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Private

John August Moran

Texas Rangers — Austin, TX
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic → Illness
United States flag Texas flag
End of Watch December 12, 1918
Age 32
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 1 mo
The Vigil Panel 82 · Column 2 · Line 14 ›
Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Also Remembered Department 121

Incident

Private John Moran died as a result of complications from influenza while performing his assigned duties during the Influenza Pandemic.

The Texas Rangers were required to maintain order and enforce quarantine laws in force throughout the state. John A. Moran enlisted in Company A of the Texas Rangers on November 1, 1918, and was assigned to the Ranger camp at Alice in Jim Wells County. He contracted influenza while on duty in Falfurrias in Brooks County and died 18 days later.

He was buried in the Crosby Cemetery in Mason County.

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic

Private John August Moran died on December 12, 1918 of influenza contracted in the line of duty. He was 32.

He is one of 201 officers honored here, and one of 3 at Texas Rangers.

The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed more people worldwide than the war that preceded it. Police officers worked it without vaccines, without antibiotics, and often without masks, enforcing quarantines, transporting the sick, and standing posts in cities where the dead outpaced the undertakers.

They caught it doing the job. There was no treatment to give them.

Survivors

He was survived by his father and siblings.

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Tributes

No vaccine, no antibiotics, and you stood the post anyway.
Private Moran gave the Texas Rangers 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Austin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Private Moran.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Texas Rangers
Type Other
Location Austin, Travis County, TX
Platform Identity tr.travis.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 12, 1918
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 1 mo
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Influenza Pandemic

The Sacrifice · Illness

John is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1918, 226 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 3rd heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

John was 32. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. John had served 1.1 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

December holds 9.6% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Thursdays: 15.7%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Texas Rangers has at least 120 officers remembered here, John among them.

Across the years

Private John August Moran

Texas Rangers · End of Watch December 12, 1918

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 40-WT

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