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Remembering Law Enforcement Officers
Killed in Service to the People
of Los Angeles County

Alhambra Police Department

James H. Nerison, 1933
George E. Davis, 1964
Richard J. Mohr, 1970
Ryan E. Stringer, 2011

Arcadia Police Department

Albert C. Matthies, 1927

Avalon Harbor Patrol

Timothy D. Mitchell, 2014

Beverly Hills Police Department

Jesse E. Farr, 1925
Walter R. Grider, 1933
Edward W. Gardell, 1939
Francis X. Carver, 1948
Thomas E. Millet, 1953

Burbank Police Department

Luther Colson, 1914
Robert L. Normand, 1920
Richard E. Kunkle, 1961
Joseph R. Wilson, 1961
Matthew Pavelka, 2003

Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement
California Department of Justice

William Garvey, 2005

California Highway Patrol

Leonard Nelson, 1938
Samuel G. Cope, 1940
William F. Malin, 1940
Robert C. Heller, 1942
Scott Leatherman, 1942
Joe A. Stucker, 1943
Walter C. Maxey, 1943
Forest Underwood, 1944
John A. Reed, 1944
David R. Henderson, 1944
Loren Roosevelt, 1946
Frank Maus, 1946
Steve Sodel, 1946
William L. Reardon, 1946
George Woodson, 1955
Elza P. Fitzpatrick, 1956
Carl Jessing, 1957
Robert Suess, 1958
Joseph F. Johnston, 1958
Robert D. Heberlie, 1958
Herbert Dimon, 1959
Merle De Witt, 1963
Ralph A. Minion, 1964
William D. Huckaby, 1964
Kenneth L. Witke, 1964
Jerrel H. Shows, 1964
Merle Andrews, 1967
Richard G. Woods, 1969
Robert M. Blomo, 1969
George M. Alleyn, 1970
Walter D. Frago, 1970
Roger D. Gore, 1970
James E. Pence, Jr., 1970
Robert A. Mayer, 1971
Dana E. Paladini, 1972
Kenneth G. Roediger, 1972
Robert H. Harrison, Jr., 1974
Keith M. Giles, 1974
Robert A. Philups, 1975
William B. Wolfe, lll, 1977
William F. Leiphardt, 1978
Harold E. Horine, 1978
Ward E. Washington, 1978
James E. McCabe, 1978
Gayle W. Wood, 1978
Johnny R. Martinez, 1981
Terry W. Autrey, 1987
Fidel Aleman, 1992
Bruce T. Hinman, 1995
Noreen A. Vargas, 1996
Thomas J. Steiner, 2004
David M. Romero, 2005
Joseph P. Sanders, 2008
Philip D. Ortiz, 2010
Andy Ornelas, 2020

California State Police

David A. Jack, 1974

California Youth Authority

Leslie M. Macarro, 1988

Compton Police Department

Dess K. Phipps, 1962
Ralph K. Reeves, 1968
Kevin M. Burrell, 1993
James W. Mac Donald, 1993

Compton Unified Schools Department of Public Safety

Roosevelt Ferrell, 1987

Covina Police Department

Scott A. Hanson, 2005
Jordan Corder, 2014

Culver City Police Department

Lonnie Garwood, 1926
Curtis A. Massey, 2009

Downey Police Department

Wayne R. Presley, 1981
Ricardo Galvez, 2015

El Monte Police Department

Manuel A. Arceo, 1974
Donald R. Johnston, 2002
Michael Paredes, 2022
Joseph Santana, 2022

El Segundo Police Department

Robert C. Grow, 1935
Alexander C. Haddock, 1950
Milton G. Curtis, 1957
Richard A. Phillips, 1957
Andrew Garton, 2011

Fullerton Police Department

Tommy De La Rosa, 1990*

Gardena Police Department

Donald E. Bacon, 1956
Robert D. Melton, 2003
Toshio Hirai, 2018

Glendale Police Department

Charles Whitney Smith, 1915 (Tropico PD)
Leslie O. Clem, 1926
John R. Isaacson, 1972
Charles A. Lazzaretto, 1997

