Fallen Heroes

The 91 names listed here are Officers killed in the line of duty in the Central PA C.O.P.S. region. To view information on any Officer please click on their name. You will be re-routed to the Officer Down Memorial Page.

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COUNTY OFFICER NAME OFFICER DEPARTMENT E.O.W. INCIDENT
ADAMS TROOPER FRANCIS L. HALEY PSP 10/14/1924 Gunfire
ADAMS TROOPER JOSEPH WILLIAMS PSP 10/8/1938 Vehicle Strike
ADAMS TROOPER CHARLES CRAVEN PSP 10/11/1938 Vehicle Strike
ADAMS CHIEF CHARLES ROCHE Abbottstown PD 3/5/1977 Vehicle Assualt
ADAMS JAMES A. REDDING New Oxford Boro. PD 10/22/1978 Vehicle Pursuit
ADAMS SGT. MICHAEL C. WEIGAND Latimore Twp. PD 9/14/2008 Motorcycle
ADAMS W.C.O. DAVID GROVE PA GAME COMMISSION 11/11/2010 Gunfire
BLAIR CONSTABLE MICHAEL MCGINLEY Altoona, PD 10/10/1915 Gunfire
BLAIR PATROLMAN WILLIAM STEPHENS Altoona, PD 1/5/1920 Vehicle Strike
BLAIR THOMAS W. BUCK Altoona, PD 2/1/1931 Auto Accident
BLAIR ROBERT JACOB BIGELOW Altoona, PD 12/9/1933 Auto Accident
BLAIR RONALD J. TUREK Blair Township PD 3/27/1985 Gunfire
BLAIR C.O. THOMAS LUKE BRANNIGAN Blair County Prison 1/15/1992 Heart Attack
CENTRE CPL. JOSEPH FULTON PSP - Bellefonte 6/4/1936 Motorcycle
CENTRE RONALD D. SEYMORE Bellefonte PD 10/19/1971 Gunfire
CENTRE CORPORAL JOHN S. VALENT PSP 12/9/1971 Gunfire
CENTRE TROOPER CLINTON CRAWFORD PSP-TROOP S 8/17/1987 Vehicle Strike
CENTRE TROOPER JOHN ANDRULEWICZ PSP - State College 5/9/1988 Auto Accident
CLINTON CHIEF PHILIP PAUL Renovo PD 3/13/1889 Gunfire
CLINTON P. JOSEPH DEEGHAN Clinton Co. Sheriff's Dept. 3/5/1904 Gunfire
CLINTON ROBERT W. PROBST Lock Haven PD 8/22/1934 Gunfire
CUMBERLAND GEORGE MARTIN Carlisle PD 4/8/1893 Gunfire
CUMBERLAND M. ROY HAMLIN Camp Hill PD 5/23/1925 Motorcycle
CUMBERLAND CHIEF JAMES ALBERT WELCH New Cumberland PD 2/23/1928 Bomb
CUMBERLAND TROOPER DEAN ZEIGLER PSP Troop A-2 Harrisburg 10/17/1942 Auto Accident
CUMBERLAND HOMER REED GILBERT Mechanicsburg PD 1/26/1943 Heart Attack
CUMBERLAND TROOPER CHARLES STANSKI PSP -Silver Springs Twp. 1/23/1958 Vehicle Pursuit
CUMBERLAND HARRY F. HARTMAN JR East Pennsboro PD 12/21/1970 Vehicle Strike
CUMBERLAND CPL. PAUL JAMES WALTERS Silver Springs PD 1/19/1975 Vehicle Strike
CUMBERLAND RICHARD STANLEY PHELPS Lemoyne Boro PD 7/11/1989 Vehicle Pursuit
CUMBERLAND WILLIS JOHN COLE New Cumberland PD 8/19/1994 Gunfire
DAUPHIN CHARLES HUMPHREY Harrisburg Police Bureau 9/5/1907 Animal Related
DAUPHIN LEWIS C. HIPPLE Harrisburg Police Bureau 6/23/1916 Gunfire
DAUPHIN MELVIN W. KEPFORD Harrisburg Police Bureau 10/30/1918 Vehicle Strike
DAUPHIN TROOPER MARTIN HANAHOE PSP - Troop A Harrisburg 2/27/1927 Vehicle Assualt
DAUPHIN TROOPER THOMAS LIPKA PSP - Harrisburg 4/3/1927 Auto Accident
DAUPHIN TROOPER VINCENT HASSEN PSP Troop A Harrisburg 12/27/1927 Motorcycle
DAUPHIN TROOPER ANDREW MILLER PSP - Troop A Harrisburg 4/1/1928 Motorcycle
DAUPHIN TROOPER JAY PROOF PSP - Troop A Harrisburg 8/29/1928 Vehicle Assualt
DAUPHIN TROOPER CHARLES HOUSEHOLDER PSP - Troop A Harrisburg 8/20/1933 Vehicle Assualt
DAUPHIN CLOYD L. HEARN Harrisburg Police Bureau 11/13/1934 Vehicle Assualt
DAUPHIN TROOPER JOHN DITKOSKY PSP - Troop A Harrisburg 7/24/1950 Auto Accident
DAUPHIN BARRY P. KARPER Harrisburg Police Bureau 7/20/1963 Vehicle Pursuit
DAUPHIN JOSEPH J. O'SHURA Harrisburg Police Bureau 7/20/1963 Vehicle Pursuit
DAUPHIN CPL. JOHN R. CHRISTIAN JR. Harrisburg Police Bureau 4/18/1978 Gunfire
