"To Serve, Save and Protect from the Air"
That is the motto of the Airborne Public Safety Association. Throughout history, hundreds of law enforcement professionals have made the ultimate sacrifice fulfulling that mission.
This electronic memorial is our attempt to never forget those men and women who have gone 'above and beyond' the call of duty. Below is our memorial list of fallen heroes.
Do you have more information about a fallen hero we do not have listed? Help us maintain an accurate and fitting tribute to the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Please use the link below to submit information on other fallen heroes.
To be included in this memorial, the decedent must have died as a direct result of their assignment as air crew in public safety aviation of any kind, anywhere in the world, sworn or civilian, whether or not they were members of the Airborne Public Safety Association.
Click here to provide information on other fallen heroes.Name | End of Watch | Agency | State/Country |
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Alexander, Rondal | 1978-07-03 | Oklahoma Department of Public Safety | OK |
Alexander, John | 1981-08-03 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | FL |
Allison, Wayne | 1988-02-13 | New Mexico State Police | NM |
Almer, Paul | 1989-04-12 | Pennsylvania State Police | PA |
Amberg, Larry | 1966-08-30 | Los Angeles Police Department | CA |
Anderson, Oswald | 1946-11-06 | Renton Police Department | WA |
Annandale, D. | 1969-01-07 | South African Police Service | South Africa |
Archer, Kenneth | 1982-02-24 | California Highway Patrol | CA |
Arvanitis, Plato | 1967-12-21 | New York City Police Department | NY |
Ashley, Richard | 2002-07-17 | Chowan County Sheriff's Office | NC |
Avant, James | 1986-07-24 | Pulaski County Sheriff's Office | AR |
Avila, Humberto | 1974-10-02 | Mission Police Department | TX |
Baker, Matthew | 1990-08-24 | U.S. Coast Guard | PRI |
Baldy, Leonard | 1960-05-02 | Chicago Police Department | IL |
Bang, Sung Hui | 2000-08-17 | Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office | WI |
Barajas, Jose | 2003-03-13 | Mexico Attorney General | Mexico |
Baray, Julio | 2007-09-24 | U.S. Customs & Border Protection | TX |
Barnes, Gerald | 1957-10-05 | Maricopa County Sheriff's Office | AZ |
Baruday, Bill | 1991-04-23 | Garland County Sheriff’s Department | AR |
Basford, Trenwith | 1977-08-25 | U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation | MN |
Bassing, Charles | 1986-07-24 | Arkansas State Police | AR |
Baxter, John | 1985-10-02 | Florida Highway Patrol | FL |
Beers, Fred | 2022-07-16 | Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department | NM |
Beesley, Aaron | 2012-06-30 | Utah Highway Patrol | UT |
Benavides, Daniel | 2010-05-07 | California Highway Patrol | CA |
Bilheimer, Wayne | 1989-04-12 | Pennsylvania State Police | PA |
Bishop, George | 1967-12-21 | New York City Police Department | NY |
Bittick, Robert | 1994-10-11 | Alaska State Troopers | AK |
Black, William | 1979-07-11 | Virginia Beach Police Department | VA |
Bloom, Delbert | 1979-06-02 | Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks | MT |
Blount, Kevin | 2005-07-13 | Sacramento County Sheriff's Department | CA |
Blue, John | 1973-10-04 | U.S. Border Patrol | AZ |
Bockman, Ray | 1986-08-16 | Kern County Sheriff's Department | CA |
Bohlender, Charles | 2000-06-13 | Topeka Police Department | KS |
Bohuslov, Leroy | 1964-03-05 | Alaska Department of Fish and Game | AK |
Bonilla-Gonzalez, Jose | 1993-07-26 | Puerto Rico Police Department | PR |
Boone, Jack | 1973-02-15 | Columbus Police Department | GA |
Born, Torsten | 2005-01-17 | Saxony Police Department | DEU |
Bossen, James | 1982-02-05 | Indianapolis International Airport Police Department | IN |
Bowman, Stephen | 1998-06-24 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | TN |
Box, Michael | 1950-08-29 | U.S. Border Patrol | TX |
Boyd, William | 1975-01-01 | Delaware State Police | DE |
Brachlin, Kurt | 1996-08-06 | Hamburg Police | Germany |
Brandt, Nicolai | 1996-08-06 | Hamburg Police | Germany |
