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  OFFICER RANK DEPARTMENT D.O.D.
1. Moore, Thomas D. Patrolman Muscatine Police Department 07-12-1869
2. Lyman, Gaylord Sheriff Lucas County Sheriff's Office 07-10-1870
3. Logan, Albert M. Officer Ottumwa Police Department 06-28-1875
4. Scanlon, Peter Constable Dubuque County Sheriff's Office 07-13-1880
5. Shepherd, Francis Marion Constable Westfield Township, Fayette County 09-07-1882
6 McDaniel, William B. Captain Cedar Rapids Police Department 01-07-1885
7 Robert Heller Officer Avoca Police Department 06-20-1886
8 Samuel Hamilton Officer LeMars Police Department 11-24-1888
9 Ramsey, William B. Sheriff Lucas County Sheriff's Office 06-28-1889
10 Wishart, Elijah Edward Officer Des Moines Police Department 07-01-1891
11 Frith, Jake Officer Milwaukee Railroad Police Dept. 04-14-1893
12 Talcott, Henry Officer Milwaukee Railroad Police Dept. 04-14-1893
13 Larson, Peter John Marshal Dayton Police Department 01-03-1894
14 Whitney, Abner Marshal Missouri Valley Police Department 04-28-1894
15 Neibert, Jacob Officer Muscatine Police Department 06-13-1896
16 Meisner, Albert Patrolman Dubuque Police Department 09-30-1896
17 Finley, John H. Marshal Morning Sun Police Department 10-05-1896
18 Doxsie, Pitt McClellan Policeman Independence Police Department 10-26-1897
19 Thomas Walsh Deputy Union County Sheriff's Office 12-04-1899
20 Lodine, Charles Johan Marshal Albert City Police Department 11-23-1901
21 Smith, Rolland P. Officer Chelsea Police Department 12-05-1901
22 John Bailey Officer Waterloo Police Department 04-10-1902
23 Swearingen, John Marshal Jefferson Police Department 06-21-1902
24 Strain, William E. Sheriff Monona County Sheriff's Office 09-05-1902
25 Norton, Daniel Policeman Dubuque Police Department 07-06-1904
26 Platner, Charles C. Patrolman Council Bluffs Police Department 09-03-1905
27 Wilson, George W. Detective Council Bluffs Police Department 07-29-1907
28 Nicholson, Thomas Marshal Gowrie Police Department 07-11-1908
29 Widmann, Fred P. Patrolman Waterloo Police Department 10-11-1908
30 Delmege, Frank Detective Des Moines Police Department 09-20-1909
31 Hatton, Patrick J. Marshal Carroll Police Department 11-02-1909
32 Woolman, Clarence Deputy Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office 03-25-1911
33 James W. Busby   Greene County Sheriff's Office 05-07-1911
34 Butcher, George M. Marshal Missouri Valley Police Department 08-16-1911
35 Gerischer, Theodore E. Patrolman Muscatine Police Department 11-26-1911
36 Gillin, Charles P. Patrolman Cedar Rapids Police Department 01-04-1913
37 Arends, Henry J. Patrolman Cedar Rapids Police Department 04-26-1914
38 Herzog, Frank A. Deputy Chickasaw County Sheriff's Office 04-16-1916
39 Speth, Emil Arthur Patrolman Davenport Police Department 01-26-1917
40 Hanshaw, William Ross Marshal Fairfield Police Department 08-01-1917
41 Mattern, George W. Patrolman Des Moines Police Department 05-12-1918
42 Jackson, Charles Chester Chief Des Moines Police Department 12-16-1918
43 Britton, James Garfield Chief of Det. Sioux City Police Department 07-22-1919
44 McCarthy, Cornelius J. Detective Des Moines Police Department 09-29-1919
45 Goodenbour, William Policeman Waterloo Police Department 07-01-1920
46 Albert Patton Deputy Page County Sheriff's Office 02-12-1921
47 Myers, John Kerr Marshal Stuart Police Department 03-30-1921
48 Conway, John P. Deputy Marshal Carroll Police Department 05-23-1921
49 Wilson, Francis Patrolman Cedar Rapids Police Department 07-29-1921
50 Murray, Robert G. Special Officer Union Pacific Railroad Police Dept 10-14-1921

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Jones, Lewis R. Deputy Woodbury County Sheriff's Office 12-19-1921
52 Smith, Frank Deputy Clay County Sheriff's Office 08-09-1924
53 Shoemaker, Allen F. Special Officer Union Pacific Railroad Police Dept 05-17-1925
54 Margretz, Vinton Jerry Policeman Waterloo Police Department 06-07-1925
55 Agnew, Henry Marshal Emmetsburg Police Department 06-11-1925
