Ernest R. E. Gough

Ernest R. E. Gough

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...
Ernest R. E. Gough

E. Clay Thompson

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...
Glenn H. Curtiss

Glenn H. Curtiss

Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Leavenworth CountyCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: October 29, 1924Added to Memorial: 2025Circumstances of Death: Gunshot Glenn H. Curtiss, age 26, served as a deputy sheriff with the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office. In...
David W. Burns

David W. Burns

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....
James Lee David

James Lee David

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...
Ernest R. E. Gough

Andrew H. Leonard

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...