Breceda, Lawrence | 1986-07-31 | Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department | CA |
Brennon, Bryant | 1995-07-21 | Honolulu Police Department | HI |
Brolin, David | 2012-01-17 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | CAN |
Brookbush, Kirk | 2000-01-11 | San Francisco Police Department | CA |
Brosch, Kevin | 1986-07-24 | Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office | AR |
Bryant, Glover | 1991-11-08 | Okeechobee County Sheriff's Department | FL |
Buckelew, William | 1954-06-23 | U.S. Border Patrol | TX |
Bunker, Stephen | 2008-09-27 | Maryland State Police | MD |
Buntrock, Samuel | 1974-05-29 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game | ID |
Butler, George | 1986-12-08 | California Highway Patrol | CA |
Cain, Colleen | 1982-01-07 | U.S. Coast Guard | HI |
Caines, James | 1997-06-08 | U.S. Coast Guard | CA |
Calik, Kudret | 2006-07-19 | Antalya Police | TUR |
Capes, Gavin | 2001-01-26 | Western Australia Police | Australia |
Carey, George | 1982-02-24 | California Highway Patrol | CA |
Carl, Kenneth | 1961-06-18 | U.S. Border Patrol | CA |
Carlos Hernndez Lpez, Fernando | 2006-05-30 | Federal Mexican Police | MEX |
Carmikle, Sgt. Monty | 2008-11-16 | Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | AK |
Carson, Robert | 1986-11-02 | U.S. Coast Guard | AK |
Carter, James | 1956-06-06 | U.S. Border Patrol | TX |
Carter, Bernard | 1975-05-14 | Colorado Springs Police Department | CO |
Carvalho, Alvaro | 2007-04-16 | Brazilian Military Police | BRA |
Carwell, Larry | 1984-01-09 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | Mexico |
Casey, Desmond | 1999-10-25 | San Jose Police Department | CA |
Ceniceros, Jess | 1997-11-03 | Civil Air Patrol | CA |
Ceolin, Walter | 2003-01-21 | Ontario Ministry of Resources | CAN |
Champe, Randy | 1991-06-13 | Los Angeles Police Department | CA |
Chester, Roy | 1988-10-24 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | CA |
Childress, G. | 1996-04-04 | West Virginia State Police | WV |
Chirrick, Gerald | 1985-07-23 | Douglas County Sheriff’s Department | OR |
Clabaugh, David | 1979-12-06 | Panola County Sheriff’s Office | TX |
Collins, Tom | 1975-10-25 | Ventura County Sheriff's Department | CA |
Colon Gurgos, William | 1993-07-26 | Puerto Rico Police Department | PR |
Conners, Robert | 1982-12-16 | U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation | OH |
Cook, Merle | 1981-07-13 | Florida Highway Patrol | FL |
Corbell, Vernon | 1957-04-15 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | CA |
Cormier, J.E.R. | 1958-01-01 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Canada |
Cormier, Robert | 1984-07-24 | Dallas Police Department | TX |
Coyle, Pat | 1997-02-16 | San Diego County Sheriff’s Department | CA |
Coyour, Grant | 1999-06-11 | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | MN |
Crane, Jeffrey | 1997-06-08 | U.S. Coast Guard | CA |
Danny, Commander | 2005-09-01 | West Sumatra Police | West Sumatra |
Davis, Michael | 1988-10-24 | Riverside County Sheriff’s Department | CA |
De Loach, William | 1993-07-14 | Georgia Bureau of Investigations | GA |
De Loach, David | 1993-07-14 | Georgia Bureau of Investigations | GA |
DeMeulle, Donald | 1986-07-01 | San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department | CA |
Devos, Hedwig | 2003-01-10 | Belgian State Police | Belgium |
Dewar, David | 2001-01-26 | Western Australia Police | Australia |
Dietsch, Lance | 1989-06-30 | Iowa State Patrol | IA |
Dobson, Jesse | 1991-08-30 | Florida Law Department of Enforcement | FL |
Dodson, Douglas | 1974-10-02 | Harlingen Police Department | TX |
Dougherty, James | 2000-01-11 | San Francisco Police Department | CA |
Eddy, Norman | 1989-05-25 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | FL |
Eichhofer, Hauptkommissar | 1996-08-06 | Hamburg Police | Germany |
Enright, Frederick | 1975-06-07 | California Highway Patrol | CA |
Epps, Norris | 1995-01-18 | Tampa Police Department | FL |
Escobedo, Estevan | 1994-01-04 | Arizona Department of Game & Fish, Wildlife | AZ |
