HONOR ROLL OF SOUTH CAROLINA

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

(This list consists of names of South Carolina officers who have met at least one of the following conditions: [1] officer’s death has met the Federal criteria for line of duty death, [2] officer’s name is on the National Law Enforcement Memorial Wall, [3] officer has been inducted into the South Carolina Law Enforcement Hall of Fame.)

January

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January 1, 1904                     William Z. Foster, Greer Police Department

January 1, 1954                     Russell  S. Masters, Pickens County Sheriff’s Office

January 1, 1975                     D. H. Hill, SC Dept. of Natural Resources

January 3, 1938                     K. L. Gohagan, Estill Police Department

January 4, 1942                     Norris Nettles, SC Highway Patrol

January 6, 1925                     Benjamin P. Carden, Beaufort County Rural Police

January 6, 1990                     Joshua L. Milligan, St. Stephens Police Department

January 7, 1962                     Thomas F. Abrams, Spartanburg Police Department

January 8, 2002                     Dyke Coursen, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office

January 8, 2002                     Dana L. Tate, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office

January 15, 1961                   John R. Riddle, SC Highway Patrol

January 15, 1976                   Doyle H. Hill, SC Wildlife Department

January 15, 1993                   Thomas C. Harrison, Orangeburg Department of Public Safety

January 18, 1962                   Clarence W. Floyd, Jasper County Sheriff’s Office

January 19, 2002                   Dennis E. LaPage, Charleston Police Department

January 24, 1919                   Robert Latta, Camden Police Department

January 26, 1978                   H. M. Harvey, Aiken Dept. of Public Safety

January 27, 1981                   Dale E. Barkley, Columbia Police Department

January 28, 1909                   M. H. Stone, Laurens Police Department

January 31, 1924                   James H. Howard, SC State Constable

February

February 1, 1975                   Rufus. L. Looper III, Greenville County Sheriff’s Office

February 2, 1983                   Buddy J. Duncan, Pickens County Sheriff’s Office

February 3, 1957                   John F. Dennis, Bonneau Police Department

February 4, 1939                   Walter Bell, SC Highway Patrol

February 7, 1988                   Gary D. Blackwood, Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office

February 8, 1998                   Jacob Ham, Jr., SC Highway Patrol

February 12, 1877                 Van Buren Hendrix, US Marshals Service

February 15, 1934                 Hansford M. Reeves, SC Highway Patrol

February 17, 1911                 Oliver S. Gunnels, Greenville Police Department

February 17, 1988                  J. W. Lundy, Leesville Police Department

February 18, 1985                  Robert A. Way, North Charleston Police Department

February 21, 1971                  William F. Chasteen, Greenville Police Department

February 21, 1974                 Richey O. Finch, Forest Acres Police Department

February 21, 1974                 Ernest C. Potter, Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office

February 26, 1989                  G. Don Peeler, SC Wildlife Department

February 26, 1996                 Charles B. Kubala, Sumter County Sheriff’s Office

February 27, 2005                 Mark Jones, Hardeeville Police Department

February 27, 2007                 Kevin Carper, Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office

February 28, 1991                 W. J. Illingworth, Cayce Department of Public Safety

February 28, 1992                 Hardy M. Godbold, SC Highway Patrol

March

March 1, 2002       Walter Floyd, Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office

March 2, 1979       Charles A. Snider, Charleston Police Department

March 4, 1925       A. F. Lackey, Greenville Police Department

March 6, 1990       Charles Freeman, Aiken County Sheriff’s Office

March 7, 1921       Walter C. Holcombe, Easley Police Department

March 7, 1949       Henry H. Scarborough, Myrtle Beach Police Department

March 8, 1909       Christopher D. Corbin, US Marshall Service

March 8, 1909       William B. F. Corbin, US Marshall Service

March 9, 1994       C. Spencer Guerry, Georgetown Police Department

March 9, 2007       Phillip Michael Deese, Dorchester County Sheriff's Office

March 10, 1973     Fulton H. Anthony, SC Highway Patrol

March 12, 1936     Joe Byrd, SC Department of Corrections

March 12, 1976     William P. Messer, Charleston Police Department

March 12, 2005     J. Alex Burdette, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office

