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"Fallen Partner"

This monument is raised to honor all law enforcement officers of West Virginia. Every day, police courageously place themselves, as living shields between the public and danger.

We especially honor and commemorate those officers who have suffered injury or death while protecting us from harm, upholding our laws, and preserving the peace of our society.

This memorial funded through the West Virginia Chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police.

Dedicated May 19, 1990
Sculptor: W. D. Hopen of Sutton, West Virginia

The memorial is located outside the Cultural Center on the Capitol Complex in Charleston.

1868 Patrolman John Brady Wheeling Police Department
1888 Patrolman Joseph Glenn Wheeling Police Department
1901 Chief Robert Lilly Elkins Police Department
1902 Patrolman Lafe Bowen Wheeling Police Department
1902 Patrolman Page Marstiller Elkins Police Department
1902 Patrolman Francis Wilmoth Coalton Police Department
1906 Deputy Andrew Beavers McDowell County Sheriff's Department
1915 Chief Ward Thompson Gassaway Police Department
1917 Patrolman Henry Seamon Wheeling Police Department
April 1917 Deputy Jesse R. Browning Boone County Sheriff's Department
1919 Chief J. Phillips Grafton Police Department
1920 Deputy John Morton Webster County Sheriff's Department
1920 Patrolman Flemen Anderson Charleston Police Department
1920 Private Ernest Rippley West Virginia State Police
1921 Private Charles Kackley West Virginia State Police
1921 Private William McMillion West Virginia State Police
1921 Private George Duling West Virginia State Police
1922 Patrolman Herman Bartels Wheeling Police Department
1922 Private Howard Deem West Virginia State Police
1922 Sheriff Harding Duval Brooke County Sheriff's Department
1923 Private James Shrewsbury West Virginia State Police
1923 Patrolman Charles Ball Huntington Police Department
1924 Private Ulric Crawford West Virginia State Police
1925 Patrolman Ray Lazear Wheeling Police Department
1925 Patrolman Malcomb Day Welch Police Department
1926 Patrolman Bud Brunhaus Wheeling Police Department
1926 Private Theodore Meadows West Virginia State Police
1926 Patrolman Charles Hutton Welch Police Department
1926 Private James Lowe West Virginia State Police
1927 Private Blake Michael West Virginia State Police
1928 Chief James McMann Ronceverte Police Department
1928 Private Azra Allen West Virginia State Police
1930 Sergeant William Hall West Virginia State Police
1931 Patrolman James Wolfe Wheeling Police Department
1931 Deputy Joseph Myles Greenbrier County Sheriff's Department
1931 Patrolman Dayton Foster Charleston Police Department
1931 Deputy Claude Cyrus Hamilton Nicholas County Sheriff's Department
1933 Deputy Roy L. Shamblin Kanawha County Sheriff's Department
July 1933 Deputy Roy Shamblin Kanawha County Sheriff's Department
1934 Deputy Leamon Martin Raleigh County Sheriff's Department
1934 Chief Joseph Davis Ansted Police Department
April 1934 Constable Albert "Ross" Hager Kanawha County
1935 Trooper Farley Litton West Virginia State Police
1937 Trooper Franklin Patrick West Virginia State Police
1937 Officer Alexander Day West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
October 1937 Constable Cecil Alvin Ferrell Boone County
July 1938 Deputy Jess Thompson Raleigh County Sheriff's Department
1939 Trooper Allen Jeffreys West Virginia State Police
1939 Officer Fred Hobart West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
1940 Patrolman Wilbur Grubb Buckhannon Police Department
1940 Patrolman R. Munson Charleston Police Department
1941 Patrolman Russell Gautier Lester Police Department
1942 Sergeant Newton Sites West Virginia State Police
1942 Patrolman William Land Bluefield Police Department
1944 Patrolman Holt Hammon Webster Springs Police Department
1945 Trooper Burr Harrison West Virginia State Police
1946 Sergeant Joseph Horne West Virginia State Police
1946 Sheriff Gay Hovatter Tucker County Sheriff's Department
1946 Patrolman William Akers Charleston Police Department
1947 Patrolman Ellis Mansfield Keystone Police Department
1947 Patrolman Wesley Moore Clendenin Police Department
1948 Patrolman William Smith Charleston Police Department
1949 Patrolman Boss Johnson Welch Police Department
1949 Deputy Travis French McDowell County Sheriff's Department
1949 Corporal Arthur Hurst West Virginia State Police
