Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

NEVER FORGET! Please join me and honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Patrolman Jon D. Birchem of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ohio and the additional 59 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer (Retired)
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

February 27, 2024

NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Ohio Attorneys General Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Patrolman Jon D. Birchem of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ohio and the additional 56 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation

February 27, 2022

NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Ohio Attorney Generals Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Patrolman Jon D. Birchem of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ohio and the additional 56 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

February 27, 2021

NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Patrolman Jon D. Birchem of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ohio and the additional 51 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation

February 27, 2019

NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Westerville, Ohio Division of Police, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Trooper Jon D. Birchem of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ohio and the additional 51 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Chief Joe Morbitzer
Westerville, Ohio Division of Police

February 27, 2018

I was just a teenager when you passed. What a wonderful cousin you were!!! Rest in peace Jon. I know you are having the time of your life in heaven with your dad. Love and miss you very much!!!

Laura Lyle
Cousin

February 24, 2016

Trooper Birchem,
On today, the 47th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of the state of Ohio. And to your family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

February 27, 2014

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 45th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect and your memory will always be honored amd revered. It is wonderful to hear how much the Ohio State Highway Patrol does to honor its fallen officers and to help the surviving families.

Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya
Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

February 27, 2012

Thanks for your 1 year of services, Jon.

David

February 27, 2012

Jon D Birchem was truly a hero in so many ways. He was a Sr. when I was a Freshman at Elgin HS in Marion County, Ohio.
He was always friendly to the younger classmates and was a great athlete. I knew his wife Chris and sister-in-law Cathy.
It doesn't seem possible that it will be 43 years next month.
You are missed.
Becky Jacobs Rynders

Becky Jacobs Rynders
Friend

January 8, 2010

Jon,
You are a true hero.

Anonymous

November 12, 2008

YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION

VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH

February 21, 2008

I attended the Ohio State Highway Patrol's memorial service for the first time this past May and was moved by the dedication the Patrol has for remembering it's fallen officers. I was also greatly moved by the number of family members who come back year after year to honor their loved ones...some who have died over 50 years ago.

My boyfriend is a trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol. I have always been proud of his job and his affiliation with the Patrol, but am even more so after attending the service. People always use the "words" "you will never be forgotten. The family of OSHP live by those words.

Becky Muncy, widow of Sgt. Marc Muncy
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Franklin County

September 21, 2007

Jon’s widow and son are my mother and half-brother. I grew up knowing about Jon, who was killed in the line of duty while pursuing a fleeing vehicle, three years before I was born and understanding why my brother had a different father other than my own. I grew up understanding the ultimate sacrifices those in law enforcement can make and the family victims that are left behind. I also grew up understanding the complete and unequivocal support and care that the Ohio Highway State Patrol takes in the care and support of the widows and children of its fallen officers. Even though so many years had gone by my mother still received insurance and my brother got tuition assistance for college, even though he was an infant at the time of his father’s death. It is that dedication and devotion that makes me proud to wear a uniform myself and continue a legacy in the thin blue line.

Sergeant J.P. Cline
Marion County Sheriff's Office

September 6, 2006

Jon, although I did not have the opportunity of knowing you, please know that you are not forgotten. The patrol recently had a poster printed with your picture on it along with all the other fallen "troops" from Ohio.

Rest easy sir.

Heather
OSHP

July 16, 2005

Thank you for your sacrifice and dedication.Your legacy lives on in all Ohio Troopers.

Former Ohio Trooper
OSHP

March 27, 2005

You are a hero and although gone for a while, you are not forgotten.... Rest in peace.

Rosa Waters
Mother of Michael Waters
EOW: September 11, 2003

January 19, 2004