Everett, Donald | 2001-01-26 | Western Australia Police | Australia |
Falivene, Eliano | 2007-10-16 | Italian State Police | ITA |
Faulkner, Steve | 1992-12-01 | Kansas City Police Department | MO |
Fernandez, Frank | 1994-08-27 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | Peru |
Finley, Rickie | 1989-05-20 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | Peru |
Forbes, James | 1974-06-21 | Seattle Police Department | WA |
Friedrichsen, Bordwart | 1996-08-06 | Hamburg Police | Germany |
Futrell, A. Scott | 2002-07-17 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police | NC |
Gaines, Theopolis | 1932-01-15 | New York State Police | NY |
Gerling, Stanley | 1989-06-30 | Iowa State Patrol | IA |
Gillen, Paul | 1974-05-29 | Los Angeles Police Department | CA |
Glenn, James | 1969-01-10 | Kansas City Police Department | MO |
Gordon, Daryl | 2011-03-25 | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | ME |
Grant, Lou | 1993-11-27 | New Zealand Police Air Support Unit | New Zealand |
Gray, Ocie | 1960-01-04 | New Mexico Department of Game & Fish | NM |
Green, R.W. | 1958-01-01 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Canada |
Greim, John | 1945-07-13 | Missouri State Highway Patrol | MO |
Grow, Gary | 1962-01-18 | California Highway Patrol | CA |
Guider, David | 1973-10-02 | Oakland Police Department | CA |
Gutierrez Colon, Edgardo | 1993-07-26 | Puerto Rico Police Department | PR |
Hackett, John | 1974-06-19 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol | NC |
Hagerty, John | 1970-03-18 | Florida Highway Patrol | FL |
Hanning, Harold | 1970-08-06 | Ohio State Highway Patrol | OH |
Harrington, Patrick | 1970-03-01 | New York City Police Department | NY |
Harris, Robert | 1978-05-17 | Nassau County Police | NY |
Harrolle, Bruce | 2008-10-13 | Arizona Department of Public Safety | AZ |
Harvey, Ross | 1993-11-27 | New Zealand Police | New Zealand |
Harvey, Charles | 1998-06-24 | Tennessee National Guard | TN |
Hehl, Erin | 1997-10-30 | Illinois State Police | IL |
Heilman, Lloyd | 1973-11-01 | Mojave County Sheriff | AZ |
Heimbecker, Phillip | 1993-06-11 | Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office | IA |
Hendricks, George | 1997-09-17 | Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office | TX |
Hermann, Jon | 1993-06-11 | Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office | IA |
Hernandez, Adolfo | 1975-06-07 | California Highway Patrol | CA |
Hill, Willard | 1980-04-22 | Robertson County Sheriff’s Department | TN |
Holloway, Donald | 1980-01-03 | California Highway Patrol | CA |
Hood, Marcus | 1974-11-01 | Topeka Police Department | KS |
Hopton, Robert | 1995-07-10 | Highlands County Sheriff | FL |
Horton, Ted | 2004-05-14 | Franklin County Sheriff | NC |
Howard, Frank | 1973-11-01 | Mojave County Sheriff | AZ |
Howe, Gary | 1991-06-13 | Los Angeles Police Department | CA |
Howey, Jeff | 2000-06-13 | Topeka Police Department | KS |
Hughes, Tremain | 1932-01-15 | New York State Police | NY |
Ilnicki, Alex | 1966-08-30 | Los Angeles Police Department | CA |
Jackson, Alfred | 1979-06-06 | Washington Metro Police Department | DC |
Jameson, Brent | 1980-10-23 | Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department | CA |
Jones, Francis | 1983-12-01 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Canada |
Kaeo, Merlin | 1977-03-16 | Honolulu Police Department | HI |
Kahakai, Douglas | 1995-07-21 | Honolulu Police Department | HI |
Kennedy, Robert | 2002-07-17 | Boone Police Department | NC |
Ketchum, David | 1987-03-10 | Costa Mesa Police Department | CA |
Kievernagel, Joseph | 2005-07-13 | Sacramento County Sheriff's Department | CA |
Klumpp, Alan | 1993-07-14 | U.S. Customs Service | GA |
Knight, Virgle | 1985-07-23 | Douglas County Sheriff’s Department | OR |
Kurelic, George | 1997-10-30 | Illinois State Police | IL |
Laffick, Dennis | 1995-08-28 | Oklahoma National Guard | OK |
Lane, Mike | 2004-09-16 | Beaumont Police | TX |
Leonberger, Loren | 2011-01-31 | Pima County Sheriff’s Department | AZ |
Lewis Jr., Edwin W. | 2007-11-08 | Civil Air Patrol | CA |
