Delaware State Police Departed Troopers

Retired and Active Duty

Gone....But Not Forgotten....

Delaware State Police

Line of Duty Deaths

DSP Line of Duty Death Memorial

Training Academy, Headquarters Complex

Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial

Legislative Hall Complex, Dover, DE

List of Departed Members

May They Rest in Eternal Peace

DELAWARE STATE POLICE

Retired Personnel Date of Passing,

Active Duty who passed while Off Duty

and Line Of Duty Deaths

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2024

Name Remarks Date
Alfred T. "Ted" Hawkinson, Jr. 278Retiree 01/08/2024
Walter E. Saxton 064Retiree 03/12/2024
Thomas E. Cole 149Retiree 05/03/2024
Kenneth W. Wheatley 262Retiree 05/09/2024
Sean P. McDerby 0230Retiree 05/14/2024
Charles R. "Chuck" Mullett 0669Retiree 07/01/2024
Daryl R. Mergenthaler 472Retiree 09/16/2024
Aubrey T. HudsonRetiree 09/17/2024
Jerry T. Scott 324Retiree 11/02/2024
William H. Eubank, Jr. 096Retiree 11/16/2024
John A. "Jack" Warrington 244Retiree 11/28/2024
Charles T. "Chuck" DeTulleo 129Retiree 12/09/2024
Edward A. Montague, Jr. 116Retiree 12/13/2024

2023

Name Remarks Date
Thomas E. Logullo 00801/09/2023
Douglas W. Booker 33101/15/2023
Edmund F. "Ed" Finley, Jr. 33902/28/2023
Richard J. "Dickie" Marvel 47104/03/2023
Phillip W. Darby 03405/09/2023
Cpl/3 Bret Ian McAfee 0962 Off Duty06/15/2023
Charles C. "Chuck" Armstrong, Jr. 42206/16/2023
Carl B. Kent 31206/21/2023
Cpl/2 Gregory P. Gaffney 1412 Off Duty06/21/2023
Norman V. Cochran 14807/14/2023
Jason R. Davis 045707/24/2023
Donald F. McHugh 08107/25/2023
Robert C. Shannon 10410/17/2023
James L. Robinson 35810/23/2023
Angelo T. "Bucky" Citro 06911/04/2023
Harry Ray Jackson, Jr. 23911/04/2023
Thomas J. Shannon III 03111/23/2023
John C. Quigley 38612/06/2023
Galen M. Purcell 079112/11/2023
Daniel L. Ballance 36712/30/2023

2022

Name Remarks Date
Valvert L. Fox 21301/12/2022
John W. Dudzinski 036302/19/2022
Joseph M. Condron 01203/31/2022
Thomas M. Gooding 34004/06/2022
Paris D. Mitchell, Sr. 08307/27/2022
Albert J. Ament, Jr. 30007/29/2022
Robert T. Wirt 20310/02/2022
John F. Tharan 38811/15/2022

2021

Name Remarks Date
Leah K. Flynn 56101/14/2021
James L. Cazer 33502/08/2021
Lynn R. Bullock 33403/18/2021
Robert J. Yonker 12503/20/2021
Timothy F. "Stan" Staniszewski 17003/22/2021
Barry M. Smith 06104/11/2021
Paul R. Kane 43704/22/2021
Michael F. Gunning 43304/24/2021
James J. Phalan 35404/29/2021
Jack I. Hampton 07205/12/2021
Paul F. Donahue 01407/24/2021
John P. Bisbee 30208/20/2021
William H. "Sherk" Sherkey 38709/07/2021
Gerald H. "Jerry" Winnington 20509/29/2021
George E. Brewington, Jr. 15910/20/2021
Wilson James "Jim" Murray, Jr. 34811/06/2021
Layman F. Jackson 10512/31/2021

