ODMP's Spanish Flu Law Enforcement Memorial

From 1918 to early 1919, the Spanish flu pandemic infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet’s population—and killed approximately 675,000 Americans. Many officers contracted this virus due to the requirements of their job. The following law enforcement officers died as a result of contracting the virus in the line of duty.

The names of every officer who died in the line of duty from the Spanish Flu will likely never be known, but ODMP researchers continue to uncover new cases as part of our mission to never forget the fallen.


Patrolman William F. Ahern | Boston Police Department, Massachusetts Patrolman Edward M. Day | Boston Police Department, Massachusetts Patrolman Joseph Francis Eberlein | Boston Police Department, Massachusetts Patrolman Frederick Joseph Gibney | Boston Police Department, Massachusetts Patrolman Lawrence Joseph Nagle | Boston Police Department, Massachusetts Patrolman Peter Francis Neary | Boston Police Department, Massachusetts Reserve Police Officer Michael Joseph Bannon | Cambridge Police Department, Massachusetts Lieutenant James Andrew Cox | Cambridge Police Department, Massachusetts Reserve Police Officer John William Donnelly | Cambridge Police Department, Massachusetts Patrolman Lochlin Gavin | Cambridge Police Department, Massachusetts Police Officer Frederick K. Broome | Camden Police Department, New Jersey Police Officer Harry Adams Corson | Camden Police Department, New Jersey Patrolman Walter John Bermingham | Chicago Police Department, Illinois Patrolman Edward James Madden | Chicago Police Department, Illinois Patrolman Rudolph John Tuerk | Chicago Police Department, Illinois Patrolman Glenn Tenbrook Whallon | Chicago Police Department, Illinois Patrolman Frederick Henry Liebler | Cleveland Division of Police, Ohio Patrolman Clement Leroy Francis | Dayton Police Department, Ohio Patrolman Emerson A. Glotfelter | Dayton Police Department, Ohio Patrolman Lawrence Robert Graham | Dayton Police Department, Ohio Patrolman Vinton E. Harsh | Dayton Police Department, Ohio Patrolman Edward Michael Hennessey | Dayton Police Department, Ohio Patrolman Troy Elmer Sine | Dayton Police Department, Ohio Patrolman Frank Sam Potestio | Denver Police Department, Colorado Patrolman Peter A. Walsh | Denver Police Department, Colorado Chief of Police George Dworski | Exeter Borough Police Department, Pennsylvania Assistant Chief of Police Anthony Maslowski | Exeter Borough Police Department, Pennsylvania Patrolman Jeremiah Joseph McDonald | Fall River Police Department, Massachusetts Police Officer George A. Garland | Gloucester Police Department, Massachusetts Policeman Harry A. Byers | Los Angeles Police Department, California Policeman John Celestine Clifford | Los Angeles Police Department, California Policeman Blair Miller Cook | Los Angeles Police Department, California Policeman Harry Henry Gates | Los Angeles Police Department, California Policeman Joseph Henry Matlock | Los Angeles Police Department, California Policeman George Albert Nelson | Los Angeles Police Department, California Policeman Carey Judson Smith | Los Angeles Police Department, California Policeman Charles William Stone | Los Angeles Police Department, California Policeman David Chester Towels | Los Angeles Police Department, California Policeman Lester Earl Trebilcock | Los Angeles Police Department, California Policeman Samuel L. Walker | Los Angeles Police Department, California Sergeant Albert C. Wedge | Los Angeles Police Department, California Sergeant Ernest H. Thornhill | Louisville Police Department, Kentucky Sergeant Felix Allen | Memphis Police Department, Tennessee Officer Archie Auran | Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia Officer Joseph Presley Marcus Barker | Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia Officer John R. Bennett | Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia Officer John Wesley Conrad | Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia Officer John Frederick Jeffries | Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia Patrolman Roy Charles Liesveld | Moline Police Department, Illinois Patrolman Cornelius Cuttrell | New York City Police Department, New York Patrolman John Julius Fisher | New York City Police Department, New York Patrolman Lawrence Hennessey | New York City Police Department, New York Sergeant James Edward King | New York City Police Department, New York Patrolman William W. Lewis | New York City Police Department, New York Patrolman Daniel A. McAllister | New York City Police Department, New York Patrolman Andrew M. Mullen | New York City Police Department, New York Private Joseph Roland Brown | Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Private George Edward Higgins | Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Private Edward Clarence Jackson | Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Private Chester Arthur Kuhns | Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Private Joseph B. Malloy | Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Private John Patrick McLaughlin | Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Sergeant Zoe Andrew Remaly | Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Private James A. Walsh | Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Sergeant William H. McDermott | Perth Amboy Police Department, New Jersey Police Officer John D. Almenrader | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer Walter Scott Bates, Sr. | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer Joseph Robert Burns | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Reserve Police Officer John Joseph Burns | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer Martin R. Clark | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer Charles Stewart Connor | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer Walter Scott Danley | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer John Diamond | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer Joseph Michael Downs | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer John B. Feeley | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer John Paul Freiermuth | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer John Aloysius Gaghan | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer William Sebastian Hendrickson | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer Thomas Millard Horlacher | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Reserve Police Officer Benjamin Kauffman | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer Martin Joseph O'Brien | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Reserve Police Officer James Orr | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer Charles Aloysius Prendergast | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer Vasco Snow | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer Conklin Snow | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer Thomas Durant Trott | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Police Officer William F. Wood | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Patrolman Michael Francis Condron | Pittsfield Police Department, Massachusetts Patrolman Charles Tilden Crooker | Quincy Police Department, Massachusetts Patrolman Walter B. Holcomb | San Diego Police Department, California Detective Sergeant James Gallagher | San Francisco Police Department, California Police Officer Arthur L. Mandeville | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Missouri Police Officer Joseph P. Simunek | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Missouri Police Officer Otto Ude | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Missouri Private Robert Ernest Hunt | Texas Rangers, Texas Private John August Moran | Texas Rangers, Texas Private Ben L. Pennington | Texas Rangers, Texas Patrolman James A. Langan | Wilkes-Barre Police Department, Pennsylvania Officer William Freeman Craig | Wilmington Police Department, North Carolina

Boston Police Department, Massachusetts

Cambridge Police Department, Massachusetts

Camden Police Department, New Jersey

Chicago Police Department, Illinois

Cleveland Division of Police, Ohio

Dayton Police Department, Ohio

Denver Police Department, Colorado

Exeter Borough Police Department, Pennsylvania

Fall River Police Department, Massachusetts

Gloucester Police Department, Massachusetts

Los Angeles Police Department, California

Louisville Police Department, Kentucky

Memphis Police Department, Tennessee

Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia

Moline Police Department, Illinois

New York City Police Department, New York

Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania

Perth Amboy Police Department, New Jersey

Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania

Pittsfield Police Department, Massachusetts

Quincy Police Department, Massachusetts

San Diego Police Department, California

San Francisco Police Department, California

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Missouri

Texas Rangers, Texas

Wilkes-Barre Police Department, Pennsylvania

Wilmington Police Department, North Carolina