Libolt, John | 1987-03-10 | Costa Mesa Police Department | CA |
Liguori, Giovanni | 2007-10-16 | Italian State Police | ITA |
Lippy, Mickey | 2008-09-27 | Maryland State Police | MD |
Lloyd, Hubert | 1992-06-07 | Charleston County Sheriff’s Department | SC |
Loftus, Terrance | 2004-05-28 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | IL |
Logasa, Charles | 1971-02-11 | San Francisco Police Department | CA |
Lucas, Harry | 1984-09-12 | West Virginia State Police | WV |
Lunn, James | 1976-05-14 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | Mexico |
Magly, Bliss | 1980-10-23 | Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department | CA |
Mariconda, Joseph | 1970-03-01 | New York City Police Department | NY |
Marie, William | 1994-03-19 | Lake County Sheriff | FL |
Marstrangelo, Frank | 1989-05-25 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | FL |
Mattaliano, James | 1995-02-22 | Massachusetts State Police | MA |
May, Gregory | 1986-01-19 | Maryland State Police | MD |
McAllister, James | 1986-04-18 | U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation | DC |
McCabe, James | 1978-09-01 | California Highway Patrol | CA |
McCullah, Gary | 1968-09-30 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | CA |
McNeff, Thomas | 1983-10-02 | Arizona Department of Public Safety | AZ |
McSwenney, James | 1988-10-24 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | CA |
Miller, Stephen | 1987-06-16 | Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department | CO |
Miller, Michael | 1995-08-28 | Bureau of Indian Affairs | OK |
Mobley, Jimmy | 1979-07-11 | Virginia Beach Police Department | VA |
Mobley, Ed | 2000-08-15 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Canada |
Moher, Thomas | 1977-03-16 | Honolulu Police Department | HI |
Moore, Edward | 1976-07-23 | Ohio State Highway Patrol | OH |
Murphy, Elvis | 1981-09-21 | Comal County Sheriff’s Department | TX |
Murray, Raymond | 1970-10-09 | New York Environment Conservation Police | NY |
Myers, Wayne | 1983-12-01 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Canada |
Nalley, William | 1992-06-07 | Charleston County Sheriff’s Department | SC |
Nelson, Gary | 1975-08-15 | Anaheim Police Department | CA |
Nelson, Russell | 1975-09-28 | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | MN |
Nelson, Clifford | 1928-10-23 | Pima County Sheriff's Department | AZ |
Nettell, Frederick | 1997-11-03 | Civil Air Patrol | CA |
Nicholson, Tim | 2000-08-15 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Canada |
Nicolle, Joe | 1990-07-26 | Oklahoma Department of Public Safety | OK |
Nieland, Allen | 1990-10-14 | Iowa State Patrol | IA |
Nowak, Birger | 1996-08-06 | Hamburg Police | Germany |
O'Hara, Thomas | 2002-12-19 | National Park Service | AK |
O’Donnell, Ed | 1941-06-26 | Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Department | MT |
Oldaker, Richard | 1978-07-03 | Oklahoma Department of Public Safety | OK |
Panchison, Walter | 1998-10-23 | U.S. Border Patrol | WA |
Park, James | 1974-06-19 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol | NC |
Parkerson, Donald | 1973-09-18 | Maryland State Police | MD |
Perry, Paul | 1995-02-22 | Massachusetts State Police | MA |
Peters, William Reed | 1954-03-06 | Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department | CA |
Petersen, Kenneth | 1981-08-03 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | FL |
Piepenbrink, Norman | 1964-11-30 | Los Angeles Police Department | CA |
Plummer, Arthur | 1961-04-09 | Maryland State Police | MD |
Poetzman, Carey | 1986-01-19 | Maryland State Police | MD |
Pruitt, Robert | 1981-07-13 | Florida Highway Patrol | FL |
Raulson, Bobby | 1988-05-09 | Dale County Sheriff’s Department | AL |
Rettberg, Thomas | 2000-02-11 | Utah Department of Public Safety | UT |
Rhoden, Larry | 2001-10-22 | Polk County Sheriff | FL |
Riley, Floyd | 1991-04-23 | Garland County Sheriff’s Department | AR |
Rodgers, James | 1995-07-10 | Highlands County Sheriff | FL |
Romero, Richard | 1988-10-24 | Imperial County Sheriff’s Department | CA |