March 18, 1956     Alvis B. Phillips, Greenwood Police Department

March 25, 1989     Jerry W. Shelton, Cottageville Police Department

March 25, 2007     Lonnie Wells, Moncks Corner Police Department

March 25, 2007     Marcus Stiles, Moncks Corner Police Department

March 27, 1948     Leon W. Gooding, Charleston County Police Department

March 30, 1980     Willie J. Blakely, Laurens County Sheriff’s Office

March 31, 1968     Garnett E. Dabney, SC ABC Commission

April

April 2, 1987          Otis Grier, Greenwood County Sheriff’s Department

April 2, 2003          Anthony J. Sapinoso, Greenville county Sheriff’s Office

April 4, 1978          Joel M. Robertson, Charleston County Police Department

April 5, 2000          David T. Bailey, SC Highway Patrol

April 5, 2004          Roger Myers, Charleston Police Department

April 6, 1937          William M. Strange, Sumter County Rural Police

April 9, 1997          Joseph C. Rodgers, Florence County Sheriff’s Office

April 11, 1926        James Wilson, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office

April 11, 1986        Carroll J. Taylor, Dillon County Sheriff’s Office

April 12, 1983        Daniel W. Cogburn, West Columbia Police Department

April 12, 1999        Tommy Prezzy, Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office

April 13, 1904        J. P. Tucker, Greenville Police Department

April 15, 1947        Willis E. Sanders, Anderson Police Department

April 15, 1987        Robert P. Perry, Jr., SC Highway Patrol

April 17, 1990        Russell R. Bell, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office

April 17, 1992        John M. Dial, Richland County Sheriff’s Department

April 17, 1995        Michael A. Chappell, SC Highway Patrol

April 19, 1878        Rufus H. Springs, US Marshals Service

April 20, 1899        John J. Bean, Jr.    Charleston Police Department

April 20, 1953        Ulysses Dobson, Hartsville Police Department

April 20, 1975        Charles G. Sheppard, Anderson Police Department

April 20, 1994        Randall L. Hester, SC Highway Patrol

April 22, 1950        Rufus H. Rodgers, Aiken Police Department

April 25, 1925        Henry H. Howard, Aiken County Sheriff’s Office

April 25, 1954        Lucius Jennerette, Timmonsville Police Department

April 25, 1976        Julian Branch, Clio Police Department

April 27, 1976        Robert F. Sexton, Olanta Police Department

April 28, 1979        Jesse L. Mallett, Clarendon County Sheriff’s Department

April 29, 1957        James E. Tillotson, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office

April 29, 1971        Theodore Turner, Kershaw County Sheriff’s Department

May

May 1, 1932           Julius C. Bunch, Charleston Police Department

May 1, 1932           A. B. Hunt, Greenville Police Department

May 2, 1941           J. T. L. McCord, Greenwood Police Department

May 2, 1983           Harold N. Cousar III, Florence City Police Department

May 3, 1987           Donald R. Hayes, Marion County Sheriff’s Office

May 4, 2005           Byron “Keith” Cannon, Richland County Sheriff’s Office

May 6, 1932           Snyder L. Risher, Charleston Police Department

May 7, 1921           G. S. Burroughs, Greenville Police Department

May 7, 1947           George D. Tilley, Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office

May 9, 1970           William C. Doster, Chester County Sheriff’s Office

May 9, 1970           James B. Waters, Chester County Sheriff’s Office

May 11, 1968         James Owens, Jr.  Charleston County Police Department

May 11, 1975         Harvey L. Middleton, Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department

May 14, 1904         William J. Cox, Greenville County Magistrate

May 15, 1965         Levis T. Sexton     Anderson County Sheriff’s Office

May 16, 2005         Jonathan W. Parker, SC Highway Patrol

May 16, 2007         Robert L. Bailey, SC Constable

May 17, 1924         B. H. Hatcher, Marlboro County Sheriff’s Department

May 18, 1910         Hilton T. Smith, Columbia Police Department

May 19, 1945         William E. Evans, Whitmire Police Department

May 19, 1945         Robert R. Gilliam, Whitmire Police Department

May 19, 1959         Henry C. Yonce, SC Highway Patrol

May 19, 1973         Charlie A. Rodgers, Greenwood county Sheriff’s Office

May 19, 1982         Robert D. Sadler, SC Wildlife Department

May 21, 1999         Perrin R. Love II, Charleston Police Department

May 24, 1983         John R. Clinton, SC Highway Patrol

May 25, 1946         Warren C. Guerry, Berkeley County Magistrate

May 28, 1941         George G. Broome, SC Highway Patrol

May 30, 1915         J. F. Holcombe, Greenville Police Department

May 31, 1974         Ben W. Strickland III, SC Highway Patrol

June

June 1, 1933           John D. Cunningham, SC Highway Patrol

June 1, 1936           G. L. Phillips, Chesnee Police Department

June 2, 1926           Lucius M. Player, Newberry County Sheriff’s Office

June 2, 1974           L. C. Williamson, Perry Police Department

June 4, 1965           Leroy Myers, Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office

