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Fallen Officers

The Project 999 Ride commemorates the lives of Orange County Peace Officers who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Below is a list of those officers.

A website dedicated to peace officers throughout the State of California is located at: www.CAMemorial.org

Fallen Orange County Officers

Under Sheriff Robert Squires
Orange County Sheriff’s Dept
End of Watch: December 16, 1912		 Officer Lauren Hurd
Orange County Traffic
End of Watch: March 31, 1927
Officer LeRoy Darst
Huntington Beach P.D.
End of Watch: October 12, 1928		 Officer Edwin R. Jensen
Santa Ana Police Department
End of Watch: March 3, 1931
Deputy Ezra Stanley
Orange County Sheriff’s Dept.
End of Watch: November 19, 1940		 Officer Gordon G. French
Laguna Beach Police Department.
End of Watch: February 13, 1953
Officer Camile E. Madere
Calif. Highway Patrol/Anaheim
End of Watch: January 24, 1958		 Deputy Robert L. Schultz
Orange County Sheriff’s Dept
End of Watch: April 21, 1958
Sergeant Myron L. Trapp
Garden Grove Police.Department.
End of Watch: October 6, 1959		 Officer Leonard W. Winney
Calif. Highway Patrol/Anaheim
End of Watch: November 12, 1959
Officer Robert D. Dale
Calif. Highway Patrol/Anaheim
End of Watch: March 10, 1960		 Officer John C. Marshall
Newport Beach P.D.
End of Watch: September 29, 1962
Officer Nelson K. Sasscer
Santa Ana Police Department.
End of Watch: June 4, 1969		 Reserve Officer Andrew R. Reese
Garden Grove Police Department
End of Watch: May 30, 1970
Detective Darrel D. Cate
Buena Park Police Department
End of Watch: September 21, 1972		 Detective Sergeant Carl E. Wilson
Los Angeles CountySheriff’s Dept.
End of Watch: January 4, 1973
Detective Donald W. Schreider
Los Angeles CountySheriff’s Dept.
End of Watch: January 4, 1973		 Officer Waldron Karp
Tustin Police Department
End of Watch: January 7, 1973
Officer Leslie J. Prince
Huntington Beach P.D.
End of Watch: December 1, 1974		 Officer Jerry Scott Hatch
Fullerton Police Department
End of Watch: June 30, 1975
Officer Gary A. Nelson
Anaheim Police Department
End of Watch: August 15, 1975		 Sergeant Donald J. Sowma Sr.
Cypress Police Department
End of Watch: November 19, 1976
Officer Daniel A. Hale
Santa Ana Police Department
End of Watch: November 12, 1977		 Officer Richard T. Steed
San Clemente Police Department
End of Watch: November 29, 1978
Officer Donald F. Reed
Garden Grove Police Department
End of Watch: June 7, 1980		 Officer Michael Lloyd Rainford
Garden Grove Police Department
End of Watch: November 7, 1980
Officer James D. Ketchum
Costa Mesa Police Department
End of Watch: March 10, 1987		 Officer John W. Libolt
Costa Mesa Police Department
End of Watch: March 10, 1987
Officer Edward W. Clavell Jr.
Seal Beach Police Department
End of Watch: August 23, 1988		 Officer Robert T. Roulston
Anaheim Police Department
End of Watch: October 16, 1988
Deputy Mark S. Tonkin
Orange County Sheriff’s Dept
End of Watch: October 24, 1988		 Officer Tommy DeLaRosa
Fullerton Police Department
End of Watch: June 21, 1990
Officer Howard E. Dallies Jr.
Garden Grove Police Dept
End of Watch: March 09, 1993		 Sergeant John L. Steel
Calif. Highway Patrol/Santa Ana
End of Watch: April 23, 1993
Deputy Darryn L. Robins
Orange County Sheriff’s Dept
End of Watch: December 25, 1993		 Officer Michael A. Osornio
La Habra Police Dept
End of Watch: October 31, 1994
Officer Robert J. Henry
Newport Beach Police Dept
End of Watch: April 13, 1995		 Detective Danny Valenzuela
Brea Police Dept
End of Watch: May 23, 1995
Detective Terry Fincher
Brea Police Dept
End of Watch: May 22, 1996		 Officer Don Burt
Calif. Highway Patrol/ Santa Ana
End of Watch: July 13, 1996
Officer Joey D. Little
Placentia Police Dept
End of Watch: August 07, 1996		 Sergeant Steven D. Van Horn
Newport Beach Police Dept
End of Watch: November 16, 1997
Deputy Bradley J. Riches
Orange County Sheriff’s Dept
End of Watch: June 12, 1999		 Deputy Steven E. Parsons
Orange County Sheriff’s Dept
End of Watch: June 24, 2000
Sergeant Matthew R. Davis
Orange County Sheriff’s Dept
End of Watch: September 22, 2002		 Corporal Tyler M. Pinchot
Buena Park Police Dept
End of Watch: September 21, 2003
Officer Steven Phillips
Westminster Police Dept
End of Watch: January 29, 2004		 Agent Richard F. Morello
Dept of Justice/Santa Ana
End of Watch: June 14, 1971
Jim Matthews
Orange County Traffic
End of Watch: 1929		 Deputy Shayne D. York
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept
End of Watch: August 16, 1997