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Fallen Heroes

Law Enforcement Agency Fallen Hero End of Watch
Dayton Police Department Patrolman Lee Lynam January 17, 1880
Dayton Police Department Sergeant Amer M. Keller January 7, 1897
Dayton Police Department Patrolman William Dalton August 10, 1899
Dayton Police Department Patrolman John J. Stapleton January 17, 1916
Dayton Police Department Patrolman Charles V. Thomas May 21, 1916
Dayton Police Department Detective George V. Purcell September 23, 1916
Dayton Police Department Patrolman Lawrence R. Graham October 7, 1918
Dayton Police Department Patrolman Edward M. Hennessey October 12, 1918
Dayton Police Department Patrolman Vinton E. Harsh October 13, 1918
Dayton Police Department Patrolman Emerson A. Glotfelter December 7, 1918
Dayton Police Department Patrolman Clement L. Francis March 8, 1919
Dayton Police Department Patrolman Troy E. Sine January 28, 1920
Miamisburg Police Department Patrolman Frank P. Weidner November 16, 1922
Dayton Police Department Patrolman George E. Clark January 29, 1923
B&O Railroad Police Department* Detective Alfred Knight September 15, 1927
Dayton Police Department Patrolman William C. Horn September 18, 1927
Dayton Police Department Captain John C. Post September 25, 1927
ODNR Division of Wildlife Game Warden Harvey L. Monbeck November 5, 1927
Dayton Police Department Patrolman Walter E. Rauch December 25, 1927
Dayton Police Department Patrolman William T. Wilson February 23, 1928
Oakwood Police Department Patrolman Claude McCormick August 29, 1933
Dayton Police Department Sergeant Lucius J. Rice October 5, 1939
Dayton Police Department Patrolman Sherman E. Nowlin May 3, 1947
Dayton Police Department Patrolman Herman A. Drexler May 16, 1947
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Bobby J. Thatcher April 20, 1952
Germantown Police Department Assistant Chief Orion O. Hale December 20, 1957
Ohio State Highway Patrol Post 57 Trooper Ernest E. Cole October 3, 1964
Dayton Police Department Patrolman Richard O. Baker November 5, 1965
Dayton Police Department Patrolman Ronald K. Wells April 6, 1967
Vandalia Police Department Lieutenant James E. Bohanan December 30, 1969
Dayton Police Department Patrolman James L. Mobley January 25, 1970
Dayton Police Department Sergeant Paul E. Mortimer July 31, 1970
Kettering Police Department Patrolman Paul J. Metzger April 3, 1972
Dayton Police Department Patrolman Daniel H. Bruns July 3,1973
Dayton Police Department Sergeant William K. Mortimer March 4, 1974
Wayne Township Police Department** Officer Leo Casto Jr. August 23, 1974
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Randal K. Richter May 22, 1975
Germantown Police Department Sergeant Robert G. Woods July 17, 1976
Butler Township Police Department Patrolman Jahn E. Schmidt October 12, 1976
Jefferson Township Police Department*** Patrolman William A. Aldridge July 13, 1977
Dayton Police Department Officer Eddie L. Hobson October 11, 1981
West Carrollton Police Department Patrolman Frederick J. Beard February 16, 1983
Riverside Police Department Patrolman Larry J. Safreed October 2, 1984
Dayton Police Department Officer William S. Whalen March 22, 1991
Dayton Police Department Officer Jason K. Grossnickle May 23, 1996
Centerville Police Department Officer John P. Kalaman January 12, 1998
Dayton Police Department Officer Mary L. Beall August 25, 2002
Dayton Police Department Detective Jorge R. Del Rio November 7, 2019
University of Dayton Public Safety Department Officer Anthony E. Cloyd December 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.