2020

Name Remarks Date
Ray J. Bryan 25101/14/2020
Clarke V. Jester 13103/07/2020
H. Thomas Littel 02203/25/2020
Allen E. Riley 24804/26/2020
Robert F. Ferrier 08006/21/2020
Terry F. Hearn 40607/26/2020
Carl W. Williams 05308/12/2020
Ronald J. Torgerson 38909/30/2020
Kenneth E. Thompson 48110/04/2020
Ronald L. Pierson 38510/25/2020
Kevin J. Smith 18111/02/2020
John R. Alstadt, Jr. 02711/19/2020
Bradford P. Powns 07611/27/2020
Warren F. Schueler, Sr.12/04/2020

2019

Name Remarks Date
Harry W. "Hap" Crystal 09801/05/2019
Arnold C. Wells 04701/05/2019
Edward H. "Monk" Horney03/15/2019
H. Jerry Marvel 00405/22/2019
E. Wayne "Woody" Morris 14205/27/2019
Martin E. "Marty" Naugle 38406/17/2019
Ronald D. Mears 21006/17/2019
William T. Willin, Jr. 12808/03/2019
Stephen J. Rinaldi, Sr. 35608/16/2019
Richard D. Flynn, Sr.08/17/2019
George E. Brown 37010/25/2019

2018

Name Remarks Date
Charles E. "Cap" Wilkins 07703/07/2018
Robert H. Collison 12203/09/2018
Firman C. Argoe 20403/19/2018
William D. Clark 04003/22/2018
Robert D. Mitchell03/27/2018
George W. Dick 13406/11/2018
Cpl/3 William F. Matt 729 Off Duty07/09/2018
George W. Farrell 13207/29/2018
Dewey C. Evans Jr.11/05/2018
Franz J. Rassman, Jr 00712/23/2018

2017

Name Remarks Date
Lewis H. Pinkett, Jr 14601/18/2017
William A. Willey 21901/21/2017
Charles E. "Skip" Venable 23301/26/2017
David J. Kline 63602/20/2017
James A. "Reds" Nilan, Jr. 08904/01/2017
Cpl/3 Richard E. Long, Jr. 0373Off Duty04/10/2017
Cpl/1 Stephen J. Ballard 1305 Line of Duty04/26/2017
William M. Tiley 00505/14/2017
Robert G. Haman #11106/01/2017
Irvin B. Saxton, Jr. 06006/12/2017
Hugh J. "Sonny" Craig 40206/23/2017
Wayne T. Mitchell 07107/27/2017
Oswald E. "Bill" Denney 07508/17/2017
Ronald P. Lynch 10811/20/2017
Sgt. Rodney H. Bond Jr. 448 Off Duty11/24/2017
John F. Van Sant III11/27/2017
Charles R. Burris, Jr. 14712/03/2017
Donald "Jean" Stevenson 41912/20/2017

2016

Name Remarks Date
John H. French, Jr. 05001/14/2016
Joseph Benjamin "Ben" Ewing, Jr 20001/26/2016
John Harrison "Jake" Richardson III 21503/29/2016
Eugene R. "Gene" White05/25/2016
Frank G. Melvin, Jr. 10207/22/2016
Robert J. Raetz, Jr. 41507/29/2016
Randall C. "Randy" Mosley 09308/17/2016
James H. Owen 35109/12/2016
Gerald L. Reynolds 23111/02/2016
David W. Voss 48312/20/2016
Charles E. Nabb12/30/2016

2015

Name Remarks Date
Raymond Taraila 09402/01/2015
William J. Warren III 39103/29/2015
George H. Bullen, Jr.03/30/2015
Raymond X. Querey 04805/01/2015
Peter W. Steil 00205/18/2015

2014

Name Remarks Date
William H. "Herbie" Knotts 13301/05/2014
William C. Andreavich 06201/20/2014
Donald L. Beebe 19603/14/2014
Russell E. Wiedenmann 04204/16/2014
John D. "Jack" Heverin III 14004/30/2014
Kenneth Sutton III 18006/15/2014
John C. Matthews 00107/07/2014
Gene L. Cane 02908/26/2014
Earl L. Emerson 20610/15/2014
Clifford G. "Biff" Lee 40912/02/2014
George W. Lightcap III 00312/31/2014

