The Parkersburg News

Parkersburg West Virginia 

Sunday Jun 13, 1993

 

 

107 State Law Enforcement Officers Died in the Line of Duty
By LORI MORAN
Features Editor


A total of 107 West Virginia law enforcement officers died while performing their duty of protecting society and citizens' rights. The law officers' names, when they died and the agency for which they worked are:
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Ptlm. John Brady - 1868
Wheeling Police Department

Ptlm. Joseph Glenn - 1888
Wheeling Police Department

Officer Robert Lilly - 1901
Elkins Police Department

Ptlm. Lafe Bowen- 1902
Wheeling Police Department

Officer Page Marstiller - 1902
Elkins Police Department

Officer Francis Wilmoth - 1902
Coalton Police Department

Deputy Andrew Beavers - 1906
McDowell County Sheriff's Dept.

Chief Ward Thompson - 1915
Gassaway Police Department

Ptlm. Henry Seamon - 1917
Wheeling Police Department

Officer J. Phillips - 1919
Grafton Police Department

Deputy John Morton - 1920
Webster County Sheriffs Dept

Officer Flemen Anderson - 1920
Charleston Police Department

Pvt. Ernest Ripley - 1920
West Virginia State Police

Pvt. Charles Kackley - 1921
West Virginia State Police

Pvt. William McMillion - 1921
West Virginia State Police

Pvt. George Duling - 1921
West Virginia State Police

Ptlm. Herman Bartels - 1922
Wheeling Poice Department

Pvt. Howard Deem - 1922
West Virginia State Police

Sheriff Harding Duval - 1922
Brooke County Sheriff's Dept.

Pvt. James Shrewsbury - 1923
West Virginia State Police

Officer Charles Ball - 1923
Huntington Police Department

Pvt. Ulric Crawford - 1924
West Virginia State Police

Ptlm. Ray Lazear - 1925
Wheeling Police Department

Officer Malcomb Day - 1925
Welch Police Department

Ptlm. "Bud" Brunhaus - 1926
Wheeling Police Department

Pvt. Theodore Meadows - 1926
West Virginia State Police

Officer Charles Hutton - 1926
Welch Police Department

Pvt. James Lowe - 1926
West Virginia State Police

PvL Blake Michael - 1927
West Virginia State Police

Officer James McMann - 1928
Ronceverte Police Department

Pvt. Arza Allen - 1928
West Virginia State Police

Sgt. William Hall - 1930
West Virginia State Police

Ptlm. James Wolfe - 1931
Wheeling Police Department

Deputy Joseph Miles - 1931
Greenbrier Co. Sheriffs Dept.

Officer Dayton Foster - 1931
Charleston Police Department

Chief Joseph Davis - 1934
Ansted Police Department

Trooper Farley Litton - 1935
West Virginia State Police

Trooper Franklin Patrick- 1937
West Virginia State Police

Officer Alexander Day - 1937
W.Va. Dept. of Natural Resources

Trooper Allen Jeffreys - 1939
West Virginia State Police

Officer Fred Hobart - 1939
W.Va. Dept. of Natural Resources

Officer Wilbur Grubb - 1940
Buckhannon Police Department

Officer R. Munson - 1940
Charleston Police Department

Officer Russell Gautier - 1941
Lester Police Department

Sgt. Newton Sites - 1942
West Virginia State Police

Officer William Land - 1942
Bluefield Police Department

Officer HoIt Hammon - 1944
Webster Springs Police Dept.

Trooper Burr Harrison - 1945
West Virginia State Police

Sgt. Joseph Home - 1946
West Virginia State Police

Sheriff Gay Hovatter - 1946
Tucker County Sheriffs Dept.

Officer William Akers - 1946
Charleston Police Department

Officer Ellis Mansfield - 1947
Keystone Police Department

Officer Wesley Moore - 1947
Clendenin Police Department

Officer William Smith - 1948
Charleston Police Department

Officer Boss Johnson - 1949
Welch Police Department

Deputy Travis French - 1949
McDowell County Sheriff's Dept

Cpl. Arthur Hurst - 1949
West Virginia State Police

Deputy William Dotson - 1950
Mercer County Sheriff's Dept.

Deputy Lago Sheppard - 1951
Greenbrier County Sheriffs Dept.

Officer Emmit Thompson - 1955
Charleston Police Department

Ptlm. Carl Buckland - 1956
Beckley Police Department

Trooper Robert Rulong - 1958
West Virginia State Police

Chief Amos Morris - 1958
Mannington Police Department

Officer Edmond Hail - 1960
St. Albans Police Department

Cpl. Harry Robinson - 1962
West Virginia State Police

Cpl. William Shrewsbury - 1963
West Virginia State Police

Lt. Garnet Richmond - 1963
Williamson Police Department

Trooper Robert Noechel - 1965
West Virginia State Police

Officer James Paugh - 1967
W.Va. Dept. of Corrections

Trooper Donald Swartz - 1970
West Virginia State Police

Ptlm. James Bailey - 1971
Wheeling Police Department

Chief M. R. Lucas - 1972
Milton Police Department

Officer Crockett Boothe - 1972
Constable

Officer William Quilliams - 1972
W.Va. Dept. of Corrections

Officer Gregory Bailey - 1973
Dunbar Police Department

Deputy Jesse Blevens - 1975
Monroe County Sheriffs Dept.

Sgt. David Lilly - 1975
Beckley Police Department

Deputy Roger Treadway - 1975
Fayette County Sheriffs Dept.

Deputy Kenneth Love - 1976
Mason County Sheriffs Dept.

Sheriff Pete Wedge - 1976
Mason County Sheriffs Dept.

Chief Deputy E. Hesson - 1976
Mason County Sheriffs Dept.

Officer Clemmie Curtis - 1976
Huntington Police Department.

Sheriff Park Richards - 1976
Calhoun County Sheriff's Dept.

TFC Thomas Hercules - 1977
West Virginia State Police

Trooper Charles Johnson - 1977
West Virginia State Police

Officer Pauline Stewart - 1977
W.Va. Dept. of Corrections

Deputy George Maynard - 1977 McDowell County Sheriffs Dept.

Trooper Bruce Brown - 1977
West Virginia State Police

Cpl. Dewey Shrewsbury - 1978
West Virginia State Police

Officer Wesley Frame Jr. - 1978 W.Va. Dept. of Natural Resources

Trooper Phil Kesner - 1979
West Virginia State Police

Officer Bobby Howard - 1980
Williamson Police Department

Officer Jerry Stanley - 1981
Sophia Police Department

Ptlm. Eddie Ray Duncan - 1981 Charleston Police Department

Lt. Delbert Roush - 1981
Charleston Police Department

Sheriff Vincent Zummo - 1981
Braxton County Sheriffs Dept.

Officer Paul Harmon - 1981
Huntington Police Department

Officer James Mills - 1982
Huntington Police Department

Officer George Myers - 1982
Kenova Police Department

Cpl. Bill Stone - 1982
West Virginia State Police

Trooper Henry Lucas - 1984
West Virginia State Police

Ptlm. John Tucker - 1985
Fort Gay Police Department

Trooper David Harris - 1985
West Virginia State Police

Trooper Bill Phillips - 1987
West Virginia State Police

TFC J. T. Brammer - 1989
West Virginia State Police

Deputy John Janey - 1989
Putnam County Sheriffs Dept.

TFC Larry Hacker - 1993
West Virginia State Police

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