56 Mommer, Frank Marshal Traer - Tama County 08-14-1925
57 Thomas, Ollie D. Patrolman Des Moines Police Department 08-20-1925
58 Case, Orrin L. Deputy Harrison County Sheriff's Office. 09-16-1925
59 Pickett, Gerald D. Patrolman Des Moines Police Department 09-24-1925
60 Hemmer, Leo Deputy Dubuque County Sheriff's Office 10-12-1925
61 Collings, Newton Fred Sheriff Union County Sheriff's Office 03-09-1926
62 Leeney, Edward M. Patrolman Iowa City Police Department 04-29-1926
63 Koch, Johannes F. Officer Clinton Police Department 08-04-1926
64 Marshall, Dewey Deputy Polk County Sheriff's Office 10-30-1926
65 Feely, Joseph Clement Captain Burlington Police Department 12-18-1926
66 McConnell, Clint Deputy Decatur County Sheriff's Office 07-08-1927
67 Staggs, James A. Patrolman Des Moines Police Department 04-20-1928
68 Geerts, Bernard Herman Officer Davenport Police Department 07-16-1928
69 Dayton, Louis H. Deputy Clay County Sheriff's Office 03-20-1929
70 Wahlert, Ernest Henry Sheriff Hancock County Sheriff's Office 02-04-1930
71 Hanfeld, Henry Marshal Dyersville Police Department 03-15-1930
72 Bailey, Aaron Marshal Washington Police Department 06-25-1930
73 Sweet, William Fred Sheriff Washington County Sheriff's Office 06-25-1930
74 Ogilvie, Harry Patrolman Des Moines Police Department 07-12-1930
75 Shepherd, Rupert L. Sergeant Des Moines Police Department 08-01-1930
76 Sproat, Robert G. Deputy Cedar County Sheriff's Office 08-08-1930
77 Untied, Virgil G. Marshal Minburn Police Department 07-25-1931
78 Wright, George Alden Patrolman Mount Pleasant Police Department 12-03-1931
79 Cowart, James Joshua Sergeant Des Moines Police Department 12-07-1931
80 Booton, Harry Linn Sergeant Des Moines Police Department 12-11-1932
81 Dilworth, Wendell Fay Deputy Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office 12-16-1932
82 Swatta, M. Anthony Marshal W. Des Moines Police Department. 03-01-1933
83 Sauer, Frederick William Captain Burlington Police Department 05-27-1934
84 Howard, Steven Tabor Captain Des Moines Police Department 03-02-1935
85 Miller, Wilbur B. "Webb" Sergeant Council Bluffs Police Department 05-01-1935
86 Pape, Oran H. Trooper Iowa State Patrol 04-30-1936
87 O'Malley, James Leo Sheriff Hamilton County Sheriff's Office 08-01-1938
88 Fry, Leland Alvin "Sam" Sheriff Benton County Sheriff's Office 11-05-1938
89 Lennon, Elmer James Marshal Postville Police Department 11-09-1939
90 Richard Williams Officer Albia Police Department 01-02-1941
91 McGriff, Charles Vernon Sheriff Story County Sheriff's Office 10-21-1941
92 Schane, George Wesley Patrolman Des Moines Police Department 05-04-1942
93 Baggs, Maurice M. Cons. Officer Department of Natural Resources 07-04-1942
94 Crawford, Cecil M. Sheriff Page County Sheriff's Office 04-10-1943
95 Bulman, Leonard James Sheriff Allamakee County Sheriff's Office 01-19-1946
96 Grady, Menzo C. Asst. Chief Muscatine Police Department 07-04-1947
97 Binegar, Warren Harley Patrolman Grinnell Police Department 08-29-1948
98 Klinkefus,Harold Emmerson Trooper Iowa State Patrol 05-18-1949
99 Juhl, Norman Dale Patrolman Keokuk Police Department 10-22-1949
100 Dykstra, Sylvan E. Patrolman Sioux City Police Department 07-18-1953
101 Blomquist, Harry Martin Cons. Officer Department of Natural Resources 09-01-1953
102 Crouse, Glen R. Officer Marshalltown Police Department 01-22-1954
103 DeGear, Harold Clarence Trooper Iowa State Patrol 02-19-1954
104 Loucks, Charley Officer Stuart Police Department 12-25-1954
105 Garthwaite, Ralph Franklin Trooper Iowa State Patrol 07-02-1955
106 Pearce, Harold Humphrey Officer Independence Police Department 01-05-1956
107 Mehlhorn, William Russell Patrolman Waterloo Police Department 01-14-1956
108 Mulder, Jake Sheriff O'Brien County Sheriff's Office 01-25-1956
109 Lievens, John Francis Officer Brooklyn Police Department 11-02-1957
110 Jurgens, William Hans Sergeant Davenport Police Department 07-16-1958
111 Biggs, Jimmie M. Deputy Woodbury County Sheriff's Office 03-11-1959
