Deputy Sheriff Jermyius Young was the first in April. He was laid to rest earlier this month. Killed in a traffic accident. A slender guy. Nice looking. Honest smile.

“I loved this young man because he was true,” said Montgomery County, Alabama, Sheriff Derrick Cunningham.

Jermyius was 21.

The next U.S. law enforcement officer to pass was Andrew John Faught (27). An automobile accident in Illinois.

Then, Chief of Police Steven Allen Singer (48), in Lake Lafayette, Missouri. He died of a heart attack. He was pursuing trespassers. At the end of a long shift, he went home and suffered a fatal heart attack.

Then, Lieutenant Rodney Osborne (43). He was shot during a training exercise at the tactical firing range at the Correctional Training Academy in Pickaway County, Ohio.

“One of the best men you could ever ask for,” said a family member.

Special Agent Derek Sean Baer (49) was killed in a head-on vehicle crash in Ranson, West Virginia. He served with the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General for 19 years. He is survived by his wife and three children.

And then there was Police officer Ross Bartlett (54). He was conducting a traffic stop in Ceresco, Nebraska. Parked on the shoulder. His patrol unit was struck from behind by a Ford F-150.

There was 26-year-old Police Officer Joseph McKinney. Memphis, Tennessee. He leaves behind a wife and daughter. He was killed in a shootout with two suspects. He was handsome. Nice. Funny. A former Chick-fil-A employee.

And don’t forget Sergeant William Marty Jackson, II. According to the Winchester, Kentucky, Police Department, he was involved in a struggle during an assistance call. This led to cardiac problems later that night. He was in law enforcement for 50 years.

Jackson was 73 years old.

Police Officer Michael E. Jensen (29) of Syracuse, New York. “He was a happy-go-lucky kid, always smiling, always happy,” said Jensen’s childhood hockey coach.

He was killed in a hail of gunfire along with Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Michael Hoosock (37). They were killed by a 33-year-old man, armed with an AR-15.

Hendricks County, Indiana, Sheriff’s Deputy Fred Fislar (56) was fatally injured responding to a vehicle crash. Father of two. His funeral service was attended by almost the entire Hendricks County law enforcement family.

Investigator Brian Herbert (56), worked for the Osage Nation Attorney General’s office, in Oklahoma. He died suddenly during his yearly mandatory firearms qualification from a heart attack.

Deputy Alfredo “Freddy” Flores. Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy. He died six months after he was severely burned in a fire at one of the department’s mobile shooting ranges.

Police Officer Jordan Wingate (29) passed away almost six years after being severely injured while responding to a call in Oakland, California. A car collided with Wingate’s patrol SUV, causing it to crash into a parked semi-truck.

Wingate was on life support for almost six years.

Deputy Sheriff Tobin Bolter (27), Ada County Sheriff’s Office, Idaho. Killed during a traffic stop.

Police Officer Luis M. Huesca (30), Chicago Police Department. Killed in a carjacking.

Investigator John Hampton Coddou, III (50), killed during a traffic stop, struck by an oncoming vehicle.

Police Officer Kyle Hicks, Corpus Christi, Texas. He was shot during a domestic disturbance.

Sergeant Ian Taylor (49), Billerica, Massachusetts. He was killed while working construction detail.

Police Officer Russell Croxton (51), Dubach, Louisiana. Struck by a truck during a traffic stop.

And let us not forget the four officers who were killed yesterday in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Officer Joshua Eyer; Investigator Samuel Poloche; Investigator William “Alden” Elliott; and Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas M. Weeks, who were killed while serving an arrest warrant.

Last month, 24 U.S. law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty. It was a particularly bad month.

They were heroes, yes. But they were also dads. Husbands. Uncles. Sons. Brothers.

And I just thought you should know their names.