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George Gallagher
Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction Horton
County: Brown
Death Date: 9/26/1902
Added to Memorial: 1994
Circumstances of Death:
Shortly after coming on duty Officers Gallagher and Phiffer were called to arrest an inebriated person. When they appeared on the scene the suspect took off running. Gallagher and Phiffer split up and started a foot chase. A short distance later Gallagher collapsed and died.

John E. Galvin
Type of Officer: Police Lieutenant
Jurisdiction Wichita
County: Sedgwick
Death Date: 11/5/2000
Added to Memorial: 2001
Circumstances of Death:
On November 5, 2000, Lieutenant John E. “Jack” Galvin died of injuries he sustained on October 20, 2000, while assisting in the destruction of commercial fireworks during a bomb squad training exercise. Lt. Galvin was a twenty-year veteran of the Wichita Police Department and a seven-year member of the department’s bomb squad. During his tenure with the department,the forty-nine year old Lieutenant also served as an undercover officer, a member of the police honor guard, a motorcycle officer, and a patrol officer. Lt. Galvin coordinated all special events, parades, and the Wichita River Festival for the department and was noted for his involvement in the community. The department awarded him the Silver Wreath of Valor in 1981, the Bronze Wreath of Merit in 1985 and 1987. He twice received the department’s Distinguished Service Award and was awarded the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police Gold Award. Lieut. Galvin is survived by his wife Mary and four children.

Donald B. Gamblin, Jr.
Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction Shawnee
County: Johnson
Death Date: 7/13/1991
Added to Memorial: 1992
Circumstances of Death:
Patrolman Gamblin stopped a car for speeding on the morning of July 13th. As he returned to his motorcycle after issuing the citation, he and the motorcycle were struck by another vehicle. He was killed instantly and the occupants of the vehicle that he had stopped were injured. Gamblin joined the Shawnee Police Department in 1985 and became one of the first officers assigned to motorcycle patrol at Shawnee. The 39 year old officer was survived by his wife and four children.

Paul Garofalo
Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction Wichita
County: Sedgwick
Death Date: 11/8/1980
Added to Memorial: 1987
Circumstances of Death:
Officer Garofalo was on patrol when he stopped to question two women on the street. As he stopped his car, a man emerged and approached his car on the driver's side. The man fired a shotgun through the car window and killed the officer instantly.

Will Garr
Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction Caney
County: Montgomery
Death Date: 4/14/1908
Added to Memorial: 1987
Circumstances of Death:
Officer Garr, who had arrested a known town drunk and rowdy, Mark Killion, several times, was "called out" by Killion. They talked very briefly before Killion shot Garr three times.

John W. Gilley
Type of Officer: Police Detective
Jurisdiction Kansas City
County: Wyandotte
Death Date: 5/13/1889
Added to Memorial: 1997
Circumstances of Death:
Officer Gilley was attending a preliminary hearing for two suspects he had arrested earlier for burglary. While sitting in the courtroom waiting for the hearing procedures to begin, one of the suspects James Smith who was seated on a bench immediately in the rear and behind the officer, stood up and plunged a knife into the back of Gilley's neck. During the ensuing struggle the suspect was shot several times and later died of his injuries. The detective suffered extensive injuries dying two days later on May 13th. Gilley was the first Kansas City Police Detective. There is some evidence that the killing of Gilley was related to his breaking up of a gang called the "Dirty Dozen". Smith was a member of that gang.

Paul E. Gillmore
Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction Wichita
County: Sedgwick
Death Date: 7/18/1930
Added to Memorial: 1987
Circumstances of Death:
Patrolman Gilmore was killed in a traffic accident while on motorcycle patrol.

Gene Leroy Goldsberry
Type of Officer: Deputy U.S. Marshal
Jurisdiction Topeka
County: Shawnee
Death Date: 8/5/1993
Added to Memorial: 1994
Circumstances of Death:
Gene L. Goldsberry was fatally shot as he manned his post on the fourth floor of the Frank Carlson Federal Building in Topeka. The assailant was about to be sentenced on federal drug charges. He detonated a car bomb outside the courthouse and went to the fourth floor where he shot and killed Goldsberry and wounded a man an woman. Several others were wounded before the assailant took his life with another bomb.

Dean A. Goodheart
Type of Officer: Kansas Highway Patrol
Jurisdiction Colby
County: Thomas
Death Date: 9/6/1995
Added to Memorial: 1996
Circumstances of Death:
On September 6, 1995, at about 6:30 a.m. Master Trooper Goodheart was performing a roadside inspection of a semi-truck on westbound Interstate 70 near Colby. As he was conducting a "walk-around" safety inspection of the truck, a westbound car driven by an 18-year-old college student traveling to Colby from her home in Illinois struck him. Goodheart's injuries were immediately fatal. Goodheart's incident brought about the passage of Kansas House Bill 2641, known as the "Goodheart law" which requires motorists to slow down and move over when approaching stopped emergency vehicles.

Ernest R. E. Gough
Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction Leavenworth
County: Leavenworth
Death Date: 7/29/1932
Added to Memorial: 1987
Circumstances of Death:
On July 28, 1932, Officer Gough and his partner, Joe Feidler, were on night patrol and stopped to routinely investigate two men who were crouched down and apparently hiding behind a tree. One of the men, later identified as James Robertson, fired,mortally wounding Gough. Gough died the following day. Robertson had been paroled from state prison four days earlier. A civilian was wounded in the ensuing exchange of gunfire between Officer Feidler and the suspects.

Martin H. Grant
Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction McPherson
County: McPherson
Death Date: 2/12/1937
Added to Memorial: 2000
Circumstances of Death:
Officer Martin H. Grant responded to a report of a disturbance at a cafe on North Main Street in McPherson late on the night of February 11, 1937. After arriving on the scene, Officer Grant scuffled with a disorderly suspect, arrested him, and took him to the city jail. Following the arrest, shortly after midnight on February 12, 1937, Officer Grant fell ill and died of a heart attack. A McPherson county native, Grant was fifty years old when he died.

Frank W. Griswold
Type of Officer: Police Captain
Jurisdiction Wichita
County: Sedgwick
Death Date: 5/23/1915
Added to Memorial: 1987
Circumstances of Death:
Captain Griswold and Detective Al Harrell responded to a burglary reported at a shoe store. As Griswold entered the store he was fired on and killed instantly. Harrell was wounded.