Recent Historical Additions

ODMP research volunteers are constantly discovering forgotten line of duty deaths throughout the country. Because of our efforts, 2,678 forgotten heroes are now honored on the ODMP and other local, state and national memorials.

25 Most Recent Additions

  • Animal related 2
  • Assault 1
  • Automobile crash 2
  • Duty related illness 3
  • Fall 1
  • Gunfire 3
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 1
  • Heart attack 3
  • Motorcycle crash 3
  • Stabbed 2
  • Struck by train 2
  • Struck by vehicle 1
  • Vehicle pursuit 1

Total Deaths by State

  • Florida 1
  • Georgia 2
  • Illinois 2
  • Louisiana 1
  • Michigan 1
  • Mississippi 2
  • Missouri 1
  • New York 3
  • North Carolina 1
  • Pennsylvania 1
  • Railroad Police 2
  • Tennessee 1
  • Texas 4
  • Virginia 3
Guard C. B. Foster | Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, Texas
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, Texas

Guard C. B. Foster

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Tuesday, December 4, 1894

Cause: Gunfire

Detective Walter Mark Abell | New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

Detective Walter Mark Abell

New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR

EOW: Thursday, August 2, 1928

Cause: Struck by train