2013

Name Remarks Date
Arthur J. "Art" McGee 20201/24/2013
Thomas A. "Andy" Roth 17303/22/2013
James E. Jackson III03/29/2013
James W. "JP" Parker 19705/24/2013
James T. Lagarelli 17505/28/2013
Irvin W. "Mickey" Little, Sr.06/26/2013
Donald S. Lawson, Sr.07/26/2013
Cpl/1 Andrew D. Everett 1110 Off Duty11/18/2013

2012

Name Remarks Date
Robert C. "Bo" Jack 25403/11/2012
Richard L. "Dick" Major, Jr. 31305/10/2012
John R. "Jack" Brockell 26607/24/2012

2011

Name Remarks Date
James D. Spicer 19803/22/2011
John W. Dickson 15706/13/2011
Irvin B. Smith, Jr. 00907/01/2011
Sewell D. Scott 19108/06/2011
Horace B. Willey, Jr.09/28/2011
Kenneth S. King 04610/23/2011
Clement C. Schilling11/04/2011
Stephen "Paul" Hudson 11211/18/2011
James E. "Jimmy" Turner, Jr.12/02/2011
Howard Tuxward12/23/2011

2010

Name Remarks Date
Gregory M. "BoSar" Sarley 15301/14/2010
William A. Douty, Jr.06/25/2010
John W. Walls, Jr.07/10/2010
Edward A. "Ward" Gagnon, Jr. 27607/29/2010
Earl E. Clark, Jr.11/28/2010

2009

Name Remarks Date
Forrest H. Purdy 17101/28/2009
William C. Zook 18703/06/2009
Robert F. Stuart03/21/2009
Wesley C. Short04/07/2009
Cpl Joshua A. T. Giddings 408Off Duty05/26/2009
Robert D. Bergstrom 30108/11/2009
Charles E. Parker 20908/27/2009
Donald R. Long 28310/18/2009
Charles R. Skinner10/29/2009
John F. Boyer, Jr.10/30/2009
Richard P. "Dickie" Schueler 27511/02/2009
Richard M. "Rick" Santobianco 15811/15/2009
Wallace P. "Wally" Townsend11/26/2009
Thomas H. Everett12/16/2009

2008

Name Remarks Date
George H. Scholz03/18/2008
William W. Hutchison03/22/2008
Edward J. Petka, Sr. 15503/26/2008
Howard E. "Bud" Pinder, Jr. 20806/28/2008
Homer H. Bramble, Jr.09/19/2008
Bruce H. Peachey, Jr. 17511/15/2008
Leo E. Daney, Sr.12/04/2008
John P. Ferguson12/17/2008

2007

Name Remarks Date
Eugene "Gene" Furman 22002/24/2007
Franklin A. "Frank" Klair 14305/24/2007
John H. "Buck" Owings 58807/10/2007
Clyde Jesse Whalen, Jr. 39209/02/2007
James T. Vaughn10/10/2007
William J. "Piggy" Russell 32310/17/2007
Paul E. Alexander 10111/09/2007

2006

Name Remarks Date
George H. Lynch01/06/2006
Paul G. Rimmer 32202/08/2006
John F. "Jack" Maher 28403/09/2006
Fred W. Hurlburt04/22/2006
James R. Spillan, Sr. 02605/23/2006
Charles G. "Jerry" Lamb05/26/2006
Clark S. "Pete" Sheldon 05408/02/2006
Cpl/2 Antonio DiAlessandro 855 Off Duty10/28/2006

2005

Name Remarks Date
James Thomas Pappas, Jr. 31802/19/2005
William F. Thorpe, III 10603/21/2005
Jay Gray Sipple 41804/19/2005
Jackson P. Esham 09205/28/2005
Russell B. Mears06/04/2005
James P. McGrory06/19/2005
William V. Steen III 26106/21/2005
Robert M. Cardwell, Jr.08/14/2005
Gary J. Pinson 31909/25/2005
Robert J. Forenski 23709/27/2005
Richard H. "Dick" Roberts 35711/04/2005
Edward G. Serman, Jr. 24212/17/2005
Henry Kuratle, Jr.12/17/2005
Robert Lee West 02312/30/2005

