James Lucero

James Lucero

Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Ford CountyCounty: FordDeath Date: January 3, 1922Added to Memorial: 2023Circumstances of Death: Gunshot Wound James Lucero, age 49, served as a deputy sheriff with the Ford County Sheriff’s Office from October 19, 1921,...
Tom Carson

Tom Carson

Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: SalinaCounty: SalineDeath Date: 11/29/1920Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOfficer Carson, on night patrol, was shot and killed by a man he had ordered off the Union Pacific night train. A suspect was...
William H. Ballard

William H. Ballard

Type of Officer: Police DetectiveJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 7/20/1920Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death:While conducting a narcotics investigation with two officers, Ballard was shot three times and killed as he attempted to search one...
Tom Carson

George R. Stewart

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...

Marion Ross

Type of Officer: Police Officer Jurisdiction: Manhattan County: Riley Death Date: 3/10/1918 Added to Memorial: 1987 Circumstances of Death: Ross, on patrol in Aggieville, the campus town near Kansas State University in Manhattan, approached a drunk in the city...
Tom Carson

John J. Breene

Type of Officer: ConstableJurisdiction: Arkansas CityCounty: CowleyDeath Date: 11/27/1906Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn November 17, 1906, City Constable Breene surprised a burglar in his own house. The man, a known burglar that Breene...