Incident
Patrolman Bowman suffered a fatal heart attack while attempting to take a mentally unstable person into custody during the 1968 Riots. The suspect began to struggle with Patrolman Bowman during the arrest and Patrolman Bowman suffered a fatal heart attack.
Survivors
Patrolman Bowman had been with the agency for 15 years and was survived by his wife and child.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Bowman gave the Kansas City Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Bowman.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Cardiac
Kansas City Police Department has lost 120 officers; 1 of them lost to cardiac events.
Marion is one of 32 officers lost to cardiac events in MO, 3.9% of the 829 remembered there.
Marion is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% of the 27,551 remembered there.
Marion is one of 1,309 officers lost to cardiac events worldwide, 3.8% of the 34,117 remembered here.
34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1968, 1 officer in MO was lost to cardiac events, the 8th heaviest of 23 years on record. The heaviest was 2007, with 3.
In 1968, 15 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 34th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.
In 1968, 15 officers worldwide were lost to cardiac events, the 34th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.
Who
Marion was 44. Of the 30 lost to cardiac events in MO whose age is recorded, half were between 48.5 and 65; the middle age was 56. Marion had served 15 years; the middle length of service was 18 years.
Marion was 44. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Marion had served 15 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.
Marion was 44. Of the 1,251 lost to cardiac events worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 42.5 and 55; the middle age was 48. Marion had served 15 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.
When
April holds 12.5% of these deaths in MO; February holds the most, 18.8%. Fridays: 15.6%.
April holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Fridays: 15.8%.
April holds 8.9% of these deaths worldwide; January holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.8%.
How
Cardiac deaths account for 0.8% of all 120 deaths at Kansas City Police Department, the 3rd most common cause.
Cardiac deaths account for 3.9% of all 829 deaths in MO, the 3rd most common cause.
Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause.
Cardiac deaths account for 3.8% of all 34,117 deaths worldwide, the 4th most common cause.
His people
Kansas City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Marion among them.
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Martin Hynes
Dec 30, 1881
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Patrick Jones
Apr 3, 1882
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Fred B. Houghton May 16, 1882
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John Martin
Aug 13, 1892
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Richard C. Fleming
Jul 25, 1897
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John E. Jacobson
Aug 26, 1897
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Joseph Zannelli
May 19, 1901
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Frank McNamara
May 6, 1902
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Alexander R. McKinney
Jan 24, 1903
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Stephen O. Flanagan
May 16, 1903
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Joseph P. Keenan
Jun 2, 1903
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Frank C. McGinnis
Sep 20, 1904
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William P. Mulvihill
Mar 22, 1905
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John Dwyer Jun 5, 1906
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Albert O. Dolbow
Dec 8, 1908
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Michael P. Mullane
Dec 8, 1908
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Joseph Raimo
Mar 28, 1911
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Homer L. Darling
Aug 26, 1911
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Robert L. Marshall Aug 10, 1912
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Homer Riggle
Feb 28, 1913
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Andrew Lynch
May 4, 1913
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William Franklin Koger
Nov 23, 1913
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Bernard C. McKernan
Jan 24, 1914
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Samuel H. Holmes Nov 15, 1914
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William L. Hauserman
Jan 31, 1915
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Glenn Marshall
Aug 24, 1916
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William Arthur Spangler
Sep 8, 1916
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John F. Houlehan
Dec 23, 1916
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Harris W. West
Jul 26, 1917
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Arthur M. Dorsett
Aug 6, 1917
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Harry J. Keating
Mar 18, 1918
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Michael Y. Sayeg
May 10, 1918
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Frank Mansfield
Dec 16, 1918
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Isaac Fenno
Apr 22, 1919
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Frederick F. Tierney
Oct 20, 1919
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Ula A. MacMahan
Apr 20, 1920
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William H. Scobee
May 9, 1920
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James H. Horn Jul 23, 1920
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Frank S. Archer
Oct 18, 1920
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Willard Chauncey Bayne
Feb 11, 1921
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Carl J. Bickett
Jul 18, 1921
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James N. Brink Sep 1, 1921
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Gerald L. Fackert
Dec 15, 1921
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Richard P. McDonald
Nov 5, 1922
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Hershal M. Wyatt
Feb 3, 1923
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William C. Zinn
Feb 13, 1923
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Willard Laurence Ferguson Feb 19, 1923
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Wright Dewey Bryant
Dec 3, 1923
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Thomas J. Wilson
Dec 19, 1923
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Dennis J. Whalen
Jan 1, 1924
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Barney Jasper
Jan 22, 1924
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George E. Lawson
Mar 7, 1924
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Emmet C. Barnes
Apr 6, 1924
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Jack P. Wilcox
May 3, 1924
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Albert B. Cummings
Feb 27, 1925
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John V. Kincaid May 16, 1926
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John W. Leiter
Dec 16, 1926
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James Smith
Jun 14, 1928
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Ralph Hinds
May 17, 1929
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George Robert Johnson
Oct 23, 1929
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Charles H. Dingman, Jr.
