These officers are among thousands of men and women killed in the line of duty since the nation’s founding. Each of their deaths was a unique tragedy.
LESLIE GEORGE LORD, 45
New Hampshire State Police (Colebrook) • August 9, 1997
SCOTT EDWARD PHILLIPS, 32
New Hampshire State Police (Colebrook) • August 19, 1997
BRUCE VANDERJAGT, 47
Denver, Colo., Police Department • November 12, 1997
ROBERT “SANDE” SANDERSON, 34
Birmingham, Ala., Police Department • May 13, 1998
DENNIS WARREN FINCH, 52
Traverse City, Mich., Police Department • May 13, 1998
DALE DEWAIN CLAXTON, 45
Cortez, Colo., Police Department • May 29, 1998
JAMES ARLAND ROWLAND JR., 30
Palmer, Alaska, Police Department • May 15, 1999
RICKY LEON KINCHEN, 35
Fulton County, Ga., Sheriff’s Department • March 17, 2000
JOHN C. BOHACH, 35
Reno, Nev., Police Department • August 22, 2001
ERIC BRADFORD TAYLOR, 31
Massillon, Ohio, Police Department • August 9, 2002
DAVID FRANK MOBILIO, 31
Red Bluff, Calif., Police Department • November 19, 2002
KEVIN MICHAEL MARSHALL, 33
Michigan State Police (Fremont) • July 7, 2003
DONALD MCMURRAY OUZTS, 63
Abbeville County, S.C., Magistrate’s Office • December 8, 2003
DANNY WILSON, 37
Abbeville County, S.C., Sheriff’s Office • December 8, 2003
ROBERT WALTER HEDMAN, 49
Otero County, N.M., Sheriff’s Department • December 18, 2004
HENRY “HANK” NAVA JR., 39
Fort Worth, Tex., Police Department • December 1, 2005
JAMES W. SELL, 63
Gassville, Ark., Police Department • February 4, 2006
LEE STEWART NEWBILL, 49
Moscow, Idaho, Police Department • May 19, 2007
STEPHEN ANDERSON, 60
Salt Lake City, Utah, Department of Corrections • June 25, 2007
JOHN R. SMITH, 40
Bastrop, La., Police Department • August 10, 2007
CHARLES D. “CHUCK” WILSON JR., 34
Bastrop, La., Police Department • August 10, 2007
RONALD HARRISON, 56
Hillsborough County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office • August 15 2007
WILLIAM ROBERT HAKIM, 51
Oregon State Police • Dec. 12, 2008
THOMAS PAUL TENNANT, 51
Woodburn, Ore., Police Department • Dec. 12, 2008
PAUL SCIULLO III, 37
Pittsburgh, Pa., Police Department • April 4, 2009
STEPHEN MAYHLE, 29
Pittsburgh, Pa., Police Department • April 4, 2009
ERIC KELLY, 41
Pittsburgh, Pa., Police Department • April 4, 2009
BURT LOPEZ, 45
Okaloosa County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office • April 25, 2009
WARREN “SKIP” YORK, 45
Okaloosa County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office • April 25, 2009
STEPHEN T. JOHNS, 39
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Security • June 10, 2009
SHANE T. DETWILER, 31
Chambers County, Texas, Sheriff's Office • June 10, 2009
THOMAS WILLIAM “BILL” EVANS, 38
West Memphis, Ark., Police Department • May 20, 2010
ROBERT BRANDON PAUDERT, 39
West Memphis, Ark., Police Department • May 20, 2010
BRANDON NIELSEN, 34
St. John the Baptist Parish, La., Sheriff's Office • August 16, 2012
JEREMY TRICHE, 27
St. John the Baptist Parish, La., Sheriff's Office • August 16, 2012
KENYON MARC YOUNGSTROM, 37
California Highway Patrol • September 5, 2012
THOMAS LYNN CLEMENTS, 58
Colorado Department of Corrections • March 19, 2013
MICHAEL L. WILSON, 42
Charlotte County, Fla., Sheriff's Office • August 5, 2013
ALYN BECK, 41
Las Vegas, Nev., Police Department • June 8, 2014
IGOR SOLDO, 31
Las Vegas, Nev., Police Department • June 8, 2014
BRYON KEITH DICKSON II, 38
Pennsylvania State Police • September 12, 2014
CHRISTOPHER LYND SMITH, 47
Leon County, Fla., Sheriff's Office • November 22, 2014
GARRETT PRESTON RUSSELL SWASEY, 44
University of Colorado Police Department • November 27, 2015
LORNE AHRENS, 48
Dallas, Tex., Police Department • July 7, 2016
MICHAEL KROL, 40
Dallas, Tex., Police Department • July 7, 2016
MICHAEL SMITH, 55
Dallas, Tex., Police Department • July 7, 2016
BRENT THOMPSON, 43
Dallas, Tex., Area Rapid Transit • July 7, 2016
PATRICK ZAMARRIPA, 32
Dallas, Tex., Police Department • July 7, 2016
MONTRELL JACKSON, 32
Baton Rouge, La., Police Department • July 17, 2016
MATTHEW GERALD, 41
Baton Rouge, La., Police Department • July 17, 2016
BRAD GARAFOLA, 45
East Baton Rouge Parish, La., Sheriff’s Department • July 17, 2016
MASON PALMER BETHEA MOORE, 42
Broadwater County, Mont., Sheriff’s Office • May 16, 2017
CHRISTOPHER JAMES MONICA, 42
Georgia Department of Corrections • June 13, 2017
CURTIS BERNARD BILLUE, 58
Georgia Department of Corrections • June 13, 2017
MATTHEW SCOTT BAXTER, 26
Kissimmee, Fl. Police Department • August 18, 2017
RICHARD SAMUEL HOWARD, III, 35
Kissimmee, Fl. Police Department • August 19, 2017
CHASE LEE MADDOX, 26
Locust Grove, Ga, Police Department • February 9, 2018
