List of Birmingham Police officers killed on duty

This is a List of Birmingham Police officers killed on duty:

Listing

1. J. Wafe Adams, died March 28, 1900. He and George Kirkley were shot to death by a suspect they witnessed committing a robbery.
2. George Kirkley, died March 28, 1900. He and J. Wafe Adams were shot to death by a suspect they witnessed committing a robbery.
3. William Walton, died March 18, 1902. He was shot and killed by a suspect while responding to the scene of a reported assault.
4. James Mullin, died September 27, 1903
5. James Whaley, died August 12, 1904
6. Samuel Hamilton, died May 12, 1907
7. Willis Smith, died March 10, 1908
8. John Little, died November 7, 1908
9. George Eubank, died November 23, 1909
10. Loner Camp, died June 19, 1910
11. W. C. Wallace, died November 8, 1910
12. Abner McGhee, died December 1, 1910
13. William Benjamin, died September 29, 1913
14. Hugh Tulley, died October 13, 1913
15. John A. Moore, died December 5, 1913
16. George Sims, died January 22, 1918
17. John Newby, died October 15, 1919
18. Sam Dobyns, died September 19, 1920
19. Walter Hollums, died August 18, 1923
20. Virgil Payne, died February 12, 1927
21. Alexander Manley, died May 25, 1927
22. Elsie Lewis, died March 3, 1928
23. Henry Mills, died August 8, 1930
24. Lee Buckalew, died May 23, 1931
25. William Latham, died October 24, 1932
26. Dumas Phillips, died April 23, 1934
27. Forest Harris, died February 8, 1935
28. James Early, died April 15, 1935
29. Homer Poore, died June 39, 1936
30. James Moser, died January 31, 1939
31. Newton Wolff, died July 12, 1941
32. Fred Brockman, died November 3, 1953
33. Herbert Osborn died July 24, 1962
34. Azell Harris, died May 4, 1969
35. Kenneth Spencer, died July 13, 1969. He was shot to death with his service weapon during a racially-motivated fight that broke out while he was working as an off-duty security guard at the Harris Park swimming pool.
36. Henry Thompson, died October 16, 1972
37. Felix Underwood, died October 7, 1973
38. William Stanley, died August 9, 1975
39. James Rhodes, died March 11, 1978
40. Albert Ballard, died November 29, 1979
41. Edward Alley Jr, died December 25, 1980
42. Robert Patterson, died October 31, 1982
43. Sharon Robinson, died April 7, 1984
44. Marcus Reid, died April 7, 1984
45. Frank Dunn, died October 14, 1986
46. John Huffman, died May 21, 1992
47. Sandy Sanderson, died January 29, 1998. He was killed by a terrorist's bomb while working as an off-duty security guard at the New Woman All Women Clinic on 10th Avenue South.
48. Jerome Daniels, died November 18, 2002. He was killed in a shootout with a robber while dining, off-duty, at Reno's Chicken & Burgers on Graymont Avenue.
49. C. Robert Bennett, died June 17, 2004
50. Harley Chisholm III, died June 17, 2004
51. Carlos Owens, died June 17, 2004

References

• Robinson, Carol (May 15, 2017) "End of Watch: Remembering 51 Birmingham police officers killed in the line of duty." The Birmingham News

External links

• Birmingham Police Department at the Officer Down Memorial Page