledo Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, May 28, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Williams Police Department, AZ
EOW: Saturday, May 31, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Quarantine Guard Ira Trueman Hill
United States Department of Health and Human Services - Public Health Service, US
EOW: Sunday, June 1, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Thomas Martin Giltner
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, June 2, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Galveston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, June 3, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
New York Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, June 10, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Newport News Police Department, VA
EOW: Wednesday, June 11, 1919
Cause: Automobile crash
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO
EOW: Friday, June 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Policeman George Fountain Carter
Martinsville Police Department, VA
EOW: Saturday, June 14, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Night Marshal Sewell H. Burnett
Osceola Police Department, AR
EOW: Sunday, June 15, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, June 15, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Monday, June 16, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Police Joseph Wilson Norris
Juniata Borough Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, June 18, 1919
Cause: Assault
Deputy City Marshal Samuel Blundell
Vernon Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, June 21, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Tuesday, June 24, 1919
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Kingsport Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Sheriff Milton Harvie Stephens
Williamson County Sheriff's Office, TN
EOW: Friday, June 27, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Edward E. Thompson
Schuyler County Sheriff's Department, IL
EOW: Tuesday, July 1, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Blue Island Police Department, IL
EOW: Tuesday, July 1, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer John J. Lanahan
Baltimore City Police Department, MD
EOW: Thursday, July 3, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Lake County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Friday, July 4, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer William H. Pottker
Oak Park Police Department, IL
EOW: Friday, July 4, 1919
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Greenville County Sheriff's Office, SC
EOW: Friday, July 4, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Petersburg Bureau of Police, VA
EOW: Friday, July 11, 1919
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Sunday, July 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO
EOW: Sunday, July 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Special Police Officer Jack Chelton Harris
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, July 15, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Willoughby Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Union City Police Department, TN
EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Vernon County Sheriff's Office, MO
EOW: Thursday, July 17, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Friday, July 18, 1919
Cause: Stabbed
State Constable J. Fletcher Bateman
South Carolina State Constable, SC
EOW: Friday, July 18, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Buffalo Police Department, NY
EOW: Saturday, July 19, 1919
Cause: Automobile crash
Buffalo Police Department, NY
EOW: Saturday, July 19, 1919
Cause: Automobile crash
Cullman County Sheriff's Office, AL
EOW: Sunday, July 20, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman John Middleton Starnes
Leavenworth Police Department, KS
EOW: Sunday, July 20, 1919
Cause: Assault
Detective Sergeant Harry Wilson
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Monday, July 21, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Madison County Constable's Office, KY
EOW: Monday, July 21, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Home Defense Officer Isaac B. Halbfinger
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Tuesday, July 22, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Detectives James Garfield Britton
Sioux City Police Department, IA
EOW: Tuesday, July 22, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Frank J. Murphy, Jr.
Omaha Police Department, NE
EOW: Wednesday, July 23, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Sergeant James Maher
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Sunday, July 27, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Saturday, August 2, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Robert Lloyd Cloaninger
Iredell County Sheriff's Office, NC
EOW: Sunday, August 3, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Walter Henry Goscenski
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, August 3, 1919
Cause: Struck by train
Chief Game Protector Joseph H. Kalbfus
Pennsylvania Game Commission, PA
EOW: Sunday, August 10, 1919
Cause: Struck by train
Field Superintendent Elias W. "Woody" Kelly
Pennsylvania Game Commission, PA
EOW: Sunday, August 10, 1919
Cause: Struck by train
Prohibition Officer Will Farley
West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV
EOW: Monday, August 11, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Louis H. Niederschulte
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO
EOW: Tuesday, August 12, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Special Deputy William H. Engel
Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office, IN
EOW: Wednesday, August 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Aberdeen Police Department, SD
EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1919
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Richard Franklin Madray
Wayne County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Monday, August 18, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Albert J. Kasbaum
North Tonawanda Police Department, NY
EOW: Monday, August 18, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, OK
EOW: Wednesday, August 20, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, August 23, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
New York Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, August 24, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, August 27, 1919
Cause: Automobile crash
Sheriff Jay Lemeul "Buck" Forehand
Liberty County Sheriff's Department, FL
EOW: Friday, August 29, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Night Watchman Bernard McCluskey
Madera Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, September 1, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
County Policeman Richard Jacob Morgan
Richmond County Police Department, GA
EOW: Monday, September 1, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Postal Inspector in Charge George Washington Daniel
United States Postal Inspection Service, US
EOW: Monday, September 1, 1919
Cause: Drowned
Deputy U.S. Marshal Isaac Evans
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Wednesday, September 3, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Corrento G. J. Gargadennec
Oakland Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, September 6, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Sunday, September 7, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Louis Henry Hufnagel
Crafton Borough Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, September 8, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Wednesday, September 10, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Charleston Police Department, SC
EOW: Wednesday, September 10, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Mississippi Department of Corrections, MS
EOW: Thursday, September 11, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff William Thomas Beasley
Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, OK
EOW: Thursday, September 11, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Ignatius Theodore Brown
Munhall Borough Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, September 12, 1919
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Patrolman Thomas Jefferson Evans
Pueblo Police Department, CO
EOW: Saturday, September 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Henry L. Harper
Harmon County Sheriff's Office, OK
EOW: Sunday, September 14, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Game Warden Harry Raymond
Texas Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission, TX
EOW: Sunday, September 14, 1919
Cause: Drowned
Deputy Game Warden Joe Williams
Texas Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission, TX
EOW: Sunday, September 14, 1919
Cause: Drowned
Corpus Christi Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, September 14, 1919
Cause: Weather/Natural disaster
Wyoming Department of Game and Fish, WY
EOW: Sunday, September 14, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Whittier Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, September 16, 1919
Cause: Struck by train
Patrolman Daniel Joseph Carton
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Thursday, September 18, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Sterling Police Department, MA
EOW: Friday, September 19, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy U.S. Marshal Orville Reedy Webster
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Friday, September 19, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Christopher J. Tierney
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Saturday, September 20, 1919
Cause: Animal related
Detective Sergeant Edward Joseph Romero, Jr.
