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The following is a list of Minnesota Peace Officers that were killed "In the line of duty". Each Officer was given a page so stories and photographs can be displayed and a place was left on each page to post a memorial message.

Date of Death Officer's Name Agency
December 3, 1874 Mathew Hamilton Winona PD
October 3, 1876 Henry Kaepernick Faribault P.D.
June 17 1882 Daniel O'Connell St. Paul P.D.
July 28, 1884 Robert Laughlin Minneapolis P.D.
August 3 1888 Hans Hanson St. Paul P.D.
October 18, 1888 Peter Poull Moorhead PD
May 21 1891 Thomas McCarrick St. Paul P.D.
July 10 1894 Albert Jacobson Hastings P.D.
June 21 1891 Joseph Rogers McLeod County S.D.
October 1 1897 Charles Wetsel DNR
February 17, 1899 Alexander McLean Moorhead PD
February 1, 1902 Charles Mayer St. Paul P.D.
June 3, 1902 James W. Finn St. Paul P.D.
December 5, 1905 Ole Havey Hayfield Township
January 16, 1907 James C. Daily Red Wing P.D.
January 16, 1907 John Peterson Red Wing P.D.
January 5, 1911 Harry A. Chesmore Duluth PD
July 15, 1911 Joseph Ollinger Minneapolis P.D.
August 14, 1911 Frank Fraser St. Paul P.D.
November 21, 1912 William J. Lyden Minneapolis P.D.
May 31, 1913 George B. Anderson Minneapolis P.D.
January 8. 1914 Neil Mooney Duluth P.D.
February 12, 1914 August Kokko Nashwauk PD
June 26, 1914 Michael J. Sullivan St. Paul P.D.
September 27, 1914  Hans Aamold St. Paul P.D.
May 19, 1915 C. G. Ostby Minneapolis P.D.
May 31, 1916 Nels Anderson Minneapolis P.D.
November 1, 1916 James_L_Gardner Osseo P.D.
April 24, 1917 George Connery Minneapolis P.D.
August 6, 1918 John Callahan Duluth P.D.
February 7, 1919 Bert Weare Minneapolis P.D.
June 24, 1919 George Woessner Minneapolis P.D.
July 13, 1919 John Francis Young Minneapolis P.D.
August 3, 1919 Paul Gottfried St. Paul P.D.
September 24, 1919 Anton Gaetz Melrose P.D.
September 28, 1919 Edward Henry Foley Sherburne Co. SO
August 25, 1920 Frank S. Hallett Minneapolis P.D.
September 8, 1921 Eugene Cassidy Hibbing P.D.
September 8, 1921 Daniel Hayes Hibbing P.D.
September 8, 1921 William Kohrt Hibbing P.D.
October 26, 1921 John T. Foley ATF
March 19, 1922 August Olson Dept. of Natural Resources
April 2, 1922 William W McClintock St. Paul P.D.
May 26, 1922 Joseph E. Kreager Dept. of Natural Resources
July 22, 1922 John C. Nugent Wright County S.D.
July 29, 1922 George Williams Long Prairie P.D.
September 19, 1922 Wilbert McMicken International Falls P.D.
September 29, 1922 Hughes VanEtten Koochiching County S.D.
October 5, 1922 Christian Johnson Lyle Police Department
October 12, 1922 George Albert Stegner St. Paul P.D.
November 23, 1922 Rudolph Maurer South Haven Township
February 6, 1923 Edwin Earl Hackert  St. Paul P.D.
February 6, 1923 William F. Wilson St. Paul P.D.
August 14, 1923 Emil Engstrom Minneapolis P.D.
November 16, 1923 James Art Wilson Beltrami County S.D.
August 15, 1924 Frank Milanoki St. Paul P.D.
May 8, 1925 Frank J Appel Dept. of Natural Resources
July 3, 1925 Albert J Cunnien St. Paul P.D.
October 21, 1925 Murdock E. Murry ATF
December 30, 1925 Mike Lawrence (Owshaney) Minneapolis P.D.
February 23, 1926 Fred A. Pietsch St. Paul P.D.
