Roll Call - August

Detective Tina Rambo
Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, New Jersey
EOW: Monday, August 1, 2011
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Deputy Sheriff David Jennings Dawson, III
Greene County Sheriff's Office, North Carolina
EOW: Monday, August 1, 2011
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Frederick "Fred" F. Guthrie, Jr.
Missouri State Highway Patrol, Missouri
EOW: Monday, August 1, 2011
Cause of Death: Drowned (Presumed drowned, body yet to be recovered)

K9 Reed
Missouri State Highway Patrol, Missouri
EOW: Monday, August 1, 2011
Cause of Death: Drowned

K9 Dakota
Connecticut State Police Department, Connecticut
EOW: Monday, August 1, 2011
Cause of Death: unknown medical reasons

Police Officer J. Ryan McCandless
Rapid City Police Department, South Dakota
EOW: Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire

K9 Bohden
Fresno County Sheriff's Office, California
EOW: Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Cause of Death: Heat exhaustion

Probation/Parole Officer II Jeffrey "Jeff" Settle
North Carolina Department of Correction - Division of Community Corrections, North Carolina
EOW: Thursday, August 4, 2011
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

MWD K9 Bart
U.S. Government, U.S. Navy
EOW: Saturday, August 6, 2011
Cause of Death: Helicopter crash, Causalty of War

K9 Hatos
St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office, Louisiana
EOW: Saturday, August 6, 2011
Cause of Death: Heat stroke

K9 Hercules
Lawrenceville Police Department, Georgia
EOW: Saturday, August 6, 2011
Cause of Death: Illness
*achieved the rank of Sergeant

Police Officer Jeremy Henwood
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Sunday, August 7, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Nick Armstrong
Rapid City Police Department, South Dakota
EOW: Sunday, August 7, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Corporal John Kendall
Louisiana Department of Public Safety Police, Louisiana
EOW: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Police Offficer Robert A. Lasso
Freemansburg Borough Police Department, Pennsylvania
EOW: Thursday, August 11, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire

K9 Barry
Modesto Police Department, California
EOW: Monday, August 15, 2011
Cause of Death: Seizure

Police Officer Evan Burns
Caruthersville Police Department, Missouri
EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Police Officer Bart Child
United States Department of Defense - Fort Huachuca Police Department, US Government
EOW: Thursday, August 18, 2011
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Constable Ross R. Potter
Carter County Sixth District Constable's Office, Tennessee
EOW: Friday, August 19, 2011
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

K9 Apollo
Hartford Police Department, Connecticut
EOW: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Cause of Death: unknown

K9 Cade
Burton Police Department, MI
EOW: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Police Officer Justin Sollohub
Anniston Police Department, Alabama
EOW: Thursday, August 25, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Sergeant Mark Scianna
Bexar County Constable's Office, Precinct 3, Texas
EOW: Saturday, August 27, 2011
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Agent Emiliano Torres-Soto
Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico
EOW: Sunday, August 28, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire

K9 Possum
Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office, Louisiana
EOW: Sunday, August 28, 2011
Cause of Death: Seizure (possibly linked to brain tumor or other neurological or vascular abnormality)

Mickey C "Mik"
Mounted Patrol Chicago Police Department, Chicago
EOW: Sunday, August 29, 2011
Cause of Death: Seizure

Probation Officer Tiffany Bishop
Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia
EOW: Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

K9 Buddy
Springfield Police Department, Missouri
EOW: August 2011
Cause of Death:

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A dog has one aim in life. To bestow his heart. - J.R. Ackerley (part 2)

(photo by Lisa Pembleton / Getty Images)

Article by: Scogg Stump, TODAY.com contributor; updated 8/25/11 9:54:58 AM ET

Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson lay in a coffin, draped in an American flag, in front of a tearful audience mourning his death in Afghanistan. Soon an old friend appeared, and like a fellow soldier on a battlefield, his loyal dog refused to leave him behind.

This picture reminds me of the ending scene to Where The Red Fern Grows, in the movie...coinicidentily its the only part of the movie I did see.

"The U.S. led coalition said in a statement that 30 American service members, a civilian interpreter and seven Afghan commandos were killed when their CH-47 Chinook crashed in the early hours Saturday. A current U.S. official and a former U.S. official said the Americans included 22 Navy SEALS, three Air Force air controllers and a dog handler and his dog."