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, September 22, 1919
Cause: Automobile crash
Toledo Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, September 23, 1919
Cause: Struck by streetcar
Seattle Police Department, WA
EOW: Wednesday, September 24, 1919
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Jacksonville Police Department, FL
EOW: Friday, September 26, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Cleveland Division of Police, OH
EOW: Friday, September 26, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Cornelius J. McCarthy
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Saturday, September 27, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Smith County Sheriff's Office, KS
EOW: Saturday, September 27, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Edward Henry Foley
Sherburne County Sheriff's Office, MN
EOW: Sunday, September 28, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer John B. Barbaree
Montgomery Police Department, AL
EOW: Monday, September 29, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Special Agent William Allen Adkins
Missouri Pacific Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, September 30, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Sergeant George C. Burns
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Friday, October 3, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Conrad E. Gibson
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, October 4, 1919
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Detective Sergeant Bernard J. Lenehan
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Sunday, October 5, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Charles B. Jones
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Sunday, October 5, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Greenville Police Department, SC
EOW: Sunday, October 5, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Greenville Police Department, SC
EOW: Sunday, October 5, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Roy "Red" Freeman
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Monday, October 6, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Youngstown Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, October 6, 1919
Cause: Struck by streetcar
Prospect Park Borough Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, October 8, 1919
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Deputy Sheriff Frank C. Curtice
Gallatin County Sheriff's Office, MT
EOW: Friday, October 10, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Pomeroy Vrelland
Gallatin County Sheriff's Office, MT
EOW: Friday, October 10, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Monday, October 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Birmingham Police Department, AL
EOW: Wednesday, October 15, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff William Bartlett McIntosh
James County Sheriff's Office, TN
EOW: Saturday, October 18, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Montgomery Police Department, AL
EOW: Sunday, October 19, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
New Haven Police Department, CT
EOW: Sunday, October 19, 1919
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Patrolman Frederick F. Tierney
Kansas City Police Department, MO
EOW: Monday, October 20, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Buffalo Police Department, NY
EOW: Monday, October 20, 1919
Cause: Animal related
Norfolk Police Department, VA
EOW: Tuesday, October 21, 1919
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Chief of Police Charles Stricker
Commerce Police Department, OK
EOW: Wednesday, October 22, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Charles Wallace Anderson
San Angelo Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, October 26, 1919
Cause: Electrocuted
Special Agent Othello Lee Stringer
Lake Erie and Western Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, October 30, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, PA
EOW: Thursday, October 30, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Winnfield Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, November 1, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Sheriff Robert Lee "Rob" Watts
San Augustine County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Saturday, November 1, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Natrona County Sheriff's Department, WY
EOW: Sunday, November 2, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Columbia County Sheriff's Office, AR
EOW: Friday, November 7, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Motorcycle Officer Harold B. Broadwell
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, November 9, 1919
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Probationary Patrolman John J. McCormack
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Monday, November 10, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Game Protector Frederick T. Schmidt
New York State Environmental Conservation Police, NY
EOW: Monday, November 10, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Police William P. Robbins
Shelton Police Department, CT
EOW: Thursday, November 13, 1919
Cause: Heart attack
Wilmington Police Department, DE
EOW: Thursday, November 13, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff William Maxwell
Plymouth County Sheriff's Office, IA
EOW: Friday, November 14, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputized Civilian John M. Haney
Lewis County Sheriff's Office, WA
EOW: Saturday, November 15, 1919
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Ranger Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, November 16, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Sergeant Antone Schoembs
San Francisco Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1919
Cause: Boating accident
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1919
Cause: Boating accident
Deputy Sheriff Joseph Daniel Coyle
Armstrong County Sheriff's Office, PA
EOW: Monday, November 24, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Game Protector John H. Woodruff
New York State Environmental Conservation Police, NY
EOW: Thursday, November 27, 1919
Cause: Assault
Police Officer Thomas M. Knevet
Hartford Police Department, CT
EOW: Friday, November 28, 1919
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Whitley County Constable's Office, KY
EOW: Saturday, November 29, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Brockton Police Department, MA
EOW: Saturday, November 29, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Cleveland Division of Police, OH
EOW: Monday, December 1, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Private Stanley Webster Christ
Pennsylvania State Police, PA
EOW: Monday, December 1, 1919
Cause: Animal related
Police Officer John Wesley Edwards
New Castle Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, December 1, 1919
Cause: Assault
Canton Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, December 4, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Cleveland Division of Police, OH
EOW: Sunday, December 7, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective Joseph H. Grous
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, December 8, 1919
Cause: Struck by train
Private William M. "Will" Alsobrook
Texas Rangers, TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 9, 1919
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Railroad Detective Lawrance Joseph Beers
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, December 11, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Merchant Patrolman Harry E. Baker
Hamilton Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, December 15, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Sergeant James E. Armstrong
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Saturday, December 20, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Dolie Clifford Harmon
Johnson County Sheriff's Office, KY
EOW: Tuesday, December 23, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Laurens County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Wednesday, December 24, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Carl C. Anderson
Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office, AL
EOW: Friday, December 26, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Sunday, December 28, 1919
Cause: Duty related illness