Roll of Honor
James Kirby
Incident
Location: New York Incident Date: Not available
Marshal James Kirby died as a result of contracting yellow fever after he went aboard the schooner, Clotilde, to seize ownership due to debts owed by the owner.
The ship had been quarantined because a crew member died from yellow fever on the passage from Haiti to New York. He was transported to the Quartatine hospital, where he died.
DUSM Kirby, On today, the 146th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country.
BPA Mike Casey United States Border Patrol(Retired) September 1st, 2025
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Deputy U.S. Marshal Kirby served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Deputy U.S. Marshal James Kirby 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 United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, 14 of 313 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.5% of this agency's fallen.
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