Fallen Heroes

“In Valor there is Hope.” – Tacitus

To date, Delaware Law Enforcement has lost 48 officers due to line of duty deaths. Each May, we gather in Dover, where their names have been etched upon the Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial next to this quote. Not in remembrance, because we will never forget, but in honor of the ultimate sacrifice they made for our state and our community.

ROLL CALL OF DECEASED OFFICERS

{Names in BLUE indicates Line of Duty Death}

BETHANY BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Lieutenant Carlton S. Matthews

CAMDEN-WYOMING POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Officer Barbara Carpenter

CAPITOL POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Chief Thomas M. Gott
  • Sr. Sergeant Paul F. Puchalski

CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

  • Michael Robinson

CLAYTON POLICE

  • Herbert “Hub” Haynes

DELAWARE CITY POLICE

  • Deputy Constable George A. Davidson

DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

  • Guard John F. Campbell
  • Lt. Steven Romell Floyd Sr.
  • Guard Thomas C. McCullogh

DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

  • Officer Frank Bailey
  • Marine Police Officer George Bryan
  • Officer Charles Foxwell

DELAWARE RIVER AND BAY AUTHORITY POLICE

  • Officer  Robert T. Banks
  • Patrolman Harry Passmore Cloud
  • Patrol Officer Vincent A. Julia
  • Lt. John J. Krzysiak
  • Officer  Roland  Millman
  • Officer  William  Murphy
  • Officer  Ralph C. Sellitto

DELAWARE STATE POLICE

  • Corporal Stephen J. Ballard
  • Corporal Robert H. Bell
  • Sgt Rodney H. Bond*
  • Private Howard Brittingham
  • Corporal Clarence Buffington
  • Trooper Ronald L. Carey
  • Corporal Frances M. Collender
  • Trooper Gerard T. Dowd 
  • Cpl/2 Antonio DiAlessandro
  • Colonel Eugene B. Ellis
  • Trooper George W. Emory 
  • Private Sudler H Gorman
  • TFC Richard  B. Hudson Jr.
  • Lt. William H. Jearman
  • Trooper William  C. Keller
  • Trooper Richard B. Keough
  • Private Charles F. Kupis
  • Sergeant Thomas H.Lamb
  • Corporal Leroy L. LeKites
  • Trooper Kevin J. Mallon
  • Trooper William  F. Mayer
  • Corporal George W. McConnell
  • Trooper Richard  W. Mears
  • Corporal James D. Orvis
  • Trooper Robert A.  Paris
  • Corporal David B. Pulling
  • Private Horace R. Ritter
  • TFC Harold B. Rupert
  • Officer Francis Ryan
  • Corporal Christopher Shea
  • TFC Paul H. Sherman
  • Trooper Terrance S. Truitt
  • Trooper Sandra M. Wagner
  • Trooper Raymond B. Wilhelm
  • Private John  C. Williams
  • Cpl/3  Ronald  G. Williams,  Jr.
  • Trooper David C. Yarrington

DELAWARE SUPERIOR COURT

  • Chief Bailiff William  P. Davis

DELMAR POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Cpl. Keith Heacook 

DEWEY BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Officer Donald  Liezert

DOVER POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Patrolman Robert DaFonte
  • Lieutenant Larry Gilliam
  • Cpl Thomas J. Hannon Sr*
  • PFC Carlton “Gene” Phillips Patrolman Alan Walth
  • Cadet James Watts
  • Patrolman Francis T. Schneible

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

  • Special Agent  Michael E. Hamlin

GEORGETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Sergeant Donaldson Carmean
  • Chief Harvey A. Gregg Jr.
  • Lieutenant Leslie Holson
  • Lieutenant Howard Morris
  • Patrolman Chad E. Spicer

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT

  • Constable Jim Dugan

LEWES POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Officer Charles Wilson Futcher Sr.

NEW CASTLE CITY POLICE

  • Motorcycle Policeman Charles Thorn

NEW CASTLE COUNTY COURTHOUSE

  • Guard John Campbell
  • Guard Thomas McCullough

NEW CASTLE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Patrolman Ralph Dorris
  • Corporal Charles  Hickin
  • Sergeant William Honey
  • Corporal Alfred G. Scarpello
  • Corporal Gary R. Slayton
  • Corporal William J. Stehl
  • Lieutenant Joseph l. Szczerba
  • Cpl. Paul Sweeney
  • Corporal Robert J. Zakrzewski

NEWARK POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Chief William Cunningham
  • Captain Roy Hill
  • Patrolman William Mote
  • Chief William Nefosky
  • Detective Donald Walp

NEWPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Patrolman Larry Tomlinson
  • Lieutenant David Osburn

OCEAN VIEW POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Officer Wallace Melson

PROBATION AND PAROLE

  • SPO Jack M. Amodei Jr.
  • SPO Jennifer Bowlin
  • SPO Joe B. Durney Sr.
  • SPO J. Todd Mumford
  • PO Leonard J. Myambo
  • PO Jeff Rowe
  • PO Jack Schneider

REHOBOTH POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Officer William “Leroy”  Brasure
  • Officer Albert  W. Stevenson

SEAFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Patrolman James Henry Hill

SMYRNA POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Patrolman Marvin T. Carney

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE POLICE

  • Traffic Manager Richard S. Hester
  • Investigator John F. Schimmel
  • Major Gary Summerville

WILMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Patrolman Howard P. Atwell
  • Officer John F. Baylis
  • Detective Thomas P. Conaty Jr.
  • Ptlm.  William J. Crozier
  • Ptlm. John E. Devenish
  • Police Matron Mary T. Davis
  • Patrolman Frank DePrisco
  • Patrolman Matthew Donovan
  • Lt. William A. Draper
  • Patrolman William Floyd
  • Patrolman John E. Ford
  • Sergeant Harry Foskey
  • Sergeant James J. Gestwicki
  • Patrolman Thomas A. Haley
  • Patrolman Eugene Hazzard
  • Patrolman Charles H. Hutton
  • Sergeant Robert Jones
  • Patrolman Frank Kane
  • Captain Daniel Kellaher
  • Patrolman John McAteer
  • Sergeant Eugene F. McDermott
  • Patrolman Robert McGarvey
  • Patrolman William J. Mearns
  • Captain Steven R. Misetic*
  • Officer Andrew T. Peterson
  • Patrolman Willard E. Pruitt Jr.
  • Patrolman John  J. Reiley
  • Police Officer Charles W. Schultz
  • Patrolman Andrew J. Sherry
  • Patrolman James C. Shields
  • Sergeant Walter T. Sherwin
  • Patrolman Bernard T. Skepski
  • Patrolman William J. Snyder
  • Patrolman Harry C. Taylor
  • Patrolman Francis X. Tierney
  • Patrolman Frank L. Vandenbraak
  • Sergeant Theodore Williams
  • Patrolman Milton A. Wimbrow
  • Matron Ellen G. Woyan
  • Patrolman Thomas L. Zebley

WYOMING POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • PFC Michael L. Brown