Ross, Stuart | 1998-10-10 | Warwickshire Constabulary | UK |
Rothwell, S.S. | 1958-08-06 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Canada |
Routledge, G. A. | 1976-02-16 | South African Police Service | South Africa |
Rowley, James | 1983-07-22 | New York City Police Department | NY |
Ruland, Philip | 2001-01-26 | Western Australia Police | Australia |
Rupp, George | 1981-09-11 | Ferry County Sheriffs Department | WA |
Sampson, Alastair | 1993-11-27 | New Zealand Police | New Zealand |
Santiago, Jesus Fernando Quinones | 2010-05-05 | San Juan Police Department - Air Unit | PRI |
Schnur, Robert | 1968-09-30 | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | CA |
Schuengel, Sgt. Joseph | 2010-10-15 | Missouri State Highway Patrol | MO |
Seale, Jay | 1994-08-27 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | Peru |
Searles, Stuart | 1984-06-10 | Sauk County Sheriff's Department | WI |
Searles, Stuart | 1984-06-10 | Sauk County Traffic Police | WI |
Severson, Alan | 1980-02-07 | Arizona Department of Game & Fish, Wildlife | AZ |
Shaw, Ralph | 1976-05-14 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | Mexico |
Shepley, Jack | 1992-12-01 | Kansas City Police Department | MO |
Smith, Donald | 1983-07-11 | Oregon State Police | OR |
Smith, Thomas | 1997-09-17 | Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office | TX |
Smythe, Kelly | 1982-03-26 | Tulsa Police Department | OK |
Snowden, Ross | 1974-01-17 | Pennsylvania State Police | PA |
St. Delore, James | 1974-06-21 | Seattle Police Department | WA |
Stahl, Louis | 1992-06-13 | U.S. Border Patrol | TX |
Steilen, Larry | 1998-09-25 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | TX |
Stone, Carlen | 1982-12-16 | West Virginia State Police | WV |
Stratman, Richard | 1983-10-02 | Arizona Department of Public Safety | AZ |
Strehl, Stephen | 1993-11-19 | St Louis Police Department | MO |
Stroebel, Lt. | 1976-02-16 | South African Police Service | South Africa |
Sweeney, Mike | 1983-12-09 | Put in Bay Police Department | OH |
Talafous, Carl | 1993-07-14 | U.S. Customs Service | GA |
Taylor, James | 1984-07-24 | Dallas Police Department | TX |
Terwilliger, Ronald | 1985-07-23 | Douglas County Sheriff’s Department | OR |
Thompson, Meredith | 1994-08-27 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | Peru |
Thompson III, Charles A. | 1979-01-08 | Jacksonville Sheriffs Office | FL |
Thorne, Doyle | 1994-07-30 | Utah Department of Public Safety | UT |
Tingwall, Sgt. Andrew F. | 2009-06-11 | New Mexico State Police | NM |
Tomlinson, Cleo | 1981-07-13 | Florida Highway Patrol | FL |
Tonkin, Mark | 1988-10-24 | Orange County Sheriff’s Department | CA |
Trojahn, Charles | 1983-07-22 | New York City Police Department | NY |
Troyer, Wendell | 1973-10-02 | Oakland Police Department | CA |
Turner, Charles | 1996-04-04 | West Virginia State Police | WV |
van Heerden, J.H. | 1969-01-07 | South African Police Service | South Africa |
Vars, Juan | 1994-08-27 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | Peru |
Vaughn, Dan | 1976-11-19 | Klickitat County Sheriff’s Department | WA |
Vlaeminck, Lieven | 2003-01-10 | Belgian State Police | Belgium |
Wallace, Frank | 1994-08-27 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | Peru |
White, George | 1973-03-25 | U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs | AZ |
Whitehead, Dean | 1985-05-09 | Lansing Police Department | MI |
Whiteman, Chance | 1982-03-26 | Tulsa Police Department | OK |
Wilkinson, Edward | 1977-04-17 | Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department | CA |
Wilkinson, Brian | 2001-10-22 | Polk County Sheriff | FL |
Winn, Alan | 1991-08-13 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | HI |
Wood, Gayle | 1978-09-01 | California Highway Patrol | CA |
Wood, Barry | 1998-11-04 | Baltimore Police Department | MD |
Wright, Seth Forsen | 1960-10-14 | San Juan County Sheriff’s Department | UT |
Zorzutti, M. O. | 1991-07-12 | Guardia de Finanza | Italy |
Zylka, Ralph | 2000-08-17 | Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office | WI |