February 23, 1926 John Schultz St. Paul P.D.
June 20, 1926 Calbert H Leedom St. Paul P.D.
December 23, 1926 Marshal Frank Dahlin Isanti PD
January 2, 1928 Wesley Allen Fraser ATF
February 1, 1928 Albert Anderson Minneapolis P.D.
March 20, 1928 Axel J. Soderberg St. Paul P.D.
November 21, 1928 Arvid Lundgren Koochiching County S.D.
December 25, 1928 Robert H. Lobdell US Border Patrol
May 4, 1929 Clayton J. Seawell Minneapolis P.D.
August 14, 1929 Bruce A. Palmer Duluth Massabie RR
April 25, 1930 Joseph Twaddle Dept. of Natural Resources
May 3, 1930 Norman D. Fairbanks DNR
December 6, 1930 Roy Larson Moorhead PD
December 24, 1930 Harry E. Parker Minneapolis P.D.
February 1, 1931 Harry McGraw Minneapolis P.D.
August 9, 1931 Clayton Olson Minneapolis P.D.
September 8, 1931 Gus H. Jorgenson Martin County S.D.
October 27, 1931 Frank E. McGregor Benton County S.D.
April 12, 1932 Nels Berglin Forest Lake Marshal
August 3, 1932 Harold Hagen Minneapolis P.D.
August 5, 1932 Rudolph A. Fischer Dakota Co. SO
September 23, 1932 James G. Harney ATF
December 16, 1932 Ira Leon Evans Minneapolis P.D.
December 18, 1932 Leo Gorski Minneapolis P.D.
June 17, 1933 Mathew Weiss St. Paul P.D.
July 8, 1933 John Linklater Dept. of Natural Resources
August 5, 1933 John W. Thomas Minneapolis P.D.
August 30, 1933 Leo Pavlak South St. Paul P.D.
October 7, 1933 David A. Butchart Duluth P.D.
April 25, 1934 William S. Kozlak MN State Patrol
April 29, 1934 Fred W. Nolan St. Cloud P.D.
May 22, 1934 C. Arthur Lyman Hennepin Co. SO
May 26, 1934 Peter Erath Minneapolis P.D.
June 20, 1934 Allen H. Johnson Fergus Falls P.D.
October 3, 1934 Roy C. Lichtenheld MN State Patrol
November 14, 1934 Lawrence F. Tierney St. Paul P.D.
May 3, 1936 Ben J. Lehman Minneapolis P.D.
August 22, 1936 Arnold O Borson Ghent P.D.
June 14, 1937 Georgianna Sharrot Minneapolis P.D.
October 1, 1937 Rich G. Hinshaw St. Paul P.D.
June 19, 1938 Roy Robert Fitch Worthington PD
September 18, 1938 Albert Mathiasen St. Cloud P.D.
September 20, 1938 James H. Trepanier Minneapolis P.D.
July 10, 1939 John B. Gearty Minneapolis P.D.
July 12, 1940 Douglas P. Brady Dept. of Natural Resources
July 12, 1940 Melvin Holt Dept. of Natural Resources
July 12, 1940 Marcus E. Whipps Dept. of Natural Resources
May 22, 1941 Adolf G. Karpinski Minneapolis P.D.
August 9, 1941 Harold O. Olson Minneapolis P.D.
December 1, 1941 Oscar G. Olson Duluth P.D.
September 1, 1942 George Washington Bridwell Dilworth P.D.
July 10, 1943 Frank Otis Town Park Rapids P.D.
June 7, 1944 John W. O'Neil Minneapolis P.D.
June 6, 1945 Marwin A. Wicklund Minneapolis P.D.
July 1, 1945 Joseph W. Herzog Austin P.D.
January 18, 1947 Verl C. Whinery Anoka P.D.
June 4, 1949 Fred A. Babcock Richfield P.D.
September 10, 1949 Allan G. Lee St. Paul P.D.
February 15, 1951 John Edwin Buck DNR
March 25, 1951 Donald T. McHale Minneapolis P.D.
August 16, 1951 Paul Kritzeck Wright County S.D.