Dec 4, 1929
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Oliver P. Carpenter
Feb 8, 1932
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Richard E. Fitzgerald Jan 10, 1933
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Leroy Van Meter
Jan 23, 1933
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William J. " " Grooms
Jun 17, 1933
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Frank E. Hermanson
Jun 17, 1933
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Morris Bigus
Jul 29, 1933
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Eric O. Bjorkback
Aug 18, 1933
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John Ruffolo Feb 19, 1934
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William Edward Wood Aug 30, 1934
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Grant Victor Schroder
Nov 26, 1934
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Frank P. Franano
Sep 15, 1935
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Frank S. Stevens
Jan 9, 1936
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William T. Cavanaugh
Apr 8, 1936
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Lawrence Kenton Morrison
Jun 19, 1937
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Thomas J. McAuliffe
Jun 25, 1937
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Henry S. Shipe Nov 21, 1938
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Ralph R. Miller
Dec 27, 1941
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Arthur J. Morris
Jun 13, 1942
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Melvon Litton Huff
Jul 4, 1945
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James Haskel Owens
Dec 23, 1947
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Floyd N. Montgomery
Jun 28, 1948
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Charles William Neaves
Sep 20, 1948
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Charles H. Perrine
Sep 20, 1948
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Sandy William Washington
Sep 20, 1948
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William S. Wells
Sep 27, 1948
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Robert Delaine Edmunds
Jan 23, 1949
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Clyde William Harrison
Dec 20, 1951
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Mike N. Pearson
Feb 22, 1954
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William Kenner
May 7, 1955
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Richard Vance Reeves
Oct 2, 1957
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Kieffer C. Burris
Jul 15, 1960
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Herbert E. Bybee
Jul 15, 1960
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Bennie A. Hudson
Nov 24, 1960
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Arthur J. Marti
Aug 28, 1961
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Richard Lewis Chatburn
Sep 23, 1962
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Hugh Levon Butler
Feb 2, 1968
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Marion Richard Bowman
Apr 12, 1968
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George Edward Lanigan
Apr 12, 1968
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Larry D. Oliver
Apr 18, 1968
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David Campbell Woodson
Aug 12, 1968
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Ronald D. Yoakum
Nov 26, 1968
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James William Glenn
Jan 10, 1969
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Richard Dean Bird
Jul 4, 1969
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John Edward Dacy
Jul 21, 1969
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Robert Wayne Evans
Oct 14, 1971
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Russell Doyle Mestdagh
Jan 2, 1975
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Charles Curtis Massey, Jr. Nov 24, 1975
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Warren Gene Jackman
Mar 10, 1976
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Douglas Alan Perry
Sep 6, 1978
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John J. O'Sullivan
Dec 12, 1978
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David Joseph Inlow, Sr.
May 25, 1980
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Phillip Allen Miller
Dec 13, 1983
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Robert Michael Watts
Nov 15, 1990
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James Martin Leach
May 2, 1992
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Jack Steven Shepley
Dec 1, 1992
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Stephen Allen Faulkner
Dec 1, 1992
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Thomas Richard Meyers
Jan 14, 1998
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Craig W. Schultz
May 9, 2001
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James Muhlbauer
Feb 15, 2023
Where the Name Is Cut
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