112 Meadows, William Lawrence Marshal Plainfield Police Department 01-24-1961
113 Barta, Felix A. Officer Cedar Rapids Police Department 02-15-1961
114 Ogan, Ralph, Jr. Officer Grinnell Police Department 11-13-1963
115 Haubert, Laverne Gale Patrolman Ankeny Police Department 01-08-1964
116 Andreano, Charles T. Captain Des Moines Police Department 07-30-1964
117 VanderLinden, Marvin C. Sergeant Iowa State Patrol 06-11-1965
118 Bornholdt, Robert R. Sheriff O'Brien County Sheriff's Office 10-30-1966
119 Gates, Charles Harold Deputy Marion County Sheriff's Office 10-25-1967
120 Stephens, John L. Officer Council Bluffs Police Department 12-05-1967
121 Rodine, James Emery Patrolman Des Moines Police Department 08-13-1968
122 Thomas, Ralph E. Chief Okoboji Police Department 10-28-1968
123 Davidchik, Joseph P. Captain Sioux City Police Department 12-26-1968
124 Berendes, Earl H. Chief Bellevue Police Department 04-16-1969
125 Sutherlin, Billy Bruce Koons Reserve Officer Fairfield Police Department 07-27-1970
126 Moore, Claude Edward Lieutenant Council Bluffs Police Department 06-30-1971
127 Farnsworth, Michael Lee Officer Davenport Police Department 12-05-1971
128 Williamson, George Oliver Deputy Dickinson County Sheriff's Office 06-08-1973
129 Holdefer, Howard Wayne Deputy Jasper County Sheriff's Office 10-30-1973
130 Woodard, Jack L. Sheriff Polk County Sheriff's Office 01-21-1974
131 Roberts, Ronald Gene Officer Council Bluffs Police Department 10-24-1974
132 Bell, Paul Douglas Marshal Keota Police Department 06-11-1976
133 LaFromboise, Cecil Gabriel Patrolman LaPorte City Police Department 12-09-1976
134 Melton, Brian Charles Officer Des Moines Police Department 04-21-1977
135 Owen, Stevan Henry Deputy Howard County Sheriff's Office 06-05-1977
136 Hill, Dennis Earl Officer Des Moines Police Department 08-28-1977
137 Smit, Michael Henry Chief Garwin Police Department 11-06-1977
138 Hewitt, Donald Eldon Officer Prairie City Police Department 12-03-1977
139 Dorman, Wiber Wayne Deputy Carroll County Sheriff's Office 06-25-1978
140 Rogers, Raymond Eugene Deputy Carroll County Sheriff's Office 06-25-1978
141 Davis, Harry E. Jailer Marshall County Sheriff's Office 09-09-1978
142 Barrickman, Bobby Junior Officer Newton Police Department 09-30-1979
143 VanHaaften, John Ernest Patrolman Pella Police Department 04-09-1980
144 Rice, Wayne Robert Officer Waterloo Police Department 07-12-1981
145 Hoing, Michael Wayne Officer Waterloo Police Department 07-13-1981
146 Mullikin, William Frederick Deputy Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office 07-14-1981
147 Ash, Ralph Richard Chief Swea City Police Department 08-08-1981
148 Otto, Duane Herman Deputy Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office 10-08-1981
149 Sunner, Bret Nathan Officer Cedar Rapids Police Department 06-08-1984
150 Whitney, Charles Gerald Trooper Iowa State Patrol 06-16-1985
151 McPherren, Daniel Mark Sr. Officer Newton Police Department 09-13-1985
152 Dietsch, Lance G. Trooper Pilot Iowa State Patrol 06-30-1989
153 Gerling, Stanley E. Trooper Iowa State Patrol 06-30-1989
154 Shatswell, Cole B. Chief Onawa Police Department 10-22-1989
155 Nieland, Allen Patrick Trooper Pilot Iowa State Patrol 10-14-1990
156 Stone, Todd Wayne Officer (K9) Clinton Police Department 01-27-1993
157 Heimbecker, Phillip Arthur Sr. Captain Woodbury County Sheriff's Office 06-11-1993
158 Hermann, Jon Eric Corporal Woodbury County Sheriff's Office 06-11-1993
159 Hayward, Kipton L. Deputy Polk County Sheriff's Office 10-09-1993
160 Androy, Gilbert Glen Deputy Fremont County Sheriff's Office 10-16-1997
161 Halligan, Carroll Edward Deputy Muscatine County Sheriff's Office 11-09-1998
162 McElderry, Dennis Ray Deputy Davis County Sheriff's Office 01-03-2003
163 Wissink, Sean Officer Des Moines Police Department 02-11-2007
164 Eric Stein Sergeant Keokuk County 04-04-2011
165 Mark Toney Trooper Iowa State Patrol 09-20-2011

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