Jacksonville’s Fallen Heroes – 1840-To-Date (64)

May we never forget the danger law enforcement officers face each day and

the bravery they exemplify when placed in dangerous situations!

(Town Marshall) Yoemens - May 24, 1840
Disturbance Call

Ignatio Andrea – 1869
April 7, 1869
Killed in an Ambush

William Johnson – 1870
Disturbance Call

Joseph Nelson – 1880
June 26, 1880
Shot During Mill Strike

Carlton Lowe – 1890
February 26, 1890
Disturbance Call

Ed Minor – 1895
April 5, 1895
Shot Effecting an Arrest

W. E. Gruber – 1897
April 28, 1897
Investigating Multiple Homicides

Dennis Jenkins – 1899
June 26, 1899
Disturbance Call

C. M. Sadler – 1899
June 26, 1899
Shot at Disturbance Call

Henry H. Raley – 1900
November 29, 1900
Shot Effecting an Arrest

Hezekiah Hires – 1910
May 13, 1910
Shot by Saloon Keeper

Luther B. Henderson – 1911
January 26, 1911
Shot by Robbery Suspect

Napolian B. Hagan – 1913
September 22, 1913
Ambushed by Robbery Suspect

Benjamin F. Hagan – 1917
August 10, 1917
Shot at Disturbance Call

 Charles J. Turknett – 1919
September 26, 1919
Shot Effecting an Arrest

Henry A. Everett – 1920
January 30, 1920
Shot by Two Burglary Suspects

W. J. Kelly – 1924
May 23, 1929
Shot at Disturbance Call

L. M. Dyal – 1929
May 20, 1929
Shot at Disturbance Call

Jessie J. Barber – 1929
May 23, 1929
Shot at Disturbance Call

Willie D. Smith – 1930
January 19, 1930
Shoot-Out With Escaped Convicts
from Connecticut

J. Thomas Watts – 1933
May 5, 1933
Shot Effecting an Arrest

John P. Ellis – 1937
September 11, 1937
Motorcycle Accident

Clarence Ballou – 1937
October 15, 1937
Motorcycle Accident

Richard M. Scarborough – 1946
June 22, 1946
Shot Approaching Domestic Violence Call

Ellis V. Dyal – 1946
June 22, 1946
Shot Approaching Domestic Violence Call

Fred Higginbotham – 1947

August 8, 1947
Motorcycle Accident

Robert Tucker – 1952
December 24, 1952
Shot Effecting Arrest of Traffic Violator

Thomas A. Robinson Jr. – 1953
December 16, 1953
Shot by FBI Fugitives

Napolean B. Harvey – 1956
October 2, 1956
Automobile Accident

Charles Sea – 1959
May 24, 1959
Shot at Disturbance Call

Earnest C. Register – 1960
April 20, 1960
Motorcycle Accident

William E. McCooley – 1962
September 5, 1962
Motorcycle Accident

W. L. Griffin – 1967
July 29, 1967
Shot at Burglary Stakeout

Jake B. Edwards – 1968
February 1, 1968
Motorcycle Accident

David H. Reese – 1970
February 28, 1970
Motorcycle Accident

James H. Moon – 1971
September 27, 1971
Shot By Mental Patient

Edward J. Parker – 1972
February 6, 1972
Shot Interrupting a Sexual Battery

Glen A. Rainey – 1974
August 23, 1974
Motorcycle Accident

Michael D. Stewart – 1975
April 27, 1975
Shot During Robbery in Progress

Charles A. Thompson, III – 1979
January 8, 1979
Airplane Crash

Ronald D. Florence – 1979
January 8, 1979
Airplane Crash

Fred L. Lucy – 1979
January 8, 1979
Airplane Crash

Martin Slater, Reserve Officer – 1981
Feb. 21, 1981
Automobile Accident Responding to Call

Thomas Szafranski – 1981
May 24, 1981
Shot by a Sniper

Frederick A. McCall – 1982
February 7, 1982
Heart Attack While Effecting an Arrest

Gary Bevel – 1983
May 17, 1983
Shot Effecting an Arrest

Jeffery Ritchey – 1987
February 23, 1987
Motorcycle Accident

Charles R. Shinholser, Jr. – 1988
December 14, 1988
Motorcycle Accident

Warren C. Sanders – 1990
July 26, 1990
Shot During Undercover Stakeout

F. Garland Lampe – 1994
May 1, 1994
Heart Attack Assisting Motorist

Weldon L. VanLandingham – 1994
September 9, 1994
Heart Attack on Duty

Lonnie C. Miller Sr. – 1995
May 6, 1995
Shot by Robbery Suspect

Ira Wayne Bramlitt, Jr. – 1995
May 22, 1995
Automobile Accident Responding to Call

Joseph B. Burtner – 1995
December 12, 1995
Shot in Ambush at Suicide Call

James W. Ward – 1996

October 17, 1996
Heart Attack on Duty

Michael H. Boynton – 1998
October 9, 1998
Automobile Accident Responding to Call

Wilbert Wiggins, Sr. 2002
November 8, 2002
Heart Attack on Duty

Scott E. Bell – 2007
October 12, 2007
Automobile Accident,
Killed by Drunk Driver

Christopher Kane – 2008
September 4, 2008
Automobile Accident