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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 |
| 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. |
| October18,
1888 |
Peter
Poull |
Moorhead
PD |
| May
21 1891 |
Thomas
McCarrick |
St.
Paul P.D. |
| July
10 1894 |
Albert
Jacobsen |
Hastings
P.D. |
| June
21 1891 |
Joseph
Rogers |
McLeod
County S.D. |
| October
1 1897 |
Charles
Wetsel |
Dept.
of Natural Resources |
| 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. |
| January
6, 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, 1913 |
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. |
| April
24, 1917 |
George
Connery |
Minneapolis
P.D. |
| August
16, 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
28, 1919 |
Edward
Henry Foley |
Sherburne
Co. SO |
| August
25, 1920 |
Frank
S. Hallett |
Minneapolis
P.D. |
| January
1, 1921 |
Eugene
Cassidy |
Hibbing
P.D. |
| January
1, 1921 |
Daniel
Hayes |
Hibbing
P.D. |
| January
1, 1921 |
William
Kohrt |
Hibbing
P.D. |
| October
26, 1921 |
John
T. Foley |
ATF |
| March
19, 1922 |
August
Olson |
Dept.
of Natural Resources |
| April
4, 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 |
Todd
County S.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
PD |
| October
12, 1922 |
George
Albert Stegner |
St.
Paul P.D. |
| 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
29, 1925 |
Mike
Lawrence Owshaney |
Minneapolis
P.D. |
| December
30, 1925 |
Michael
Lawrence |
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. |
| May
4, 1929 |
Clayton
J. Seawell |
Minneapolis
P.D. |
| 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 |
Guss
H. Jorgenson |
Martin
County S.D. |
| April
12, 1932 |
Nels
Berglin |
Forest
Lake Marshal |
| August
3, 1932 |
Harold
Hagen |
Minneapolis
P.D. |
| August
5, 1932 |
Rudonph
A. Fisher |
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
6, 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
5, 1934 |
C.
Arthur Lyman |
Hennepin
Co. SO |
| May
26, 1934 |
Peter
Erath |
Minneapolis
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. |
| 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
A. Holt |
Dept.
of Natural Resources |
| July
12, 1940 |
Marcus
E. Whipps |
Dept.
of Natural Resources |
| May
22, 1941 |
Adolpf
G. Karpinsky |
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
P.D. |
| 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. (Buc) 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 |
Edwards
Eades |
Meeker
Co. SO |
| January
12, 1963 |
Ray
Drew Appleby |
DNR |
| August
18, 1963 |
James
H. Krietlow |
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
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
27, 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 |
| March
28, 1977 |
Junita
Badavinac |
Grand
Rapids S.D. |
| May
17, 1977 |
Jack
Dean Werner |
Olmsted
County S.D. |
| July
30, 1977 |
Curtis
John Ramsdell |
Columbia
Heights 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. |
| 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 |
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