Carey Judson Smith

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA

Veteran → Illness

End of Watch November 2, 1918

Age 32

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 239

Incident

Policeman Carey Smith died as a result of complications from influenza while performing his assigned duties during the Influenza Pandemic.

Policeman Smith was an Iowa Army National Guard veteran.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
Policeman Smith served with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles 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

Department Los Angeles Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Platform Identity lapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 2, 1918

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Carey Judson Smith served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Policeman Carey Judson Smith is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In CA, 75 of 1,837 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.1% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Los Angeles Police Department, 22 of 240 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.2% of this agency's fallen.

Los Angeles Police Department

of 240 officers

9.2% Illness

CA — Statewide

of 1,837 officers

4.1% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Illness