2004

Name Remarks Date
Michael Pietruczenia 11701/24/2004
Marion L. "Barney" Foxwell 03002/15/2004
Albert J. Homiak, Sr.03/15/2004
Charles E. "Pete" Hughes03/23/2004
Preston L. Beauchamp 10003/24/2004
Cpl Christopher M. Shea 348 Line of Duty07/18/2004
Jerry Lee Sterling 15608/21/2004
W. Gordon Clark10/17/2004
Allen J. Wentz10/17/2004
Hugh T. "Tim" Collins11/27/2004
Joseph Louis Eckrich, Sr.12/24/2004
Robert T. Leonard12/31/2004

2003

Name Remarks Date
William James Wells01/22/2003
John J. Davis, Jr.02/16/2003
Donald Kelly Foster 07804/18/2003
William B. Fugate 01906/06/2003
William H. Porter 44511/26/2003

2002

Name Remarks Date
Louis A. Rickards 23502/03/2002
Richard M. Thompson 29605/07/2002
Ernest S. Spence, Jr.05/27/2002
Cpl/3 Ronald G. Williams, Jr. 653 Off Duty08/09/2002
Francis E. Melvin08/30/2002
George N. Owens09/19/2002
James R. Whaley 24509/28/2002

2001

Name Remarks Date
Cpl Frances M. Collender 111 Line of Duty02/06/2001
Thomas E. Hartnett 40504/17/2001
Robert M. Hall05/22/2001
Charles L. Sipple10/22/2001
Donald J. O'Conner11/23/2001
Lewis D. Broadbent 09111/24/2001

2000

Name Remarks Date
William Knecht Jr.05/28/2000
Charles H. Davis 33707/14/2000
Thomas M. Clark 27009/26/2000
John F. Evans 22911/07/2000
C. Preston Poore, Sr.11/13/2000

1999

Name Remarks Date
Coleman Stoops02/27/1999
Thomas J. Carney03/15/1999
Walter J. "Spike" Kovalevich 28108/31/1999

1998

Name Remarks Date
William R. W. "Toby" Warren 06301/02/1998
Wayne D. Broadwater 25002/23/1998
Ralph D. Knotts, Jr.03/25/1998
John A. Pomeroy 15403/26/1998
William F. Bishop04/26/1998
John W. Conrad04/26/1998
George F. Schmalhofer05/04/1998
Stanley Raymund 00605/21/1998
Richard B. Howell06/19/1998
John L. Short, Jr.08/11/1998
Aubrey R. Cordry, Sr. 20109/19/1998
William W. "Wally" David 04310/10/1998
Gerald J. "Doc" Dougherty11/24/1998
Joseph F. Rowan 06611/24/1998
Carl Derrick11/28/1998
Walter J. Schaffer12/07/1998

1997

Name Remarks Date
T. Eugene Womach01/23/1997
Russell D. Jones01/26/1997
Norval R. Robinson02/02/1997
Clarence R. O'Neal, Sr. 16003/04/1997
Joseph B. Ferguson06/20/1997
C. Richard Vaughn07/18/1997
John J. Randolph12/23/1997

1996

Name Remarks Date
Tpr Sandra M. Wagner 0939 Line of Duty04/05/1996
Harvey A. Blood04/21/1996
Herbert Barnes, Sr.08/04/1996
John W. Brickner09/29/1996
Ralph I. Richardson, Jr. 17111/22/1996
Edward M. Ryan, Sr.12/28/1996

1995

Name Remarks Date
John F. Chadick 40004/15/1995
Robert S. Regan05/02/1995
Gorden A. Donahue 19906/05/1995
James E. Turner, Sr.06/16/1995
William J. Carson07/27/1995

1994

Name Remarks Date
Horace W. Short 25901/30/1994
Burrill F. "Tim" McCoy, Sr.05/17/1994
William G. Manchester 28505/28/1994
Charles F. Dolan08/02/1994
Charles M. Cullen11/30/1994

