Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

NEVER FORGET! Please help me honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Patrolman Martin Kunkel of the Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio and the additional 60 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

January 24, 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 Martin Kunkel of the Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio and the additional 73 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

January 20, 2023

NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Ohio Attorneys General Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Patrolman Martin Kunkel of the Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio and the additional 71 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

January 20, 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 Martin Kunkel of the Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio and the additional 67 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

January 20, 2021

Patrolman Kunkel,
On today, the 142nd anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Cincinnati. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

January 20, 2020

My dear Martin ...how much I have learned about your heroic sacrifices from newspapers accounts of the time, my genealogical research and the thoughtful collection of this website. I am honored to be related ...and it is my hope that my research will continue to keep your actions and memory alive.

Deni Snyder-Burton
3 rd great niece
6/2/2019

Deni Snyder-Burton
3rd great niece

June 2, 2019

NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Westerville, Ohio Division of Police, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Patrolman Martin Kunkel of the Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio and the additional 64 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Chief Joe Morbitzer
Westerville, Ohio Division of Police

January 20, 2018

Thank you for serving the citizens of Cincinnati all those years ago. 137 years does not change the fact hat you are a hero. Rest in peace.

Lt. Milton E. Proctor
Deer Park Police Dept, Oh (Ret)

January 19, 2015

Your heroism and service is honored today, the one hundred and thirty first anniversary year 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 who was murdered in the the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered.

Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

March 25, 2009

Martin I found out today that you and I are related. It brings me a great deal pride in knowing that someone in our family gave the ultimate sacrifice for his community. I am so very proud of you. You should know that as young man there were relatives that still talked about the brave man who died in the line of duty. You have been gone one hundred and thirty years but we finally found you.

Thank you for giving me life.

Daniel E Koch
2nd Great Grandson

February 14, 2008

NO OFFICER SHOULD EVER BE WITHOUT A REFLECTION AND I AM HONORED TO BE THE FIRST TO LEAVE ONE FOR YOU. PATROLMAN KUNKEL, YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN HERE WITHOUT A REMEMBERANCE, I WILL VISIT AND REMEMBER YOU AGAIN.

VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH

January 12, 2008