December 22, 1951 Neil R. Johnson Blooming Prairie P.D.
December 7, 1953 Ernest Zettergren Anoka County S.O.
November 10, 1954 Walter William Kruegel Fillmore County S.D.
September 10, 1955 Lester Uhrhammer Martin County S.D.
April 27, 1956 Robert Moravec LeSueur Co. SO
November 28, 1956 Donald L. Risberg Minneapolis P.D.
July 21, 1957 Clifford Lindgren Itasca County S.D.
August 17, 1957 Robert H. Fossum Minneapolis P.D.
May 12, 1958 Leo M Bessner Minneapolis P.D.
October 13, 1958 Kenneth Harvey Johnson Ramsey County S.D.
May 11, 1959 William E. Herkal Minneapolis P.D.
June 12, 1959 James Russell Johnson Mille Lacs County S.D.
June 18, 1959 Alfred V. Sandquist St. Paul P.D.
July 12, 1959 Deo C. (Buck) Waldron Hallock PD
November 20, 1959 Ray X. F. Krueger MN State Patrol
March 13, 1961 William H. Freytag Rochester PD
February 17, 1962 Donald D. Myers Thief River Falls P.D.
August 9, 1962 Frank McFadden Ivanhoe P.D.
August 27, 1962 Merle Bystrom DNR
October 8, 1962 Edward Eades Meeker Co. SO
January 12, 1963 Ray Drew Appleby DNR
August 17, 1963 Andrew F. Sharp Minneapolis PD Reserve
August 8, 1963 James H. Kreitlow Wright Co. SO
December 15, 1963 James E. Hendricks Minneapolis P.D.
December 27, 1964 Glen A. Skalman MN State Patrol
August 6, 1965 Lloyd Reed Minneapolis P.D.
October 15, 1965 Andrew P. Herlitz Morrison County S.D.
October 16, 1965 John E. Stack Morrison County S.D.
April 26, 1966 Donald Sandmeyer Bemidji PD
June 23, 1966 Paul D. Renner New Ulm P.D.
August 18, 1966 Carl Richard Root Duluth P.D.
February 22, 1967 Ronald E. Shager Dept. of Natural Resources
June 10, 1967 Gerald Boos St. Francis P.D.
August 6, 1967 Floyd Joseph Haley Rochester PD
April 21, 1968 Gilmer Fred Keeler Dept. of Natural Resources
November 1, 1968 Marlo Zwiers Cambridge P.D.
April 7, 1969 Richard L. Berquist Minneapolis P.D.
October 20, 1969 Francis Morris Wozniak Detroit Lakes P.D.
May 22, 1970 James T. Sackett St. Paul P.D.
January 28, 1971 Roger Leslie Rosengren Ramsey County S.D.
August 13, 1971 Rodney Norberg Hennepin County S.D.
February 4, 1972 Joseph G. Pudlick Minneapolis P.D.
June 25, 1972 Lawrence Paul Felcyn Redwood Co. SO
August 16, 1972 Howard Louis Johnson Roseville P.D.
September 30, 1972 Inno H. Suek Minneapolis P.D.
October 15, 1973 Donald Bert Ziesmer MN State Patrol
November 28, 1973 Ronald Jerome Kalkes Carver CountyS.D. 
November 28, 1973 Richard Allan Lura Carver CountyS.D. 
January 28, 1974 Roy Leonard Pederson Thief River Falls P.D.
August 10, 1974 John Harold Larson St. Paul P.D.
September 28, 1975 Russell John Nelson Dept. of Natural Resources
February 26, 1976 Lloyd Feind Rochester PD
May 26, 1976 George A. Partridge Minneapolis P.D.
August 28, 1976 James A. Aker DNR
September 4, 1976 Donald D. Eustice Waseca Co. SO
September 24, 1976 Glenn R Grove Kandiyohi Co SO
March 28, 1977 Junita Badavinac Itasca Co SO
May 17, 1977 Jack Dean Werner Olmsted County S.D.
July 30, 1977 Curtis John Ramsdell Columbia Heights P.D.
August 25, 1977 Trenwirth Basford FBI
August 25, 1977 Mark Kirkland FBI
September 16, 1977 George Ryti Annandale P.D.
