1913 Honor Roll of Heroes
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 169
Total Deaths by Month
- January 11
- February 13
- March 12
- April 10
- May 16
- June 13
- July 9
- August 15
- September 18
- October 14
- November 24
- December 14
Total Deaths by State
- Alabama 5
- Arizona 4
- Arkansas 2
- California 9
- Colorado 2
- Connecticut 2
- District of Columbia 1
- Florida 5
- Georgia 8
- Hawaii 1
- Idaho 1
- Illinois 9
- Indiana 4
- Iowa 1
- Kansas 1
- Kentucky 4
- Louisiana 1
- Maine 1
- Massachusetts 2
- Michigan 9
- Minnesota 3
- Mississippi 5
- Missouri 7
- Montana 3
- New Jersey 3
- New York 9
- North Carolina 4
- Ohio 6
- Oklahoma 4
- Oregon 2
- Pennsylvania 9
- Railroad Police 3
- South Carolina 4
- Tennessee 4
- Texas 16
- U.S. Government 5
- Utah 6
- Washington 3
- West Virginia 1
Total Deaths by Gender
- Male 169
- Female 0
Statistics
- Average age 39
- Average tour of duty 6 years, 6 months
Police Officer Charles P. Gillin
Cedar Rapids Police Department, IA
EOW: Saturday, January 4, 1913
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service, US
EOW: Wednesday, January 8, 1913
Cause: Hypothermia
Bluefield Police Department, WV
EOW: Friday, January 10, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Constable Maurice Dudley Beane
Passadumkeag Constable's Office, ME
EOW: Saturday, January 18, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective William F. Baldwin
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, January 18, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Lieutenant William F. McAndrew
Carbondale Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, January 18, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Pima County Sheriff's Department, AZ
EOW: Tuesday, January 21, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Police Charles Dickey
Gulfport Police Department, MS
EOW: Tuesday, January 21, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Allegheny County Sheriff's Office, PA
EOW: Tuesday, January 28, 1913
Cause: Stabbed
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, CA
EOW: Sunday, February 2, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Metropolitan Police Department, MA
EOW: Saturday, February 8, 1913
Cause: Animal related
Deputy Sheriff Oscar Marcellus Terry
Creek County Sheriff's Office, OK
EOW: Saturday, February 8, 1913
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
East St. Louis Police Department, IL
EOW: Tuesday, February 11, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Police William J. Kerstetter
Sunbury Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, February 12, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Inspector John S. H. "Jack" Howard
United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, US
EOW: Wednesday, February 12, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Richmond County Constable's Office, GA
EOW: Thursday, February 13, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Jewett City Police Department, CT
EOW: Sunday, February 16, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff William Guillermo Bouett
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, February 19, 1913
Cause: Animal related
Clay City Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, February 19, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Alfred Victor Bonnet
San Antonio Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1913
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, February 28, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Kansas City Police Department, MO
EOW: Friday, February 28, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Yazoo City Police Department, MS
EOW: Monday, March 3, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Officer Fred Arthur Wilson Goddard
Spokane Police Department, WA
EOW: Wednesday, March 5, 1913
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Acting Chief of Police Michael Entinger
Monessen City Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, March 8, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Probationary Police Officer James M. Griffin
Detroit Police Department, MI
EOW: Friday, March 21, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Edgar Lewis Dye
Middletown Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, March 21, 1913
Cause: Fall
Probation Officer William Avery Sexton
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Tuesday, March 25, 1913
Cause: Drowned
New Castle Police Department, PA
EOW: Thursday, March 27, 1913
Cause: Drowned
Pennsylvania State Police, PA
EOW: Friday, March 28, 1913
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Saturday, March 29, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Dispensary Constable J. Rollin Cooler
South Carolina State Dispensary Commission, SC
EOW: Sunday, March 30, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
San Antonio Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, March 30, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Sheridan County Sheriff's Office, MT
EOW: Friday, April 4, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Undersheriff Richard Burmeister
Sheridan County Sheriff's Office, MT
EOW: Friday, April 4, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Cochise County Sheriff's Department, AZ
EOW: Sunday, April 6, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Special Police Officer Joseph Eonikos
Phoenix Police Department, IL
EOW: Sunday, April 6, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Game Warden Ernest Raynaud
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, CA
EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputized Civilian Lewis Blair
Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office, WA
EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputized Civilian Charles James Lathrop
Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office, WA
EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Pontiac Police Department, MI
EOW: Monday, April 21, 1913
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Jackson County Sheriff's Department, OR
EOW: Wednesday, April 23, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Rock Island Police Department, IL
EOW: Saturday, May 3, 1913
Cause: Electrocuted
Probationary Patrolman William B. Heaney
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Saturday, May 3, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Saturday, May 3, 1913
Cause: Struck by vehicle
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Rural Police Officer Arthur M. Bateman
Sumter County Sheriff's Office, SC
EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Special Deputy Marshal Marion Ramey
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Special Deputy Marshal John Sloan