1993

Name Remarks Date
Harry G. Stevens02/15/1993
Harry J. Maichle 02504/02/1993
Edgar D. Morris04/25/1993
Everett H. Chapman 30705/09/1993
Elwood W. "Woody" Wharton, Jr. 29808/25/1993
Cpl Robert H. Bell 396 Line of Duty08/25/1993
Cpl Francis T. "Terry" Schneible 478 Line of Duty12/20/1993

1992

Name Remarks Date
Lewis E. Braddock01/15/1992
William A. Hagan 25303/09/1992
James D. Morton 28703/23/1992
Linden F. Ballance, Sr.04/23/1992
Walter E. Sherwin05/06/1992
Allen C. Field09/16/1992
John M. Sullivan10/05/1992
Linford Hoch12/30/1992

1991

Name Remarks Date
Edward H. McCabe III05/22/1991
Thomas F. Buckmaster10/24/1991

1990

Name Remarks Date
C. Granville Allen03/16/1990
Tpr Kevin J. Mallon 784 Line of Duty03/16/1990
Tpr Gerard T. Dowd 777 Line of Duty09/11/1990
John C. Fahey10/10/1990

1989

Name Remarks Date
John D. Joseph05/24/1989
John T. Albanese 26307/04/1989
Leslie M. Logue12/24/1989

1988

Name Remarks Date
Winfield I. Cochran05/05/1988
James P. Gunning05/05/1988
Olas E. Smith08/03/1988
John M. Messick10/11/1988

1987

Name Remarks Date
Gerald R. Pepper, Sr. 05905/06/1987
William Knecht07/10/1987
George J. Bundek08/19/1987
Cpl David B. Pulling 550 Line of Duty11/18/1987

1986

Name Remarks Date
Wilber R. Bush03/07/1986
William I. Swain 05803/13/1986
Charles H. Shockley12/12/1986

1985

Name Remarks Date
Paul J. Miller03/06/1985
Russell W. McNatt, Sr. 19503/21/1985
James A. Cole07/24/1985
Howard A. Fortner, Jr.12/31/1985

1984

Name Remarks Date
Daniel I. Bramble, Sr. 01701/16/1984
William M. Short06/12/1984

1983

Name Remarks Date
Hugh P. Harrity06/21/1983
Hildreth S. Fithian,
One of 11 first hires in 1923
06/23/1983
James R. Wood06/25/1983
Benny DeBoda 08208/31/1983
John W. Blizzard10/17/1983
George P. Tidwell11/23/1983

1982

Name Remarks Date
Sterling E. Simonds02/26/1982
William H. Horney08/20/1982
Francis A. Marinelli, Sr.08/24/1982
Ralph Ruth, Jr. 08610/17/1982
William S. Womach10/17/1982

1981

Name Remarks Date
Edward H. Outten01/26/1981
Charles M. Murch06/20/1981
Edward D. Gebhart08/01/1981

1980

Name Remarks Date
Carl Schnetter02/12/1980
John R. Downey05/03/1980
Walter E. Nedwick05/08/1980
Robert E. Bowers 10706/27/1980
Charles E. Riley, Sr.08/28/1980
Alexander P. Gallagher, Jr. 03909/15/1980
Carl L. Lawrence11/13/1980
Leon McCauley12/17/1980

1979

Name Remarks Date
Lt William I. Jearman 177 Line of Duty05/12/1979
Paul T. Riley05/25/1979
Clarence K. Lynch07/10/1979
Joe R. West08/25/1979
Alfred Wardle11/00/1979
Harry S. Shew12/18/1979

1978

Name Remarks Date
Howard F. Reynolds09/21/1978

1977

Name Remarks Date
Charles M. Singleton06/13/1977

1976

Name Remarks Date
Melvin G. Leisure09/18/1976

1975

Name Remarks Date
Edgar R. Isaacs, Jr.02/27/1975
William J. Warren07/07/1975
L. Clark Ellis, Jr.09/17/1975
John F. Herbert, Jr.12/15/1975
William S. Walls, Jr.12/15/1975

