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       The following list displays the names of the 37 Delaware police officers that gave their all to their State and Country in the line of duty!


( Listed by Date of Passing )
Last update: 4/6/2007

 


      
 

John F. Baylis

September 9, 1863

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     No further information about the death of Officer John F. Baylis is currently available.

 


      
 

Andrew T. Peterson

June 27, 1885

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     No further information about the death of Officer Andrew T. Peterson is currently available.

 


      
 

Francis X. Tierney

March 6, 1915

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     No further information about the death of Patrolman Francis X. Tierney is currently available.

 


      
 

Thomas L. Zebley

November 13, 1919

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     No further information about the death of Patrolman Thomas L. Zebley is currently available.

 


      
 

Francis Ryan

November 2, 1922

Age 31 - ?? Year Veteran

     Officer Ryan succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident two weeks earlier while attempting to stop a speeding motorist on the Philadelphia Pike.

 


      
 

Mary T. Davis

May 11, 1924

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     Matron Davis was beaten to death by a female prisoner in the Wilmington Jail during an escape attempt.

 


      
 

Howard P. Atwell

June 29, 1926

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     No further information about the death of Patrolman Howard P. Atwell is currently available.

 


      
 

Milton A. Wimbrow

December 31, 1931

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     Patrolman Wimbrow was killed in a motorcycle accident while on patrol.

 


      
 

Thomas H. Lamb

February 22, 1944

Age 43 - 17 Year Veteran

     Sergeant Thomas Lamb was struck with a heart attack while on duty

 


      
 

Willard E. Pruitt, Jr.

July 7, 1944

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     No further information about the death of Patrolman Willard E. Pruitt Jr. is currently available.

 


      
 

Paul H. Sherman

October 16, 1945

Age 36 - 6 Year Veteran

     Trooper Sherman was killed when his patrol car was struck by a Baltimore & Ohio train at a crossing on Newport Gap Road in New Castle County.

 


      
 

Thomas P. Conaty, Jr.

December 26, 1946

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     No further information about the death of Detective Thomas P. Conaty Jr. is currently available.

 


      
 

Leroy L. LeKites

January 13, 1950

Age 31 - 6 Year Veteran

     Corporal LeKites was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on US 113 near Selbyville, Delaware.

 


      
 

James D. Orvis

November 17, 1950

Age 34 - ?? Year Veteran

     Trooper Orvis died of a heart attack while on duty.

 


      
 

Raymond B. Wilhelm

May 30, 1951

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     Trooper Wilhelm was killed in an automobile accident on US 40 near Glasgow, Delaware.

 


      
 

Harry Passmore Cloud

July 2, 1955

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     Patrolman Cloud was struck by a vehicle and killed while walking next to a toll booth on the Delaware side of the Delaware Memorial Bridge.

 


      
 

William F. Mayer

August 8, 1955

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     Trooper Mayer was struck and killed by a tractor trailer while conducting a traffic stop on the DuPont Parkway near Smyrna, Delaware.

 


      
 

Eugene B. Ellis

September 21, 1961

Age 41 - 20 Year Veteran

     Colonel Eugene Ellis died of a Heart Attack while on duty.

 


      
 

Harold B. Rupert

April 19, 1962

Age 34 - 6 Year Veteran

     Trooper Rupert was killed in an automobile accident during a pursuit of a car he had attempted to stop for traffic violations.

 


      
 

Robert A. Paris

October 17, 1963

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     Trooper Paris was shot and killed while on a special burglary detail checking local motels. He encountered two suspicious men in the parking lot of a hotel at 0340 hours. When he approached the men a shootout ensued and Trooper Paris was fatally wounded by a shotgun blast.

 


      
 

James Henry Hill

July 10, 1970

Age 60 - ?? Year Veteran

     Patrolman Hill suffered a fatal heart attack while attempting to apprehend a suspect.

 


      
 

William C. Keller

January 22, 1971

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     Trooper Keller was killed in an automobile accident while en route to an undercover assignment in Dover. His undercover vehicle was struck by a garbage truck on US 13.

 


      
 

Wallace A. Melson

August 21, 1971

Age 48 - 4 Year Veteran

     Officer Melson suffered a fatal heart attack during a vehicle pursuit.

 


      
 

Ronald L. Carey

January 5, 1972

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     Trooper Carey and Trooper David Yarrington were shot and killed in Pennsylvania by the female accomplice of a suspect they were struggling with.

 


      
 

David C. Yarrington

January 6, 1972

Age 24 - ?? Year Veteran

     Trooper Yarrington and Trooper Ronald Carey were shot and killed in Pennsylvania by the female accomplice of a suspect with who they were struggling.

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George W. Emory

June 3, 1972

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     Trooper Emory was killed in an automobile accident when his patrol car was struck by another vehicle on US 13, near Harrington, as he returned home following his shift.

 


      
 

Paul John Sweeney

October 20, 1972

Age 26 - ?? Year Veteran

     Patrolman Sweeney succumbed to injuries and burns received one month earlier when his patrol car was struck from behind and burst into flames.

 


      
 

William P. Davis

April 26, 1979

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     Chief Bailiff for the Superior Court. Cause of death currently unknown.

 


      
 

William I. Jearman

November 18, 1987

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     Lieutenant Jearman died of a heart attack while on duty.

 


      
 

David Bruce Pulling

November 18, 1987

Age 31 - ?? Year Veteran

     Corporal Pulling was killed during an explosives training exercise in Huntsville, Alabama. Corporal Pulling was attending the course, instructed by the FBI, in order to become a bomb technician for the Delaware State Police.

 


      
 

Kevin J. Mallon

March 20, 1990

Age 24 - ?? Year Veteran

     Trooper Mallon was killed when he lost control of his patrol car on State Route 16 while en route to a burglary call.

 


      
 

Gerard T. Dowd

September 12, 1990

Age 29 - ?? Year Veteran

     Trooper Dowd was killed when his patrol car ran into the side of a tractor trailer while en route to a domestic disturbance call.

 


      
 

Robert H. Bell

September 7, 1993

Age 51 - ?? Year Veteran

     Corporal Bell died after contracting AIDS from a blood transufion received following a line of duty injury.

 


      
 

Francis T. Schneible

December 20, 1993

Age ?? - ?? Year Veteran

     Patrolman Schneible succumbed to a shotgun wound sustained 24 years earlier when he was shot while attempting to arrest a shoplifter in downtown Dover on October 9, 1969.

 


      
 

Vincent A. Julia

February 9, 1996

Age 27 - 2 Year Veteran

     Officer Julia was killed when his patrol car was struck by a dump truck while stopped to help a disabled truck.

 


      
 

Sandra Marie Wagner

April 5, 1996

Age 28 - 8 Month Veteran

     Trooper Wagner was killed after her cruiser was struck by a tractor trailer. Trooper Wagner was making a U-turn to pursue a vehicle when her cruiser was struck.

 


      
 

Harvey A. Gregg Jr.

April 4, 1998

Age 70 - ?? Month Veteran

     Chief of Police Gregg died two days after suffering a heart attack while directing traffic for a funeral procession.

 


      
 

Frances Marie Collender

February 6, 2001

Age 39 - 4 Year Veteran

     Corporal Collender was struck and killed by a vehicle while assisting at the scene of a previous accident.

 


      
 

Christopher Michael Shea

July 18, 2004

Age 31 - 4 Year Veteran

     Corporal Shea was killed when his cruiser was struck head on by a vehicle being operated by an intoxicated driver.
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