Thomas Charles Dillon

Bethel Police Department

November 19, 1972

Bethel Police Chief Thomas Dillon was gunned down after responding to a “shots fired” call. 
He was 40 years old, and died as the residents of Bethel were donating blood to help save his life.
 

Dennis Finbar Cronin

Alaska State Troopers

February 18, 1974

Trooper Cronin was shot and killed during a narcotics investigation.  Trooper Cronin was the first
Alaska State Trooper killed in the line of duty and was 31 years old at the time of his death.

 

Earl Ray Hoggard

Ketchikan Police Department

March 30, 1974

Officer Hoggard was shot and killed as he responded to a disturbance call. He
had been with the Ketchikan Police force a year before his death.

Larry Robert Carr

Alaska State Troopers

December 11, 1974

Trooper Carr died in a commercial aircraft crash just outside of Kodiak while traveling to a drowning investigation. 
He was just 23 years old and had been with the trooper’s Kodiak Island Detachment.
 

Frank Stuart Rodman

Alaska State Troopers

December 11, 1974

Trooper Rodman died in the same airplane crash.  He was 33 years old.  He had served
 two years as a city policeman in Kodiak prior to joining the troopers.
 

Jonathan Paul Flora

Anchorage Police Department

September 8, 1975

Officer Flora was shot while responding to a burglary call.  He was 33 at the time of his death. 
Officer Flora’s widow, Brenda, helped establish the APD K-9 unit.

C.W. "Walt" Zahn

Alaska State Troopers

October 26, 1978

First Sergeant Zahn died of a heart attack while conducting a prisoner transport from Seattle to
 Fairbanks.  F/Sgt Zahn first joined the Troopers in 1961.  He was 51 years old when he died.

 

Richard James Adair

Juneau Police Department

April 17, 1979

Officer Adair was ambushed while responding to a “shots fired” call.
Officer Adair was a ten-year veteran of the Juneau Police Department.
 

Jimmy Earl Kennedy

Juneau Police Department

April 17, 1979

Officer Adair was ambushed while responding to a “shots fired” call.
Officer Adair was a ten-year veteran of the Juneau Police Department.
 

Harry Edward Kier

Anchorage Police Department

October 28 1980

Officer Kier died in a squad car crash while responding to a fire at a
gas station.  At the time of his death, he was 30 years old.