1974

Name Remarks Date
Tpr Richard W. Mears 442Off Duty02/21/1974
Tpr Richard B. Hudson, Jr. 407Off Duty02/22/1974
Andrew Van Sant08/21/1974

1973

Name Remarks Date
William J. Davidson05/29/1973
Thomas Pratt Plummer06/07/1973
Roger P. Elderkin09/23/1973
George W. Eakin, One
of 11 first hires in 1923.
11/20/1973
Joseph J. Shannon12/08/1973
Daniel F. Sullivan12/31/1973

1972

Name Remarks Date
Tpr Ronald L. Carey 305 Line of Duty01/05/1972
Tpr David C. Yarrington 330 Line of Duty01/06/1972
Tpr George W. Emory 372 Line of Duty06/03/1972
James R. Rudelmier06/08/1972
N. James Willey07/25/1972

1971

Name Remarks Date
Tpr William C. Keller 279 Line of Duty01/22/1971
Richard R. Smith04/04/1971
Aubrey H. Reed07/22/1971
Charles W. Warren10/08/1971

1970

Name Remarks Date
William T. Sweeney05/28/1970
Tpr Terrence S. Truitt 328Off Duty07/19/1970
Herman B. Gray, Jr.10/05/1970
Joshua Bennett11/18/1970
Francis J. Callahan11/26/1970
Edward M. Smith12/20/1970

1969

Name Remarks Date
Clifton M. Rogers04/04/1969
Elliott Hitchens05/05/1969

1968

Name Remarks Date
Sudler H. King02/19/1968
Maurice F. Fitzharris07/02/1968

1967

Name Remarks Date
Joseph H. Holt04/24/1967
Norman Voshell05/05/1967
Eden F. Jones05/08/1967
Charles B. Knox09/16/1967
Col Eugene B. Ellis Line of Duty09/21/1967
Raymond T. Keelins09/23/1967

1966

Name Remarks Date
Williard J. Thomson11/09/1966
Frederick K. Lamb11/30/1966

1965

Name Remarks Date
Edward Beswick10/12/1965

1964

Name Remarks Date
Irving Vienot04/29/1964
August R. "Gus" Umbrecht10/09/1964

1963

Name Remarks Date
George K. Shockley03/22/1963
Tpr Robert A. Paris 053 Line of Duty10/17/1963

1962

Name Remarks Date
TFC Harold B. Rupert Line of Duty04/19/1962

1961

Name Remarks Date
Sam Powell02/17/1961

1960

Name Remarks Date
Grover King05/15/1960
Horace Hickman12/06/1960

1959

Name Remarks Date
Joseph B. Allen09/09/1959
Harvey W. Hayes11/29/1959

1958

Name Remarks Date
Tpr Richard Brosius Kough Off Duty02/21/1958
William Workman10/01/1958

1955

Name Remarks Date
Joseph Bonifacino05/20/1955
TFC William F. Mayer Line of Duty08/07/1955

1953

Name Remarks Date
John H. Conrad08/22/1953

1952

Name Remarks Date
Norman R. Purnell00/00/1952

1951

Name Remarks Date
Tpr Raymond B. Wilhelm Line of Duty05/30/1951

1950

Name Remarks Date
Cpl Leroy L. LeKites Line of Duty05/28/1970
Tpr James D. Orvis Line of Duty11/17/1950
Frank O'Neal11/18/1950

1945

Name Remarks Date
TFC Paul H. Sherman Line of Duty10/16/1945

1944

Name Remarks Date
Sgt Thomas H. Lamb Line of Duty02/22/1944
George W. McConnell03/14/1944
Charles Kupis03/26/1944

1938

Name Remarks Date
Clarence Buffington03/26/1938

1935

Name Remarks Date
Pvt John C. Williams Off Duty02/25/1935

1932

Name Remarks Date
Pvt Sudler H. Gorman Off Duty07/21/1932

1931

Name Remarks Date
Cpl Horace R. Ritter Off Duty10/11/1931

1922

Name Remarks Date
Ptlm Francis Ryan Line of Duty11/02/1922

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