Thomas E. Dameron

Cincinnati Police Department — Cincinnati, OH

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch December 17, 1926

Age 29

Tour of Duty 2 yrs 6 mo

The Vigil Panel 52 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 105

Incident

Patrolman Thomas Dameron succumbed to gunshot wounds received four months earlier while attempting to arrest a man who had attacked and beaten another officer. On August 1, 1926, a gang of men disarmed and wounded a Cincinnati patrolman at Third and Smith Streets. One of the gang ran into a structure there. Patrolman Dameron followed the suspect into the building, and once inside, the suspect fired on Patrolman Dameron. Patrolman Dameron returned fire, and during the exchange, both men were hit, and the suspect was killed. Patrolman Dameron, shot in the abdomen, was rushed to Cincinnati General Hospital. After four and a half months, Patrolman Dameron succumbed to septic peritonitis on December 17, 1926. Patrolman Dameron was a United States Navy WWI veteran and had served with the Cincinnati Police Department for two and a half years. He was survived by his mother. He was buried next to his father at Catlettsburg Cemetery in Catlettsburg, Kentucky.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Dameron gave the Cincinnati Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Cincinnati Police Department

Location Cincinnati, OH

Platform Identity cincpd.hamilton.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 17, 1926

Tour of Duty 2 yrs 6 mo

Age 29

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Shot and killed

Military Service

Thomas E. Dameron served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Thomas E. Dameron is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In OH, 572 of 991 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.7% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Cincinnati Police Department, 63 of 106 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.4% of this agency's fallen.

Cincinnati Police Department

of 106 officers

59.4% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious