Western Massachusetts Police Memorial - Springfield, MA
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N 42° 06.420 W 072° 34.791
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The Western Massachusetts Police Memorial is located on the campus of Springfield Technical Community College.
Waymark Code: WMC9XM
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2011
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The Western Massachusetts Police Memorial consists of a central monument flanked by four tablets. It is dedicated to all western Massachusetts law officers killed in the line of duty.
The central monument has an image of a Roman Centurion with the words Requiescat In Pace Centurio (Rest In Peace Centurions). The granite tablet has the inscription: In Memory Of All Western Massachusetts Law Officers Killed In The Line Of Duty
The outermost tablets are currently blank. The inner left tablet has 20 plaques and the inner right tablet has 17 plaques for a total of 37 plaques, one for each police officer who died in the line of duty.
The plaques are inscribed:
Deputy Sheriff
Emmet J. Haskins
Died
6-18-10
Franklin
Sheriff
George A. Bills
Died
2-25-19
Palmer
Corr. Officer
Merritt Hayden
Died
10-25-33
Hampden City
Captain
Earl H. Grimes
Died
4-13-37
Athol
Police Officer
Theodore Martin
Died
12-31-68
Montague
Patrolman
Walter Dacyczyn
Died
10-2-79
Deerfield
Police Officer
Timothy M. Shepard
Appointed
6-12-88
Died
11-2-88
Police Officer
George Angeli
Appointed
5-1-54
Died
7-5-60
Police Officer
James Gatzounas
Appointed
8-10-75
Died
1-1-77
Police Officer
Frank Kowal
Died
07-05-31
Hadley
Right Tablet Second Row
Police Officer
Chief William J. Collins
Appointed
4-4-49
Died
8-7-58
Stockbridge
Police Officer
Thomas E. Killfoile
Appointed
2-15-37
Died
8-9-40
Stockbridge
Police Officer
John A. DiNapoli
Appointed
10-20-78
Died
12-22-99
Police Officer
Sergeant James Marshall
Appointed
Sept. 1947
Died
10-21-1960
Police Officer
Alje M. Savela
Appointed
6-16-47
Died
8-31-51
Agent
U.S. Secret Service
William Craig
Appointed
1888
Died
9-3-02
Police Officer
Albert C. Jordan
Appointed
1921
Died
8-8-33
Police Officer
John R. Driscoll
Died
4-25-22
Holyoke
Police Officer
Harold A. Pelissier
Died
06-29-30
Hadley
Right Tablet First Row
Police Officer
Aldelbert St. Marie
Appointed
4-13-82
Died
11-12-85
Police Officer
Carl Rolf
Appointed
12-21-22
Died
11-02-38
Police Officer
John P. Sullivan Sr.
Appointed
10-18-05
Died
2-18-40
Police Officer
Thomas F. Murphy
Appointed
12-07-14
Died
2-02-40
Police Officer
Raymond T. Moriarty
Appointed
4-12-42
Died
9-02-46
Police Officer
John W. Connors
Appointed
11-27-46
Died
2-20-53
Police Officer
Leo Hamel
Appointed
2-27-52
Died
10-31-55
Police Officer
William Berte
Appointed
10-7-69
Died
1-8-73
Police Officer
Richard D. Vigneault
Appointed
4-04-68
Died
4-11-73
Police Officer
Paul Mawaka
Appointed
9-16-64
Died
10-30-73
Right Tablet Second Row
Police Officer
Michael Schiavina
Appointed
6-14-82
Died
11-12-85
Police Officer
Alain Beauregard
Appointed
3-21-80
Died
11-15-85
Police Officer
Trooper Wallace E. Mathews
Appointed
2-7-52
Died
4-23-53
Police Officer
Capt. Michael Leonard
Appointed
4-29-1882
Died
6-1-1898
Police Officer
Trooper George L. Prentiss
Appointed
10-18-26
Died
10-01-27
Police Officer
Leo T. Sullivan
Appointed
9-12-1927
Died
6-16-1956
Police Officer
Reserve Officer
Daniel Donovan
Appointed
1-14-1908
Died
9-29-1908
ATF Agent
Kimberly B. Place
Appointed
8-2-1998
Died
8-1-2007
List if there are any visiting hours:
On college campus, always open.
Entrance fees (if it applies):
0
Type of memorial: Monument
Website pertaining to the memorial: Not listed
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