June 5, 2000           Dennis J. Lyden, Horry County Police Department

June 6, 1927           Elmo F. Langford, Beaufort County Rural Police

June 6, 1989           Lawrence W. Bragg III, Newberry County Sheriff’s Office

June 7, 1961           Thurston F. Meeks, New Ellenton Police Department

June 7, 1979           David L. McIver, Swansea Police Department

June 7, 1992           Hubert L. Lloyd, Charleston County Sheriff’s Office

June 7, 1992           William A. Nalley, Charleston County Sheriff’s Office

June 8, 1979           Willie E. Peeples, SC Highway Patrol

June 8, 1982           Henry B. Morris, Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office

June 9, 1932           William P. Lancaster, SC Highway Patrol

June 9, 1967           Joe C. Wall, Chesnee Police Department

June 9, 1989           William M. Banks, Greenville County Sheriff’s Office

June 11, 1927         Samuel D. Willis,  Greenville County Sheriff’s Office

June 11, 2003         Joseph S. Quarles, Laurens County Sheriff’s Office

June 12, 2002         Michael J. Rao, SC Highway Patrol

June 14, 1915         Raleigh Boulware, Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office

June 14, 1915         Adam D. Hood, Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office

June 15, 1971         Clayton K. Woods, Laurens County Sheriff’s Office

June 17, 1955         Lawrence B. Aytes, Charleston Police Department

June 17, 1955         Jessie C. Benton, Charleston Police Department

June 17, 1955         James F. Tindal, Charleston Police Department

June 18, 1956         Arnold R. Carter, SC Highway Patrol

June 20, 1953         Allen F. Bennett, Richland County Sheriff’s Office

June 21, 1989         Harry M. Coker, Jr., SC Highway Patrol

June 23, 1996         Randall S. Hewitt, SC Highway Patrol

June 24, 1892         Jeremiah Hughes, Easley Town Marshal

June 25, 1934         James W. Hite, Columbia Police Department

June 25, 1977         Glenmore P. Williams, Benedict College Campus Police

June 25, 1986         John R. Floyd, Horry County Police Department

June 26, 1998         Gilbert F. Halma, Cheraw Police Department

June 29, 1979         Willie Peeples, SC Highway Patrol

July

July 1, 1957            Cecil W. Watford, Columbia Police Department

July 2, 1904            William Foster, Greer Police Department

July 2, 1942            Claude R. DuBose, Lamar Police Department

July 2, 1973            James E. Orr, Kershaw County Sheriff’s Department

July 4, 1919            Hendrix Rector, Greenville Police Department

July 4, 1937            Frank Sowell, Lancaster Police Department

July 6, 1927            J. B. Amaker, SC State Constable

July 7, 1904            Columbus Jones,  Pickens County Constable

July 7, 2002            Kenneth J. Johnson, SC Highway Patrol

July 9, 1992            Thomas W. Spears, Florence County Sheriff’s Office

July 10, 2000          Ferris E. Catoe III, Camden Police Department

July 13, 1938          L. Lawson Rhodes, SC Highway Patrol

July 14, 1936          Purce A. Wansley, Charleston Police Department

July 14, 1940          Walter L. Miller, Charleston Police Department

July 17, 1932          Elliott Harris, York County Rural Police

July 18, 1919          Jesse F. Bateman, SC State Constable

July 18, 1963          Clarence P. McGee, Pacolet Police Department

July 18, 2004          James E. Myers, Orangeburg Department of Public Safety

July 19, 1979          Robert A. Mobley, SC Highway Patrol

July 22, 1949          Claude M. Parsons, Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office

July 22, 1949          Joseph S. Gunnell, West Columbia Police Department

July 25, 1974          Philip G. Schlatterer, Columbia Police Department

July 27, 1970          Alfred A. Thomason, SC Highway Patrol

July 28, 1972          Berry D. Creamer, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office

August

August 1, 1943                     Harry C. Stabler, St. Matthews Police Department

August 3, 1970                     James P. Bagwell, Greenville County Jail

August 13, 1967                   Earl D. Compton, Iva  Police Department

August 13, 1999                   Marcus L. Whitfield, Greenville County Sheriff’s Office

August 14, 1924                   William L. Gibson, Anderson Police Department

August 15, 1955                   Joseph Vega, Charleston Police Department

August 17, 1921                   Henry F. Brown, Columbia Police Department

August 17, 2003                   Andrew J. Mazur, Greenville County Sheriff’s Office

August 18, 1991                   William J. Werner IV, Westminster Police Department

August 19, 1969                   Richard V. Woods, SC Highway Patrol

August 21, 1986                   Douglas M. Jones, Lexington County Sheriff’s Office

August 22, 1939                   G. Forrest Krell, Newberry Police Department

August 22, 1970                   Thomas J. Fox, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department

August 22, 1989                   Richard W. Gould, Florence Police Department

August 24, 1992                   Charles J. Smith, Allendale County Sheriff’s Office

August 26, 1917                   James A. Stewart, Greenville County Sheriff’s Office

August 26, 1923                   Hampton Patterson, Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office

August 26, 1980                   Clell B. Floyd, Lake City Police Department

August 27, 1962                   Carl Baker, Andrews Police Department

August 28, 1920                   Arthur Hughes, Honea Path Police Department

August 31, 1998                   W. Jonathan Crawley, Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office

September

September 2, 1947                J. D. Livingston, Newberry Police Department

September 7, 1958                Harry B. Ray, SC Highway Patrol

September 7, 1959                Woodrow W. Nalley, Easley Police Department

September 9, 1958                Fern Thompson, Charleston Police Department

September 10, 1966              Marion C. Steele, SC Highway Patrol

September 12, 1965              John P. Martin, Greenville County Sheriff’s Office

September 14, 1945              Walter Evans, Greeleyville Police Department

September 14, 1986              Henry O. Stalvey, Horry County Police Department

September 15, 1933              Walter L. Longshore, Newberry Police Department

September 17, 1956              Robert J. McIntyre, SC Wildlife Department

September 17, 2000              Alvin S. Glenn, Richland County Detention Center

September 18, 1928              Luther Martin, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office

September 19, 1924              Dock M. Garrett, Greenville County Convict Guard

September 19, 1977              Stephen A. Breland, Colleton County Sheriff’s Office

September 19, 1996              J. Russell Sorrow, Greenville Police Department

September 19, 2000              Allen “Pete” Myers, Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office

September 20, 1925              Mike Knotts, Wagener Police Department

September 20, 1977              Sherman R. Massey, Laurens County Sheriff’s Office

September 20, 1983              Mathew M. Beacham, Jr., Greenville Police Department

September 22, 1908              L. Pressley Reeves, SC Dept. of Natural Resources

September 22, 1926              George M. Myers, Greenville County Sheriff’s Office

September 23, 1940              Harlan M. Smith, SC Highway Patrol

September 23, 1982              W. Eugene Jones, Laurens County Sheriff’s Office

September 25, 1992              James B. McCants, York County Sheriff’s Office

September 26, 1970              James H. Murphy, Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office

September 26, 1970              Alfred L. Perry, Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office

September 27, 1985              Bruce K. Smalls, SC Highway Patrol

September 30, 1900              James C. Scurry, Georgetown Police Department

September 30, 1941              Joseph P. Monroe, SC Highway Patrol

October

October 1, 1980                     Michael D. Laws, Chester County Sheriff’s Office

October 3, 1974                     Charles L. McNeill, SC Wildlife Department

October 4, 1950                     Albert T. Sealy, SC Highway Patrol

October 5, 1914                     John F. Lindsey, Greenville County Sheriff’s Office

October 5, 1919                     A. M. Blair, Greenville Police Department

October 5, 1919                     J. L. Kitchens, Greenville Police Department

October 6, 1944                     Keith Ellsworth, Charleston Police Department

October 7, 1981                     Joel D. Hughes, Pickens County Sheriff’s Office

October 8, 1972                     Roy O. Caffey,  SC Highway Patrol

October 9, 1996                     C. Rick Pope, Fountain Inn Police Department

October 10, 1932                   Lawrence M. Strock, Charleston Police Department

October 10, 1965                   John R. Martin, Greenville County Sheriff’s Office

