Type of Officer: Chief of PoliceJurisdiction: IndependenceCounty: DoniphanDeath Date: 3/21/1920Added to Memorial: 2021Circumstances of Death: GunshotDuring the late, dark evening hours of March 21, 1920, Assistant Chief of Police Charles “C.A.” McKinney, age 43, was...
Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Smith CountyCounty: SmithDeath Date: 09/27/1919Added to Memorial: 2018Circumstances of Death: GunshotDeputy Sheriff Munger was shot and killed on September 27, 1919, while attempting to arrest two men suspected of robbing...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: LeavenworthCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 7/13/1919Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: BeatingFive men who were “joyriding” collided their car with another vehicle and then continued riding through the streets of...
Type of Officer: Railroad Special AgentJurisdiction: Union Pacific RailroadCounty: JeffersonDeath Date: July 27, 1918Added to Memorial: 2024Circumstances of Death: Automobile Crash George R. Stewart, age 57, a railroad special agent employed in his first year with the...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: ManhattanCounty: RileyDeath Date: 3/10/1918Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: BeatingRoss, on patrol in Aggieville, the campus town near Kansas State University in Manhattan, approached a drunk in the city park....
Type of Officer: Corrections OfficerJurisdiction: US PenitentiaryCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 3/19/1917Added to Memorial: 2006Circumstances of Death: GunshotCorrections Officer Barr was stabbed to death in the prison yard by inmate Ono Manuel. The stabbing was in...
