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Roll-call of those who died
In the Line of Duty
The following roll-call of names are of those who made the ultimate sacrifice and have died in the line of duty. The list of names total 195 members of the Patrol dating back to 1929.

NAMERANKBADGEDEATHCAUSE
Howard GarlingerOfficer--10/30/29Motor
Edgar CombsOfficer--09/08/30Motor
Elber WarrenOfficer--01/24/31Motor
Burt ReevesOfficer--09/21/31Motor
J.W. ShumanOfficer--03/01/32Gunshot
Edwin CrookOfficer--07/08/32Motor
A.E. HinckOfficer--08/13/32Motor
Floyd RussellOfficer--01/15/33Motor
Thomas BissettOfficer--01/29/33Medical
S.S. KentOfficer--03/10/33Gunshot
Ted DavisOfficer--03/11/33Motor
John DarouxOfficer--01/12/33Motor
J.E. MarksOfficer--04/11/33Motor
Oscar McMurryOfficer--03/06/34Motor
Francis PerryOfficer--07/07/34Motor
Hugh ClineOfficer--08/26/34Motor
Donald HooverOfficer--08/31/34Motor
William McDanielOfficer--10/06/34Gunshot
Edward BondOfficer--04/14/35Motor
Ivan CaselmanOfficer--08/24/35Motor
Charles NissenOfficer--12/17/35Motor
Earl AmesOfficer--10/10/36Motor
R.H. TrembathOfficer--12/04/37Motor
E.R. CarrOfficer--01/27/38Auto
Leonard NelsonOfficer--05/18/38Pedestrian
E.L. ShryverCaptain--07/10/38Pedestrian
F.J. KowolowskiOfficer--12/26/38Motor
Joseph MathewsOfficer--08/10/39Motor
Ernest NelsonOfficer--08/29/39Motor
Samuel CopeOfficer--01/16/40Motor
William MalinOfficer--07/04/40Motor
Paul MengedothOfficer--02/07/41Motor
Leslie LauterwasserOfficer--06/27/41Motor
Robert HellerOfficer--01/12/42Motor
Scott LeathermanOfficer--05/03/42Motor
Eliot DaleyOfficer--05/17/42Auto
E.L. ElmoreOfficer--07/18/42Medical
Clinton BenjaminOfficer--08/01/42Motor
Joe StuckerOfficer--01/07/43Motor
Walter MaxeyOfficer--02/02/43Motor
Frederick WalesOfficer--02/07/43Motor
George EllisOfficer--04/21/43Auto
Nelson DwellyOfficer--07/10/43Motor
Forrest GerkenOfficer--02/15/44Motor
Forest UnderwoodSergeant--03/09/44Gunshot
John ReedOfficer--05/18/44Motor
Lewis GreggOfficer--11/04/44Motor
David HendersonOfficer--12/07/44Motor
R.H. BerryOfficer--04/08/45Motor
Norman KesslerOfficer--05/17/45Motor
James DalzielOfficer--06/30/45Motor
James VendewegOfficer--07/12/45Motor
H.E. NicholsOfficer--09/12/45Motor
Loren RooseveltOfficer--06/05/46Gunshot
Frank MausOfficer--07/14/46Motor
S.W. SodelOfficer--09/17/46Gunshot
Richard SimpsonOfficer--09/25/46Motor
William ReardonOfficer--10/20/46Pedestrian
John WaltersOfficer--11/18/47Motor
Alvin FossOfficer--04/26/50Gunshot
Harold HansonOfficer--08/19/51Motor
William FooteOfficer--06/23/52Motor
Ralph VargasOfficer--09/30/52Motor
John ArmatoskiOfficer--05/01/53Pedestrian
F.M. EppersonOfficer--07/02/54Motor
W.M. ChanslerOfficer--08/27/54Gunshot
