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Fallen Heroes


Law Enforcement AgencyFallen HeroEnd of Watch
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman Lee LynamJanuary 17, 1880
Dayton Police DepartmentSergeant Amer M. KellarJanuary 7, 1897
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman William M. DaltonAugust 10, 1899
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman John J. StapletonJanuary 17, 1916
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman Charles V. ThomasMay 21, 1916
Dayton Police DepartmentDetective George B. PurcellSeptember 23, 1916
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman Emerson A. GlotfelterDecember 17, 1918
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman Lawrence R. GrahamOctober 7, 1918
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman Vinton E. HarshOctober 12, 1918
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman Edward M. HennesseyOctober 12, 1918
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman Clement L. FrancisMarch 8, 1919
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman Troy E. SineJanuary 28, 1920
Miamisburg Police DepartmentPatrolman Frank P. WeidnerNovember 16, 1922
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman George E. ClarkJanuary 29, 1923
B&O Railroad Police Department*Detective Alfred KnightSeptember 15, 1927
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman William C. HornSeptember 18, 1927
Dayton Police DepartmentCaptain John C. PostSeptember 24, 1927
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman Walter E. RauchDecember 25, 1927
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman William T. WilsonFebruary 23, 1928
Oakwood Public Safety DepartmentPatrolman Claude McCormickAugust 29, 1933
Dayton Police DepartmentDetective Sergeant Lucius J. RiceOctober 5, 1939
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman Sherman E. NowlinMay 3, 1947
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman Herman A. DrexlerMay 16, 1947
Montgomery County Sheriff’s OfficeDeputy Bobby J. ThatcherApril 20, 1952
Germantown Police DepartmentAssistant Chief Orion O. HaleDecember 20, 1957
Ohio State Highway Patrol Post 57Trooper Ernest E. ColeOctober 3, 1964
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman Richard O. BakerNovember 5, 1965
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman Ronald K. WellsApril 6, 1967
Vandalia Police DepartmentLieutenant James E. BohananDecember 30, 1969
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman James E. MobleyJanuary 25, 1970
Dayton Police DepartmentSergeant Paul E. MortimerJuly 31, 1970
Kettering Police DepartmentPatrolman Paul J. MetzgerApril 3, 1972
Dayton Police DepartmentPatrolman Daniel H. BrunsJuly 1,1973
Dayton Police DepartmentSergeant William K. MortimerMarch 4, 1974
Wayne Township Police Department**Officer Leo Casto Jr.August 23, 1974
Montgomery County Sheriff’s OfficeDeputy Randal K. RichterMay 22, 1975
Germantown Police DepartmentSergeant Robert G. WoodsJuly 16, 1976
Butler Township Police DepartmentPatrolman Jahn E. SchmidtOctober 12, 1976
Jefferson Township Police Department***Patrolman William A. AldridgeJuly 13, 1977
Dayton Police DepartmentOfficer Eddie L. HobsonOctober 11, 1981
West Carrollton Police DepartmentPatrolman Frederick J. BeardFebruary 16, 1983
Riverside Police DepartmentPatrolman Larry J. SafreedOctober 2, 1984
Dayton Police DepartmentOfficer William S. WhalenMarch 22, 1991
Dayton Police DepartmentOfficer Jason K. GrossnickleMay 23, 1996
Centerville Police DepartmentOfficer John P. KalamanJanuary 12, 1998
Dayton Police DepartmentOfficer Mary L. BeallAugust 25, 2002
Dayton Police DepartmentDetective Jorge Del RioNovember 7, 2019
University of Dayton Public Safety DepartmentOfficer Anthony E. CloydDecember 9, 2021

*The B&O Railroad Police Department no longer exists, and its former jurisdiction is now patrolled by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
**Wayne Township is now part of the city of Huber Heights.
***The Jefferson Township Police Department no longer exists, and its jurisdiction is now patrolled by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.