Find a Fallen Officer

Correctional Administrator Debra Kay Porter-Johnson

Tennessee Department of Correction, TN

EOW: Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Cause of Death: Assault

Captain Ralph Vester Braden

Wartburg Police Department, TN

EOW: Monday, May 2, 2011

Cause of Death: Assault

Correctional Officer Frederick Gayle Hyatt

Tennessee Department of Correction, TN

EOW: Saturday, November 8, 2003

Cause of Death: Assault

Patrolman Robert Sterling Hester

Memphis Police Department, TN

EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1983

Cause of Death: Assault

Deputy Sheriff James Pascal Anderson

Grundy County Sheriff's Department, TN

EOW: Saturday, May 23, 1953

Cause of Death: Assault

Jailer John Asberry Gillespie

Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, TN

EOW: Tuesday, November 10, 1942

Cause of Death: Assault

Deputy Sheriff Thomas Melvin Ball

Greene County Sheriff's Office, TN

EOW: Sunday, June 28, 1942

Cause of Death: Assault

Patrolman John Cannon

Memphis Police Department, TN

EOW: Friday, June 30, 1939

Cause of Death: Assault

Constable John Loyd Dalton

Madison County Fifth District Constable's Office, TN

EOW: Friday, February 5, 1937

Cause of Death: Assault

Night Policeman Herman H. Kirby

McMinnville Police Department, TN

EOW: Saturday, September 14, 1935

Cause of Death: Assault

Constable James Oscar Riddle

Hamilton County Constable's Office, TN

EOW: Friday, April 19, 1935

Cause of Death: Assault

Deputy Sheriff Charles C. Wortham

Shelby County Sheriff's Office, TN

EOW: Wednesday, October 7, 1925

Cause of Death: Assault

Special Agent James D. Delk

Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Police, RR

EOW: Monday, October 30, 1916

Cause of Death: Assault

Location: Tennessee

Railroad Detective S. W. Everson

Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR

EOW: Saturday, February 10, 1912

Cause of Death: Assault

Location: Tennessee

Sheriff Caleb Hewitt

Davidson County Sheriff's Office, TN

EOW: Monday, September 9, 1816

Cause of Death: Assault