J.C. LamarOfficer--12/10/54Pedestrian
J.E. MaroneyOfficer--05/27/55Gunshot
Charles GossOfficer--11/25/55Auto
George WoodsonOfficer--12/23/55Motor
E.A. FreyOfficer--07/02/56Motor
Raymond GeigerOfficer--08/10/56Motor
Charles SmithOfficer--09/09/56Gunshot
Elza FitzpatrickOfficer--12/06/56Gunshot
Carl JessingOfficer--01/09/57Motor
Robert ReedOfficer--10/08/57Gunshot
Camile MadereOfficer--01/24/58Motor
Robert SuessOfficer224402/15/58Motor
Joseph JohnstonOfficer225110/12/58Motor
Robert HeberlieOfficer265411/22/58Motor
Herbert DionOfficer273902/07/59Motor
George KallemeynOfficer--07/21/59Motor
Leonard WinneyOfficer200411/12/59Motor
Richard DuvallOfficer268302/23/60Gunshot
Robert DaleOfficer279203/10/60Motor
William PitoisOfficer275611/04/60Motor
Gary GrowOfficer235001/28/62Airplane
Jerry TurreOfficer207104/21/62Pedestrian
Dale KringsOfficer204605/21/62Gunshot
Ronald DavisOfficer315208/18/62Auto
Charles SorensonOfficer234103/15/63Gunshot
Donald BrandonOfficer329404/23/63Auto
John EllisOfficer280011/05/63Auto
Glen CarlsonOfficer269911/15/63Gunshot
Merle DeWittOfficer53412/24/63Motor
Ralph MinionOfficer160301/06/64Motor
William HuckabyOfficer219801/12/64Motor
Kenneth WitkeOfficer73101/14/64Motor
Coburn JewellOfficer294002/01/64Auto
James StambackOfficer183103/23/64Pedestrian
Charles WoodworthOfficer168508/12/64Motor
Leonard LaytonOfficer341111/08/64Auto
Jerel ShowsOfficer364112/23/64Pedestrian
Merrel KissingerOfficer113402/14/65Gunshot
M.J. TriptreeOfficer207012/14/65Motor
Michael GriffinOfficer241601/13/66Motor
William IsaacOfficer281808/25/66Motor
Franke StoryOfficer423807/19/67Gunshot
Charles LillyOfficer402910/29/67Pedestrian
Merle AndrewsOfficer276912/20/67Gunshot
Kenneth MarshallOfficer328501/09/68Auto
Wesley JohnsonOfficer276704/15/69Auto
Richard WoodsOfficer498707/16/69Motor
Robert BlomoOfficer473909/04/69Motor
Ambers ShewakerOfficer705911/24/69Gunshot
William CourtOfficer388502/13/70Auto
Raymond CarpenterOfficer199202/17/70Gunshot
Walter FragoOfficer657304/06/70Gunshot
Roger GoreOfficer660004/06/70Gunshot
James PenceOfficer688504/06/70Gunshot
George AlleynOfficer629004/06/70Gunshot
Nathan SeidenbergOfficer639610/23/70Auto
Loren ScruggsOfficer318604/23/71Gunshot
Robert MayerOfficer696909/02/71Motor
Dana PaladiniOfficer783907/04/72Gunshot
Kenneth RoedigerOfficer753108/05/72Gunshot
Alfred JohnsonOfficer434708/27/72Pedestrian
William McKimOfficer157602/06/73Auto
Larry WetterlingOfficer596603/09/73Gunshot
William SniffenOfficer446404/05/73Motor
Robert HarrisonOfficer781201/11/74Auto
Gerald HarrisOfficer555402/27/74Pedestrian
Ralph PercivalOfficer240206/03/74Pedestrian
Keith GilesOfficer740308/25/74Pedestrian
Robert PhillipsOfficer580801/06/75Motor
