Fallen Officers
Since the establishment of the West Virginia State Police, 40 officers have died in the line of duty.
Officer | Date of Death | Details |
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Private Ernest Ripley |
|
Gunfire |
Private Charles M. Kackley |
|
Gunfire |
Private William L. McMillion |
|
Gunfire |
Private George A. Duling |
|
Gunfire (Accidental) |
Private Howard A. Deem |
|
Automobile accident |
Private James Shrewsbury |
|
Gunfire |
Private Ulric C. Crawford |
|
Gunfire |
Private Theodore R. Meadows |
|
Motorcycle accident |
Private James L. Lowe |
|
Gunfire |
Private Blake A. Michael |
|
Motorcycle accident |
Private Arza A. Allen |
|
Motorcycle accident |
Sergeant William Hall |
|
Motorcycle accident |
Trooper Farley K. Litton |
|
Motorcycle accident |
Trooper Allen Henry Bennett Jeffreys |
|
Vehicular assault |
Trooper Franklin D. Patrick |
|
Automobile accident |
Sergeant Newton Tressel Sites |
|
Aircraft accident |
Trooper Burr White Harrison |
|
Automobile accident |
Sergeant Joseph Pierce Horne |
|
Gunfire |
Corporal Arthur M. Hurst |
|
Drowned |
Trooper Robert F. Rulong |
|
Vehicular assault |
Corporal Harry E. Robinson |
|
Automobile accident |
Corporal William Joseph Shrewsbury |
|
Gunfire |
Trooper Robert Ball Noechel |
|
Gunfire |
Trooper Hugh Donald Swartz |
|
Gunfire |
Trooper First Class Thomas Dean Hercules |
|
Gunfire |
Trooper Charles Henry Johnson |
|
Gunfire |
Trooper Bruce Thompson Brown |
|
Gunfire |
Corporal Dewey C. Shrewsbury |
|
Gunfire (Accidental) |
Trooper Philip S. Kesner |
|
Gunfire |
Corporal Carlen Bill Stone |
|
Aircraft accident |
Trooper Harry G. Lucas Jr. |
|
Aircraft accident |
Trooper Jonathan David Harris |
|
Automobile accident |
Trooper William Howard Phillips |
|
Automobile accident |
Trooper First Class James Thomas Brammer |
|
Gunfire |
Senior Trooper Larry Gene Hacker |
|
Gunfire |
Lieutenant Charles Matthew Turner |
|
Aircraft accident |
Senior Trooper Douglas Wayne Bland |
|
Automobile accident |
Trooper Brian W. Linn |
|
Automobile accident |
Corporal Marshall Lee Bailey |
|
Gunfire |
Trooper Eric M. Workman |
|
Gunfire |
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