Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Archie Auran died as a result of complications from influenza while performing his assigned duties during the Influenza Pandemic.
In October 1918, the Metropolitan Police Department suffered an outbreak of influenza inside the Police Department due to the department's response to the Influenza Pandemic. Police Officers worked extremely long hours, answered emergency calls, and assisted influenza patients due to being short-staffed. More than 100 officers of the department were off daily throughout October. The United States Army Military Police Officers were ordered to help strengthen the number of the Police Force. They assisted the police department with policing in the city for most of the month till the Police Department got back to full strength.
Officer Auran was a United States Army veteran and served with the Metropolitan Police Department for 12 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, parents, and siblings.
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Officer Auran gave the Metropolitan Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Archie Auran served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Officer Archie Auran is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In DC, 137 of 1,418 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 9.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Metropolitan Police Department, 8 of 131 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Archie Auran's cause is highlighted.
How Archie Auran Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Archie Auran is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
Military Service
Archie Auran served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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