Glendora Police Department

Louis A. Pompei, 1995

Hawthorne Police Department

Andrew Garton, 2011
Leonard R. Luna, Jr., 2013

Hermosa Beach Police Department

Gary D. Moss, 1982

Huntington Park Police Department

Robert H. Keller, 1967

Inglewood Police Department

N. Vinton McMackin, 1938
George Aguilar, 1988
John Frederick Lee "Fred" Small

Long Beach Community College District Police Department

Philip J. Stabile, 1990

Long Beach Police Department

Thomas C. Borden, 1912
Orlando E. Bridgeman, 1923
Robert H. Halstead, 1926
George A. Walls, 1928
Ralph A. Morgan, 1931
William J. MacLean, 1934
Delbert P. Buckman, 1940
Engebrit Larson, 1942
Harold W. Irwin, 1945
Cecil W. Singer, 1945
Marlin L. Evans, 1949
Jesse M. Ream, 1950
Robert H. Morgan, 1950
William H. Waggoner, 1954
Fred W. Walsh, Jr., 1957
Vernon J. Owings, 1960
Richard R. Lefebvre, 1964
Robert G. Smith, 1965
William L. Isham, 1967
Donald V. Knott, 1967
Robert R. Birdsall, 1975
Frank M. Lewis, 1975
Gary O. Elkins, 1976
Lloyd M. Lund, 1981
Karl D. Simons, 1996
Daryle W. Black, 2000

Los Angeles Airport Police

Tommy Edward Scott, 2005

Los Angeles City Marshal

William C. Warren, 1870

Perman C. Calderwood, 1930

T. Dwight Crittenden, 1938

Leon W. Romer, 1938

Frederick F. Moore, 1947

Los Angeles Community College District Police Department

Edward J. Burch, 1984

Los Angeles County Constable's Office

Jack Wheelen, 1853
Charles K. Baker, 1857
William H. Little, 1857
Anton Harnischfeger, 1889
Charles De Moranville, 1909
Anthony B. Couts, 1914
Herbert E. Glidden, 1920
William E. Funkhouser, 1922
J. Edward Brown, 1924
John S. Pilcher, 1925
Charles W. Winston, 1926

