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Edgar A. Barr
Type of Officer: US Corrections
Jurisdiction: Leavenworth Penitentiary
County: Leavenworth
Death Date: 3/19/1917
Added to Memorial: 2006
Circumstances of Death:
Corrections Officer Edgar A Barr was stabbed to death in the yard at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth on March 19, 1917 by inmate Ono Manuel. Officer Barr had reported inmate Manuel earlier in the day for taking shoes from the prison shoe shop and trading them for tobacco. The inmate obtained a wood chisel and hid it in his coat. As he approached Officer Barr another argument ensued, and as Officer Barr raised his club to defend himself, the inmate stabbed him in the chest with the chisel. Officer Barr was 40 years old at the time of his death. He was survived by his wife.
 

Wimberly W. Baker
Type of Officer: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jurisdiction Topeka
County: Shawnee
Death Date: 4/17/1937
Added to Memorial: 1987
Circumstances of Death:
Baker, a Kansas City bureau FBI agent assigned to eastern Kansas, was taking out a post office box belonging to Robert Suhay and Glen Applegate, suspect of robbery. When the two appeared to claim the contents of the box, Baker identified himself and attempted to arrest the two men. They turned and fired, killing Baker in the lobby of the downtown Topeka post office.

A. W. Balfour
Type of Officer: Undersheriff
Jurisdiction Kiowa County
County: Kiowa
Death Date: 7/4/1892
Added to Memorial: 1998
Circumstances of Death:
In early July, 1892, Officer Balfour learned that a man wanted for larceny would be present at a Fourth of July picnic held at Pryor's Grove in southeast Edwards County. On the morning of July 4, Balfour drove to Pryor's Grove, located the man, talked with him for a few minutes, then informed him of the warrant and the fact that he would need to be taken into custody. Balfour was then distracted by the arrival of another man. At the moment he turned his attention to the other man, the arrestee drew a gun and shot Balfour, mortally wounding him. Falling to the ground, Balfour courageously drew his own gun and returned fire,wounding his assailant in the hand. Balfour died at the scene thirty minutes later. Forty-one years of age, he left a wife and six children.

William H. Ballard
Type of Officer: Police Detective
Jurisdiction Wichita
County: Sedgwick
Death Date: 7/20/1920
Added to Memorial: 1987
Circumstances of Death:
While conducting a narcotics investigation with two officers, Ballard was shot three times and killed as he attempted to search one of the suspects. The other officers were wounded, one seriously. The shooting occurred as the officers concentrated on one suspect while another was partially hidden behind a mattress and had a chance to open fire.