The following ia release from the King County Sheriff’s Office:
The King County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating family members of all 16 King County Sheriff’s deputies who have been killed in the line of duty since the county was created in 1852.
The Sheriff’s Office will be dedicating a memorial to the deputies at 10am on December 2nd at the King County Courthouse and would like family members of the fallen deputies to be present during the historic unveiling. If you are a family member or relative of one of these fallen deputies please contact Captain Greg Thomas at Greg.Thomas@kingcounty.gov
The fallen Deputies are (in alphabetical order);
Deputy Donald A. Armeni
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September 15, 1954
Deputy Mark William Brown
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February 27, 1999
Deputy William G. Cherry
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March 6, 1853
Deputy Richard S. Cochran II
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May 22, 1991
Deputy Steve E. Cox
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December 2, 2006
Deputy Richard Anthony Herzog
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June 22, 2002
Detective Sergeant Samuel A. Hicks
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June 24, 1982
Deputy Thomas Meehan
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November 13, 1935
Deputy George Poor
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July 26, 1891
Detective Michael L. Raburn
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March 27, 1984
Deputy Robert Carl Scott
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April 4, 1920
Deputy Norman F. Silkworth
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March 7, 1952
Special Deputy Steve Watson
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July 9, 1934
Deputy John Williams
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March 18, 1903
Sheriff Louis V. Wyckoff
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January 20, 1882
Deputy Posseman Cornelius Rowley
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July 4, 1902