November 15, 1977 Donald Anthony Mayerle Keewatin P.D.
February 22, 1978 Roger Curtis Williams MN State Patrol
June 29, 1978 Curtis A. Felt Douglas County S.D.
July 9, 1978 Aldean Merlin Sorbo Bricelyn P.D.
July 19, 1978 Kenneth M. Olson East Grand Forks P.D.
August 2, 1978 Richard Kim Magnuson Roseau County S.D.
May 4, 1979 Michael Cassman Minneapolis P.D.
August 10, 1979 Dennis Donald Bouchie Itasca County S.D.
August 10, 1979 Bejamin C. Christensen Aitkin PD
August 24, 1979 John Francis Terrio Montgomery P.D.
October 22, 1979 Ira Emmons Pope Co. SO
September 7, 1980 John J. Schneider Winona County S.D.
December 21, 1980 Roger Ervin Wrobbel Wright County S.D.
April 16, 1981 John J. O'Brien St. Paul P.D.
August 25, 1981 Richard P. Miller Minneapolis P.D.
October 29, 1981 Robert R. Lawson Itasca County S.D.
May 16, 1982 Bruce M. Russell Roseville P.D.
August 31, 1982 James William Anderson Wayzata
October 25, 1982 Richard Warren Walton Oakdale P.D.
November 19, 1983 Brian W. Heikkila Solway Township 
February 14, 1985 John Thomas Scanlon Robbinsdale P.D.
November 2, 1986 David Ward Mack Minneapolis P.D.
November 19, 1986 William J. Goodsell Minneapolis Park Police
November 3, 1987 Edwin H Arendt Stearns County S.D.
November 26, 1987 Alfred Biagi St. Paul P.D.
March 2, 1988 Earl James Kennicutt Ramsey County S.D.
July 5, 1988 Gregory Lynn Lange Claremont P.D.
August 2, 1988 Donald Francis Reimann Carver County S.D.
March 9, 1989 Michael Markuson St. Paul P.D.
December 15, 1989 Michael Alan Hogan Hutchinson PD
April 10, 1990 Gary Dale Wilson Duluth P.D.
June 20, 1991 Henry Burton Carlson US Dept of Justice
August 24, 1991 Michael William Morrow Pine County S.D.
September 25, 1992 Jerome Haaf Minneapolis P.D.
December 4, 1992 Lester Kohler Mahnomen Co. SO
August 26, 1993 Ervid Theodore Clemons Carlton County S.D.
August 30, 1993 Louis Edward Jeska Eagan P.D.
March 11, 1994 Terry Hanson Rice Co. SO
August 26, 1994 Timothy James Jones St. Paul P.D.
August 26, 1994 Ronald Michael Ryan Jr. St. Paul P.D.
July 1, 1995 Paul K. Moen Minneapolis P.D.
January 29, 1996 Brian David Klinefelter St. Joseph P.D.
May 3, 1996 John Warren Liebenstein Rice County S.D.
July 16, 1996 Luther Frederick Klug Dakota County S.D.
June 7, 1997 Timothy Joseph Bowe MN State Patrol
June 11, 1999 Grant Coyour Dept. of Natural Resources
September 6, 1999 Jason Brent Meyer Grand Meadow P.D.
March 2, 2000 Ward Lee Canfield Minneapolis P.D.
August 31, 2000  Theodore J. Foss MN State Patrol
August 1, 2002 Melissa Schmidt Minneapolis P.D
September 2, 2002 Bradley Alan Anderson Saint Louis Co. SO
September 4, 2002 Michael Staples U.S. Forest Service
March 3, 2004 Thomas Wyatt BCA Special Agent
July 11, 2004 Lisa Kern Minneapolis P.D
May 6, 2005 Gerald D. Vick St. Paul P.D.
May 19, 2005 Peter Resch Wadena P.D.
September 6, 2005 Shawn Silvera Lino Lakes P.D.
July 8, 2006 Scott G. Rogers Clay Co SO
November 9, 2007 Mark Bedard Minneapolis Park Police
 

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