DAUPHIN JAMES L. PRIETO PA Capitol PD 4/19/1991 Heart Attack
DAUPHIN SGT. JAMES NELSON Susquehanna PD 2/19/2008 Stroke
FRANKLIN WILLIAM DAYWALT Waynesboro PD 2/4/1914 Gunfire
FRANKLIN TROOPER JOHN SIMOSON PSP Troop F 12/1/1937 Motorcycle
FULTON SGT. TIMOTHY MCCARTHY PSP 5/12/1931 Gunfire
FULTON TROOPER FREDERICK SUTTON PSP Troop A-2 Harrisburg 1/3/1940 Gunfire
HUNTINGDON D. FRANK PINCIN Mt. Union Borough PD 5/31/1931 Gunfire
HUNTINGDON AGENT TERRY ANDERSON FBI HUNTINGDON 5/17/1966 Gunfire
LYCOMING THOMAS SANFORD HUGHES Williamsport PD 9/5/1906 Assault
LYCOMING JOHN PATRICK MALONEY Williamsport PD 3/13/1907 Gunfire
LYCOMING CAPT. JASPER H. FINCHER Williamsport PD 2/15/1930 Assault
LYCOMING CHIEF HENRY S. HAND Montgomery Boro PD 12/13/1938 Gunfire
LYCOMING TROOPER GEORGE YASHUR PSP Troop D Williamsport 4/1/1940 Vehicle Strike
LYCOMING FISH WARDEN RAYMOND L. SCHROLL JR Fish & Boat Commission 4/4/1958 Drowning
LYCOMING TROOPER GARY ROSENBERGER PSP Troop F Montoursville 12/12/1970 Gunfire
LYCOMING TROOPER JOSEPH WELSCH PSP - Troop F Montoursville 9/13/1977 Gunfire
LYCOMING SGT. ARTHUR LEE HERSHEY PSP - Troop F Montoursville 11/3/1999 Vehicle Strike
MIFFLIN ROBERT W. MCCORMICK Lewistown Boro PD 1/9/1974 Heart Attack
MONTOUR TROOPER JOHN FESSLER PSP- Troop E Harrisburg 4/23/1937 Gunfire
NORTHUMBERLAND KEEPER MICHAEL DORAN PA Dept. of Corrections 5/31/1884 Assault
NORTHUMBERLAND CHIEF W. J. KERSTETTER Sunbury PD 2/12/1913 Gunfire
NORTHUMBERLAND SPECIAL OFFICER PETER KOZLOWSKI Mt. Carmel Boro PD 8/9/1921 Gunfire
NORTHUMBERLAND C.O. JOHN TAYLOR COAX PA Dept. of Corrections 2/11/1924 Gunfire
NORTHUMBERLAND DEPUTY WARDEN JOHN PIEPER PA Dept. of Corrections 2/11/1924 Gunfire
NORTHUMBERLAND C.O. CHARLES ROBERT ELDER PA Dept. of Corrections 8/9/1954 Stabbing
NORTHUMBERLAND SHERIFF JAMES R. LAUER Northumberland C. Sheriff 5/27/1959 Gunfire
NORTHUMBERLAND C.O. CLIFFORD J. GROGAN PA Dept. of Corrections 11/12/1965 Stabbing
NORTHUMBERLAND C. EMPLOYEE STEVEN P. ARY SR. PA Dept. of Corrections 9/16/1973 Stabbing
NORTHUMBERLAND CAPT. WALTER L. PETERSON PA Dept. of Corrections 12/10/1973 Assault
NORTHUMBERLAND C. EMPLOYEE EDWARD L. BOYER PA Dept. of Corrections 6/5/1977 Assault
NORTHUMBERLAND CAPT. FELIX MOKYCHIC PA Dept. of Corrections 3/20/1979 Assault
NORTHUMBERLAND LT. FRANCIS WM. WILT JR. PA Dept. of Corrections 5/20/1980 Heart Attack
NORTHUMBERLAND CPL. DAVID W. WITMER Shamokin City PD 11/13/1983 Gunfire
NORTHUMBERLAND C.O. DAVID HIRAM BOWSER JR. PA Dept. of Corrections 11/13/2002 Vehicle Strike
PERRY CONSTABLE THOMAS ULSH PA State Constable - Perry Co. 9/1/1921 Gunfire
SNYDER CHARLES E. ATTIG Shamokin Dam PD 6/10/1983 Gunfire
UNION GORDON F. HUFNAGLE Lewisburg PD 6/21/1972 Drowning
YORK CURTIS D. SOWERS North York Boro PD 5/21/1929 Gunfire
YORK HENRY CLINTON SCHAAD York City PD 8/1/1969 Gunfire
YORK DEPUTY EDWARD EUGENE SCHROEDER York County Sheriff Dept 1/10/2005 Heart Attack
YORK DAVID D TOME Northern York Regional PD 10/21/2008 Vehicle Strike
UNKNOWN JOHN F. GIBBONS JR. PA Liquor Control Board 11/26/1968 Auto Accident
UNKNOWN LAND MGMT OFFICER WOODROW PORTZLINE PA Game Commission 10/24/1973 Heart Attack
UNKNOWN CARL E. HETRICK PA Liquor Control Board 4/16/1974 Auto Accident
UNKNOWN GEORGE R. FLINKO PA Liquor Control Board 3/14/1976 Auto Accident
UNKNOWN NARCOTIC AGENT CHARLES M. HOLMES PA Attorney General Office 4/11/1995 Auto Accident