Los Angeles Department of Health Services

Murray F. Olsen, 1975

Los Angeles County Harbor Patrol

Harold L. Edgington, 1979

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department

Edward E. Reed, Jr., 1993

Los Angeles County Parks & Recreation

Howard Shao Wai Huang, 1984

Los Angeles County Probation Department

Arnold C. Garcia, 1994

Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety

Michael L. Sparkes, 2004

Los Angeles County Safety Police

John W. Robinson, 1980
Thomas B. Worley, 1994

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

Sheriff James R. Barton, 1857
Charles T. Daly, 1857
Sheriff William C. Getman, 1858
George W. Gillis, 1881
George L. Wilson, 1897
Louis Allinson, 1915
Arthur J. Solomon, 1917
Michael V. Van Vliet, 1918
Harold B. Broadwell, 1919
Harry S. Guard, 1919
Emma Benson, 1919
Robert B. Ross, 1921
Henry J. Ronsse, 1922
Robert E. Magee, 1923
James L. McDermott, 1931
Frank D. De War, 1932
Rudolph G. Vejar, Sr., 1932
John N. Hedge, 1933
Otto R. Ellinger, 1934
David S. Larimer, 1941
Fred P. Guiol, 1946
Elbert J. Hall, 1949
Edwin M. Falkowski, 1955
Harold S. Blevins, 1957
Vernon J. Corbeil, 1957
Raymond C. Willis, 1957
David A. Horr, 1958
Donald J. Gillis, 1958
Harold A. Reis, Jr., 1958
Lee E. Sawyer, 1960
Manuel A. Ayon, 1961
Timothy J. Harnett, 1961
John M. Slobojan, 1964
Lloyd G. Constantine, 1964
Willard Ballard, 1964
William A. White, 1964
Ronald Ludlow, 1965
James W. Waygood, 1967
Michael V. Wigderson, 1967
Gary E. McCullah, 1968
Robert K. Schnur, 1968
Lionel W. Dashley, 1969
Charles D. Rea, 1969
Louis C. Wallace, 1970
Gordon D. Erickson, 1970
Barry Jon Hoffman, 1971
Gary D. Saunders, 1971
Joseph R. Herrera, 1972
Charles O. Ley, 1972
Donald W. Schneider, 1973
Carl E. Wilson, 1973
David E. Andrews, 1973
James J. Foote, 1974
Theodor A. Abrey, 1974
Darden Hollis, 1975
Didier Hurdle, 1977
Lynn L. Lewis, 1977
Edward J. Russell, 1977
Walter Hannan, 1978
Thomas H. Pohlman, 1978
Arthur E. Pelino, 1978
Charles Plumleigh, 1978
Gregory L. Low, 1978
Jack D. Williams, 1979
George Barthel, 1979
Constance E. Worland, 1981
Robert M. Cartmell II, 1978
Kenneth D. Ell, 1982
James P. Clark, 1983
Larrell K. Smith, 1983
Lawrence M. Lavieri, 1983
David L. Holguin, 1984
B. Loyd Brooks, 1984
George L. Arthur, 1985
Charles R. Anderson, 1987
James D. McSweeney, 1988
Roy A. Chester, 1988
Jack B. Miller, 1988
Rosemary Iris May, 1989
Thomas J. Fonte, 1990
Richard B. Hammack, 1992
Nelson Yamamoto, 1992
Stephen W. Blair, 1995
Antranik Geuvjehizian, 1995
Jimmie R. Henry, 1995
Micahel L. Hoenig, 1997
Shayne D. York, 1997
Michael L. Hoenig, 1997
Jake Kuredjian, 2001
Brandan G. Hinkle, 2001
David A. Powell, 2002
David W. March, 2002
Stephen D. Sorensen, 2003
Michael R. Arruda, 2004
Jerry Ortiz, 2005
James P. Tutino, 2005
David Stan Piquette, 2006
Maria C. Rosa, 2006
Pierre Bain, 2006
Raul V. Gama, 2007
Randy J. Hamson, 2008
Juan A. Escalante, 2008
Charlene M. Rottler, 2010
Alfonso Lopez, 2016
Steven C. Owen, 2016
Steven Balanger, 2018
Thomas Albanese, 2021

Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 2023

Los Angeles Police Department

William Warren, 1870
Clyde A. May, 1907
Patrick H. Lyons, 1907
Walter H. Auble, 1908
David Brooks, 1910
Arthur B. Cursey, 1911
Cecil S. Bowman, 1911
James P. Wylie, 1911
Floyd C. Eiler, 1911
James F. Crehan, 1914
Robert V. Murray, 1914
John F. Toolen, 1915
J. Edwards Browning, 1915
Walter R. Kreps, 1916
Thomas J. Kronschnable, 1916
James A. Ellsworth, 1917
Orimel E. Barney, 1917
Patrick J. Downey, 1919
Claude H. Wyatt, 1919
Joseph Romero, 1919
John G. Magness, 1920
Donald C. Hathaway, 1920
Elijah P. Bradley, 1920
Frank L. Coe, 1921
John Fitzgerald, 1921
Harry Clester, 1921
William L. Brett, 1921
Roy L. Shy, 1922
Verne 0. Dinsmore, 1922
Charles P. Williams, 1923
Archie Cruse, 1923
Mathew P. McDonagh, 1923
Ralph D. Green, 1924
Glenn E. Bond, 1924
George S. Papst, 1924
Edward E. Wilhoit, 1924
Frank E. Corley, 1924
Ralph Miover, 1925
Wylie E. Smith, 1925
Herbert Klade, 1926
James M. Miller, 1926
Arthur L. Davenport, 1926
Andrew J. Davilla, 1926
Charles M. Partin, 1927
Parley L. Bennett, 1927
John V. Wicks, 1927
Judson D. Cornwall, 1927
James H. Carter, 1928
John M. Brinnegar, 1928
John M. Schomaker, 1929
William H. Marple, 1929
Lewis Long, 1929
James C. Costello, 1930
Peter Muller Jr., 1930
Verne A. Brindley, 1930
James L. Beck, 1931
Henry C. Jackson, 1931
Hugh A. Crowley, 1932
Paul L. Donath, 1932
Paul T. Lee, 1932
William A. Anderson, 1933
Russell A. Leidy, 1934
Alfred C. Madon, 1935
Owen D. Yancey, 1935
Clyde Pritchett, 1936
Edward A. Barber, 1936
Donald C. Tisdale, 1937
Neville Batt, 1937
Earl J. Bickel, 1937
Walsteen E. Long, 1938
George C. Howard, 1938
Weymouth T. Lockridge, 1938
Harry G. Emsley, 1939
William G. Brown, 1939
Orley O. Sanner, 1940
Ferris E. Stansell, 1941
Arthur W. Bethel, 1941
George R. Colvin, 1941
Joseph E. Daniels, 1941
Warren G. Chamberlain, 1941
Lee N. Bunch, 1942
Mario V. Deiro, 1942
James 0. Summers, 1944
Charles H. Bridgeman, 1945
Isaac L. Lankford, 1945
Norbert J. Huseman, 1945
John W. "Jack" Harris, 1946
Walter H. Kesterson, 1946
George B. Mogle, 1946
Frank G. Panek, 1947
Frederick S. Wales, 1947
John Naccarato Jr., 1947
Delmer E. Cook, 1948
John W. "Tommy" Milton, 1949
Roland E. White, 1950
Glenn H. Clark, 1950
James B. Vose, 1950
Thomas J. Kennedy, 1951
Chester M. Gildehaus, 1951
Marvin W. Haney, 1952
James D. Kennard, 1952
Lloyd F. Hassler, 1952
John E. Dunphy, 1954
Clay N. Hunt, 1955
Harry M. Miller, 1956
Michael J. McAndrews, 1957
Leo Wise, 1957
Robert R. Christensen, 1957
Thomas Scebbi, 1958
Joseph W. Bennett, 1958
Gene T. Nash, 1958
Jose L. Castellanos, 1959
Charles E. Bogardus, 1959
Gilbert N. Reyes, 1959
Robert J. Sweet, 1959
Richard D. Kent, 1960
Sidney Riegel, 1961
Martin Parker, 1961
Leroy J. Wadsworth, 1961
Charles Hallenbeck, 1962
Ian J. Campbell, 1963
Charles P. Monaghan, 1964
Robert M. Endler, 1964
Norman D. Piepenbrink, 1964
Gary K. McDonald, 1965
John C. Smith, 1966
Malcolm L. Beatty, 1966
Alex N. Ilnicki, 1966
Larry Amberg, 1966
Keith G. DuPuis, 1966
Roger R. Warren Jr., 1967
Donald L. Highley, 1968
Oscar J. Bryant, 1968
Gary W. Murakami, 1968
Robert J. Cote, 1969
Jerry W. Maddox, 1969
Earl L. Riddick, 1970
Michael W. Parker, 1970
Philip S. Riley, 1971
Kenneth E. Walters, 1972
Fred H. Early, 1973
Charles Caraccillo, 1973
John T. Lawler, 1973
Gerald W. Sawyer, 1973
Michael L. Edwards, 1974
Paul J. Gillen, 1974
Michael I. McDougall, 1975
Vincent L. Leusch, 1975
Zlatko N. Sintic, 1976
Jeffrey B. Lindenberg, 1976
Raymond E. Hicks, 1976
David E. Bailey, 1977
James J. Choquette, 1979
David B. Kubly, 1979
Curtis C. Hagele, 1980
Steven K. Alberts, 1981
Jack D. Hayden, 1982
Stuart S. Taira, 1983
Paul L. Verna, 1983
Jack V. Evans, 1983
Arthur K. Soo Hoo, 1983
William N. Wong, 1983
Duane C. Johnson, 1984
Thomas C. Williams, 1985
Arleigh E. McCree, 1986
Ronald L. Ball, 1986
Randol L. Marshall, 1987
James H. Pagliotti, 1987
James C. Beyea, 1988
Daniel A. Pratt, 1988
David Lee Hofmeyer, 1988
Derrick C. Connor, 1988
Manuel Gutierrez, 1988
Norman R. Eckles, 1989
Kelly Key lll, 1989
Russell L. Kuster, 1990
Tina F. Kerbrat, 1991
Charles R. Champe, 1991
Gary A. Howe, 1991
Edward S. Kislo, 1992
Raymond A. Messerly Jr., 1992
David C. Schmid, 1992
Joe Rios, 1993
Clarence W. Dean, 1994
Christy L. Hamilton, 1994
Charles D. Heim, 1994
Gabriel D. Perez-Negron, 1995
Mario Navidad Jr., 1996
Van D. Johnson, 1997
Steven G. Gajda, 1998
Filberto H. Cuesta Jr., 1998
Brian E. Brown, 1998
Louis Villalobos, 2000
Robert J. Mata, 2000
George A. Rose Jr., 2001
Abiel "Abe" Barron, 2003
Ricardo Lizarraga, 2004
Landon M. Dorris, 2006
Randal "Randy" D. Simmons, 2008
Spree Desha, 2008
Nicholas C. Lee, 2014
Christopher A. Cortijo, 2014
Roberto C. Sanchez, 2014
Esmeralda P. Ramirez, 2019
Houston Tipping, 2022