October 11, 1928                   W. H. Talley, Oconee County Rural Police

October 12, 1986                   Allan R. Brazzell, Sumter County Sheriff’s Office

October 15, 1978                   William D. Breland, Walterboro Police Department

October 16, 2003                   Donnie R. Washington, Richland County Sheriff’s Office

October 23, 1999                   Brian S. Mills, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department

October 24, 1930                   Perry Paris, Greenville County Sheriff’s Office

October 28, 1986                   Gary A. Thompson, Gray Court Police Department

October 29, 1982                   Steven B. Hiott, Charleston County Police Department

October 29, 1988                   George T. Radford, SC Highway Patrol

October 31, 1966                   Claude V. Southerlin, Jr., Greenville County Sheriff’s Office

November

November 1, 1923                 Charlie L. Johnson, Aiken Police Department

November 1, 1975                 Ray G. Moore, SC Wildlife Department

November 3, 1973                 Edgar D. Cooley, Honea Path Police Department

November 9, 1968                 William A. Singleton, Rock Hill Police Department

November 9, 2002                 R. L. Wiles, Jr., Elloree Police Department

November 10, 1797               Robert Maxwell, Washington District

November 10, 1939               Joseph L. Lamb, Union County Sheriff’s Department

November 11, 1921               J. Hay Fant, Union County Sheriff’s Office

November 13, 1981               David L. Alverson, SC Highway Patrol

November 15, 1926               E. W. Johnson, Florence Police Department

November 15, 1974               William T. Cribb, Charleston County Police Department

November 16, 1941               W. D. Allen, Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office

November 17, 1911               Wade H. Patterson, Aiken Police Department

November 18, 1941               William L. Clark, Edgefield County Sheriff’s Department

November 19, 1935               Ed Hennecy, SC Highway Patrol

November 19, 2002               William B. Bell, Summerville Police Department

November 19, 2002               Marion E. Wright II, Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office

November 20, 1992               Mark H. Coates, SC Highway Patrol

November 21, 1991               Marvin L. Titus, SC Highway Patrol

November 22, 1953               Joseph W. Price, Lexington County Sheriff’s Office

November 28, 1985               Valdon O. Keith, SC State Constable

December

December 3, 1934                  David Deason, Pageland Police Department

December 6, 1951                 Junius P. Lewis, Charleston Police Department

December 6, 2000                 Eric J. Nicholson, SC Highway Patrol

December 7, 1992                 Christopher  L. Taylor, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office

December 7, 2006                 Jason L. Sheppard, Aiken County Sheriff’s Office

December 8, 1942                 William H. Wilson, Charleston Police Department

December 8, 2003                 Donald M. Ouzts, Abbeville County Magistrate’s Office

December 8, 2003                 Danny Wilson, Abbeville County Sheriff’s Office

December 9, 1937                 Frank Wright, Gaffney Police Department

December 12, 1937               John O. Sanders, SC Department of Corrections

December 13, 1995               Calvin A. Perry, Saluda Police Department

December 13, 1985               V. Edward Kee, Mt. Pleasant Police Department

December 14, 1991               David O’Brien, SC Highway Patrol

December 14, 2007               Darral K. Lane, Richland County Sheriff’s Office

December 15, 1988               Thomas L. Kerney, Leesville Police Department

December 16, 1975               Wesley J. Smith, Charleston Police Department

December 21, 1855               William T. Cross, Columbia Police Department

December 22, 1879               John Harlow, Charleston Police Department

December 23, 1969               A. C. Campbell, SC Wildlife Department

December 23, 1977               H. A. Williams, Aiken County Sheriff’s Office

December 24, 1992               Edward J. Alva, Richland Co. Sheriff’s Office

December 25, 1934               Edwin D. Milam, SC Highway Patrol

December 25, 1956               William L. Acker, Anderson Police Department

December 25, 1970               Jimmy A. Traylor, SC Highway Patrol

December 25, 1980               T. D. Tindal, Sr., Georgetown Police Department

December 27, 1947               Grady Martin, Florence Police Department

December 29, 2001               Randy G. Gerald, Horry County Sheriff’s Office

December 29, 2002               Joseph J. McGarry, Myrtle Beach Police Department

December 30, 1900               J. R. Kennedy, Abbeville County Sheriff’s Office

December 31, 1975               Steven W. Jordan, Rock Hill Police Department

December 31, 1997               Frankie L. Lingard, SC Highway Patrol