Frederick EnrightOfficer786706/27/75Helicopter
Adolfo HernandezOfficer487606/27/75Helicopter
Alfred TurnerOfficer618512/16/75Gunshot
Gary HughesOfficer340105/23/76Auto
E.A. ParkerOfficer502705/02/77Medical
Arthur DunnOfficer331807/09/77Gunshot
George ReddingOfficer428208/17/77Accidental
W.B. Wolff, IIIOfficer834212/30/77Pedestrian
H.E. HorineOfficer668605/13/78Pedestrian
W.F. LeiphardtOfficer499105/13/78Pedestrian
W.E. WashingtonOfficer698907/10/78Pedestrian
J.E. McCabeOfficer780109/01/78Helicopter
G.W. WoodOfficer674609/01/78Helicopter
R.P. BlecherOfficer245512/22/78Gunshot
W.M. FreemanOfficer488512/22/78Gunshot
E.R. FelioOfficer320209/07/80Gunshot
D.R. HollowayOfficer674501/03/80Airplane
G.E. DormaierOfficer465412/25/80Pedestrian
P.C. JarskeOfficer349302/24/81Auto
J.J. Schumacher, Jr. Officer716406/13/81Pedestrian
J.R. MartinezOfficer881310/02/81Gunshot
K.L. ArcherOfficer725502/24/82Helicopter
G.R. CareyOfficer404402/24/82Helicopter
D.E. NewbyOfficer551907/17/82Gunshot
D.W. CoplemanOfficer1050304/06/85Auto
R.E. MillerOfficer727108/14/85Pedestrian
D.J. EsquibelOfficer1128908/21/85Auto
G.F. ButlerOfficer485412/08/86Pedestrian
M.A. BrandtOfficer948304/06/87Auto
T.W. AutreyOfficer1192909/30/87Pedestrian
M.T. TaylorOfficer1155811/26/87Pedestrian
J.C. HelmickLieutenant696002/27/89Auto
H. OlazarOfficer1037109/02/89Auto
J.C. O'ConnorOfficer1040411/15/90Motor
F. AlemanOfficer1132807/23/92Gunshot
J.N. McVeigh, Jr. Officer975204/17/93Auto
J.L. SteelSergeant801804/23/93Motor
L.J. JaramilloOfficer1166306/22/93Auto
R.A. MaxwellOfficer1278807/11/94Gunshot
B.T. HinmanOfficer1182010/03/95Pedestrian
A.J. HubbardOfficer877412/08/95Auto
David ManningOfficer1224602/15/96Motor
Don BurtOfficer1389207/13/96Gunshot
Reuben RiosOfficer859210/27/96Pedestrian
Noreen VargasOfficer1253211/08/96Auto
Jim SchultzOfficer791111/15/96Pedestrian
Saul MartinezOfficer125555/15/97Pedestrian
Daniel MuehlhausenOfficer139336/1/97Auto
Scott GreenlyOfficer143251/7/98Pedestrian
Britt IrvineOfficer106572/24/98Auto
Rick StovallOfficer96232/24/98Auto
Christopher LydonOfficer147526/5/98Auto
Sean NavaOfficer1289010/28/00Pedestrian
Gary WagersSergeant92213/15/01Auto
Stephen LinenOfficer138128/12/01Pedestrian
John PedroOfficer--6/3/02Auto
Shannon DistelOfficer--8/27/03Motor
Robert CoulterOfficer--11/2/03Gunshot
Dean BeattieOfficer--11/19/03Motor
Paul PinoOfficer--12/30/03Auto
Thomas SteinerOfficer--4/21/04Gunshot
James GoodmanOfficer--6/3/04Motor
David RomeroOfficer--9/23/05Motor
Andrew StevensOfficer--11/17/05Gunshot
Erick MannyOfficer--12/21/05Auto
Michael WalkerLieutenant--12/31/05Pedestrian
Earl ScottOfficer--02/17/06Gunshot
Gregory BaileyOfficer--2/25/06Pedestrian
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