Lynwood Police Department

David L. Felger, 1962

Manhattan Beach Police Department

Charles F. Grau, 1952
Richard T. Giles, 1962
Martin L. Ganz, 1993

Maywood Police Department

Clarence Bower, 1944
John A. Hoglund, 1992
Daniel C. Kelly, 1999

Monrovia Police Department

Massie E. Morris, 1928
Scott V. Smith, 1939

Montebello Police Department

Henry A. Acuna, 1971

Monterey Park Police Department

William A. Guidera, 1927
George E. Elder, 1961

Palos Verdes Estates Police Department

Michael W. Tracy, 1994
Vernon T. Vanderpool, 1994

Pasadena Police Department

John Slade, 1909
Clarence E. Peck, 1911
Richard F. Morris, 1969

Pomona Police Department

Chief Henry P. Tracy, 1915
George E. Muriset, 1954
Carlo A. Poggetto, 1957
Richard B. Zbinden, 1991
Daniel T. Fraembs, 1996
Shaun Diamond, 2014
Greggory Casillas, 2018

San Fernando Police Department

William Smith, 1914
Nathan O. Longfellow, 1923
Benjamin Mushaney, 1930
Dennis F. Webb, 1980
Jesse K. Paderez, 2002

San Gabriel Police Department

Elmer H. Griffin, 1926
Alvin W. Haynes, 1933

Santa Monica Police Department

William Blackett, 1927
Rolland C. Morton, 1933
Frederick C. Porter, 1933
David L. Kohler, 1960
Ronald A. Wise, 1965
William L. Davidson, 1969

Signal Hill Police Department

Ralph L. Gardner, 1980
Anthony A. Giniewicz, 2011

South Gate Police Department

William Sickler, 1925
Marlyn F. Reed, 1928

South Pasadena Police Department

Ray F. Rogers, 1944
Kevin Sandoval, 2011

Torrance Police Department

William R. Lewis, 1959
David N. Seibert, 1967
Gary E. Rippstein, 1968
Thomas J. Keller, 1986

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

Paul S. Seema, 1988
George M. Montoya, 1988

U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service

John Gilberto Orellana, 1998**

U.S. Secret Service

Julie Cross, 1980

University of Southern California Department of Public Safety

Keith Lawrence, 2013

Vernon Police Department

Maurice W. Halloran, 1913
Samuel Blundell, 1919
Richard H. Pennington, 1946

West Covina Police Department

Fred J. Ham, 1940
Jay Warren Jackson, 1978
Kenneth S. Wrede, 1983

Whittier Police Department

John L. Pierce, 1977
Michael L. Lane, 1979
Keith W. Boyer, 2017


* Killed when on assignment in Downey.
** Assigned to Los Angeles County, but killed when on temporary assignment in Imperial County.

Introduction

Special thanks to the Sheriffs’ Relief Association of L.A. County
and The California Peace Officers Memorial