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Dooly County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Friday, May 9, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Policeman Harrison Clement Hitch
Princeton Police Department, IN
EOW: Sunday, May 11, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
East Point Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, May 15, 1913
Cause: Electrocuted
Fort Worth Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, May 15, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Davidson County Sheriff's Office, TN
EOW: Tuesday, May 27, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Chippewa County Sheriff's Office, MI
EOW: Friday, June 6, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Chippewa County Sheriff's Office, MI
EOW: Friday, June 6, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Special Deputy Sheriff John S. Davis
Hays County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Sunday, June 8, 1913
Cause: Stabbed
Buffalo Police Department, NY
EOW: Friday, June 13, 1913
Cause: Automobile crash
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Saturday, June 14, 1913
Cause: Hypothermia
Fulton County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Monday, June 16, 1913
Cause: Stabbed
Colorado Department of Corrections, CO
EOW: Thursday, June 19, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff William Henry Garlick
El Paso County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Monday, June 23, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Salt Lake City Police Department, UT
EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Albany Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, June 26, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Thursday, June 26, 1913
Cause: Struck by streetcar
Chief of Police William Cyrus Barrow
Americus Police Department, GA
EOW: Friday, June 27, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Jessie W. Parish
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Tuesday, July 1, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer Charles Harris
Arizona Eastern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, July 5, 1913
Cause: Stabbed
Sheriff Theodore Shelton Cherry
Clay County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Sunday, July 6, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Charles W. Schoof
Detroit Police Department, MI
EOW: Saturday, July 19, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff James Nelson Singleton
Hancock County Sheriff's Office, TN
EOW: Sunday, July 20, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Night Policeman Harry Floyd Hooker
Jacksonville Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, July 22, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Night Marshal Walter Gray Morgan
Martin Police Department, TN
EOW: Monday, July 28, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Friday, August 1, 1913
Cause: Animal related
Deputy Sheriff Robert Lee Bain
Guilford County Sheriff's Office, NC
EOW: Saturday, August 2, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Yuba County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, August 3, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Probationary Patrolman Patrick Cotter
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Monday, August 4, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, August 4, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Pueblo Constable's Office, CO
EOW: Wednesday, August 6, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Waterbury Police Department, CT
EOW: Thursday, August 7, 1913
Cause: Electrocuted
Deputy Sheriff Edward J. Miller
Cochise County Sheriff's Department, AZ
EOW: Tuesday, August 12, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO
EOW: Tuesday, August 19, 1913
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer Frederick Holwedel
Detroit Police Department, MI
EOW: Friday, August 22, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Macon County Sheriff's Office, TN
EOW: Friday, August 22, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Bannock County Sheriff's Department, ID
EOW: Saturday, August 23, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, August 27, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Brookport Police Department, IL
EOW: Friday, August 29, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Police Chief John Brooke Harter, Sr.
Allendale Police Department, SC
EOW: Sunday, August 31, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Moultrie County Sheriff's Department, IL
EOW: Friday, September 5, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Friday, September 5, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Guthrie Police Department, OK
EOW: Sunday, September 7, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Candelario Ortiz
Dimmit County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Friday, September 12, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Samuel Ulysses Spence
Bessemer Police Department, AL
EOW: Monday, September 15, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer James W. Witcher
High Point Police Department, NC
EOW: Monday, September 15, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Lieutenant Octavio Monico Puig
Brownsville Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, September 19, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
New Jersey Department of Corrections, NJ
EOW: Sunday, September 21, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Charles Thomas "Tom" Rushing
Robertson County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Sunday, September 21, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Jacksonville Police Department, FL
EOW: Monday, September 22, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff James Crawford Bonner
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, AL
EOW: Friday, September 26, 1913
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, MS
EOW: Sunday, September 28, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Jefferson County Constable's Office, MS
EOW: Sunday, September 28, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Chesterfield County Magistrate's Office, SC
EOW: Sunday, September 28, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
City Marshal William Benjamin Morgan
Sandusky Police Department, AL
EOW: Monday, September 29, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer John J. McDonough
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, PA
EOW: Monday, September 29, 1913
Cause: Assault
Burnside Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, October 1, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Jersey City Police Department, NJ
EOW: Wednesday, October 1, 1913
Cause: Electrocuted
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Friday, October 3, 1913
Cause: Stabbed
Deputy Sheriff James M. Pollock, Jr.