1950 Deputy William Dotson Mercer County Sheriff's Department
1950 Deputy Joseph A. Tiano Harrison County Sheriff's Department
November 1950 Deputy Joseph A. Tiano Harrison County Sheriff's Department
1951 Deputy Lego Sheppard Greenbrier County Sheriff's Department
1955 Patrolman Emmit Thompson Charleston Police Department
1956 Patrolman Carl Buckland Beckley Police Department
1958 Trooper Robert F. Rulong West Virginia State Police
1958 Patrolman Robert Kirk Fairmont Police Department
1959 Chief Amos Morris Mannington Police Department
1960 Patrolman Edmond Hall St. Albans Police Department
1962 Corporal Harry Robinson West Virginia State Police
1962 Lieutenant Garnet Richmond Williamson Police Department
1963 Corporal William Shrewsbury West Virginia State Police
1965 Trooper Robert Noechel West Virginia State Police
1967 Officer James Paugh West Virginia Department of Corrections
1970 Trooper Donald Swartz West Virginia State Police
1971 Patrolman James Bailey Wheeling Police Department
1972 Chief M. R. Lucas Milton Police Department
1972 Officer Crockett Boothe West Virginia Constable
1972 Officer William Quilliams West Virginia Department of Corrections
1973 Patrolman Gregory Bailey Dunbar Police Department
1975 Deputy Jesse Blevens Monroe County Sheriff's Department
1975 Sergeant David Lilly Beckley Police Department
1975 Deputy Roger Treadway Fayette County Sheriff's Department
1976 Chief Deputy Ernest Hesson Mason County Sheriff's Department
1976 Deputy Kenneth Love Mason County Sheriff's Department
1976 Patrolman Clemmie Curtis Huntington Police Department
1976 Sheriff Elvin Wedge Mason County Sheriff's Department
1976 Sheriff Park Richards Calhoun County Sheriff's Department
1977 Trooper F/C Thomas Dean Hercules West Virginia State Police
1977 Trooper Charles Henry Johnson West Virginia State Police
1977 Parole Officer Pauline Stewart West Virginia Department of Corrections
1977 Deputy George Maynard McDowell County Sheriff's Department
1977 Trooper Bruce Brown West Virginia State Police
1978 Corporal Dewey Shrewsbury West Virginia State Police
1978 Officer Wesley Frame Jr. West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
1979 Trooper Phil Kesner West Virginia State Police
1979 Patrolman Bobby Howard Williamson Police Department
1981 Patrolman Jerry Stanley Sophia Police Department
1981 Lieutenant Delbert Roush Charleston Police Department
1981 Patrolman Eddie Ray Duncan Charleston Police Department
1981 Sheriff Vincent Zummo Braxton County Sheriff's Department
1981 Patrolman Paul Jeffrey Harmon Huntington Police Department
1982 Patrolman James Mills Huntington Police Department
1982 Captain George Myers Kenova Police Department
1982 Corporal Bill Stone West Virginia State Police
1984 Trooper Henry G. [Harry "Glenn"] Lucas Jr. West Virginia State Police
1985 Patrolman John Tucker Fort Gay Police Department
1985 Trooper David Harris West Virginia State Police
1987 Trooper Bill Phillips West Virginia State Police
1989 Trooper F/C J. T. Brammer West Virginia State Police
1989 Deputy John Janey Putnam County Sheriff's Department
1993 Trooper F/C Larry Hacker West Virginia State Police
1994 Patrolman William Overton Charleston Police Department
1996 Second Lieutenant Matt Turner West Virginia State Police
1998 Chief Chloe F. Stanton Bradshaw Police Department
January 1999 Senior Trooper Douglas W. Bland West Virginia State Police
June 2000 Patrolman F/C Franklin M. Fidazzo Morgantown Police Department
September 2000 Deputy William G. "Bill" Giacomo Nicholas County Sheriff's Department
January 2001 Deputy John Burkett III Berkeley County Sheriff's Department
August 2006 Patrolman Charles Eugene Smith II Beckley Police Department
November 2007 Corporal Justin Alan Thompson Lincoln County Sheriff's Department
November 2007 Trooper Brian William Linn West Virginia State Police
September 2009 Patrolman Jerry Jones Charleston Police Department
February 2011 Deputy Derek William Hotsinpiller United States Marshals Service
February 2012 Sergeant Michael Todd May Monongalia County Sheriff's Department
August 2012 Corporal Marshall Lee Bailey West Virginia State Police
August 2012 Trooper Eric M. Workman West Virginia State Police
March 2016 1st Sergeant Joseph G. Portaro West Virginia State Police
May 2017 Lieutenant Aaron Lloyd Crook Bluefield Police Department

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