Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: LeavenworthCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 7/29/1932Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn July 28, 1932, Officer Gough and his partner, Joe Fiedler, were on night patrol and stopped to routinely...
Type of Officer: PatrolmanJurisdiction: Leavenworth CountyCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 10/28/1925Added to Memorial: 2018Circumstances of Death: GunshotLeavenworth Police Department Patrolman E. Clay Thompson was struck by a passing motorist on October 28, 1925 as he...
Type of Officer: Corrections OfficerJurisdiction: LeavenworthCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 12/15/1923Added to Memorial: 1997Circumstances of Death: GunshotD. W. Burns, records clerk and parole officer at the Kansas State Penitentiary, died December 15, 1923, in St....
Type of Officer: Railroad Special AgentJurisdiction: LeavenworthCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 5/17/1923Added to Memorial: 2022Circumstances of Death: Gunshot James Lee David, age 41, a Special Agent with the Missouri Pacific Railroad was assigned to patrol the...
Type of Officer: CaptainJurisdiction: US PenitentiaryCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 11/14/1922Added to Memorial: 2006Circumstances of Death: GunshotCaptain Andrew H. Leonard was fatally stabbed while attempting to subdue a noncompliant inmate. The inmate, Joe...
Type of Officer: ForemanJurisdiction: US Penitentiary, LeavenworthCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 6/20/1920Added to Memorial: 2006Circumstances of Death: GunshotForeman R. G. Warnke was fatally beaten by inmate Carl Panzram in the prison laundry room. The inmate struck...