Houghton County Sheriff's Office, MI
EOW: Tuesday, October 7, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Salisbury Police Department, MA
EOW: Thursday, October 9, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Charles Ledwith
Anderson County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, October 15, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff John William Woods
Ashley County Sheriff's Office, AR
EOW: Friday, October 17, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Corrections Employee Ora D. Ambrose
Indiana Department of Correction, IN
EOW: Saturday, October 18, 1913
Cause: Automobile crash
Corrections Employee William T. Spears
Indiana Department of Correction, IN
EOW: Saturday, October 18, 1913
Cause: Automobile crash
Baylor County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Tuesday, October 21, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Officer William Charles Farquhar
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, October 22, 1913
Cause: Animal related
New Jersey Divison of Fish and Wildlife, NJ
EOW: Thursday, October 23, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Lilly Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, November 1, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Albert Johnson Franklin
Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office, KY
EOW: Saturday, November 1, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Seminole County Sheriff's Office, OK
EOW: Saturday, November 1, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Detroit Police Department, MI
EOW: Tuesday, November 4, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Superintendent Robert Patton McMinn
Brazos County Convict Camp, TX
EOW: Tuesday, November 4, 1913
Cause: Assault
Honolulu Police Department, HI
EOW: Friday, November 7, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Special Deputy Marshal Christopher Keenan
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Sunday, November 9, 1913
Cause: Boating accident
Town Marshal Hyram Smith Peterson
Mesa Police Department, AZ
EOW: Wednesday, November 12, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Caney Police Department, KS
EOW: Wednesday, November 12, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Bassfield Police Department, MS
EOW: Thursday, November 13, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy City Marshal Maurice William Halloran
Vernon Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, November 15, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Austin Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, November 19, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Nephi Stannard Jensen
Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, UT
EOW: Friday, November 21, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Bingham City Police Department, UT
EOW: Friday, November 21, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, UT
EOW: Friday, November 21, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman William Franklin Koger
Kansas City Police Department, MO
EOW: Sunday, November 23, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Madison County Sheriff's Office, NY
EOW: Sunday, November 23, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Santa Paula Police Department, CA
EOW: Tuesday, November 25, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman William Joseph Lydon
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Tuesday, November 25, 1913
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Kankakee City Police Department, IL
EOW: Thursday, November 27, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Friday, November 28, 1913
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Manderich
Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, UT
EOW: Saturday, November 29, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff J. Douglas Hulsey
Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, UT
EOW: Saturday, November 29, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Cleveland Division of Police, OH
EOW: Wednesday, December 3, 1913
Cause: Assault
Birmingham Police Department, AL
EOW: Friday, December 5, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Senior Patrolman James David Lamb
St. Charles Police Department, MO
EOW: Saturday, December 6, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
St. Charles Police Department, MO
EOW: Saturday, December 6, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Sheriff Richard Stanley Worley
Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office, AR
EOW: Sunday, December 7, 1913
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Police Officer Thomas F. Madden
Detroit Police Department, MI
EOW: Tuesday, December 9, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Policeman J. H. "Buster" Suber
Texas A&M University Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, December 14, 1913
Cause: Electrocuted
Hazard Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, December 18, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Friday, December 19, 1913
Cause: Animal related
Deputy Sheriff Peder Thomas Johnson
Duval County Sheriff's Department, FL
EOW: Sunday, December 21, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
City Marshal Grant C. Alexander
Corona Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, December 22, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Monroe Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, December 23, 1913
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Pennsylvania State Constable - Allegheny County, PA
EOW: Monday, December 29, 1913
Cause: Gunfire