The Wall of Honor, located in the New York State Police Academy in Albany, New York, honors troopers who have died in service to the residents of New York State.
Trooper Andrew J. Sperr, 33, was killed March 1, 2006, shot by two subjects later determined to be involved in a bank robbery in the town of Big Flats, Chemung County.
On July 6, 2005, Senior Investigator Thomas M. O'Neill, 56, suffered a fatal heart attack while arresting an individual at a gas station in the town of Islip.
Sergeant Jeffry T. Edelson, 34, was killed on November 23, 2003, on State Route 55 in the town of Liberty, Sullivan County, when his vehicle left the road and struck a tree.
Trooper Robert W. Ambrose, 31, was killed on December 19, 2002, when his Troop car was struck from behind by a vehicle on the New York State Thruway in the city of Yonkers.
On February 14, 1997, Trooper Nathaniel Burroughs was fatally injured while investigating a one-car accident on Route 17 in the Town of Mamakating during hazardous weather conditions.
On Friday, May 20, 1994, Investigator Ricky J. Parisian, 34, a member of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), was shot and killed when he attempted to stop an armed robbery at a supermarket in the...