Roll of Honor
John Kavanaugh
Incident
Deputy Marshal John Kavanaugh died after contracting cholera while serving the United States court in Shanghai, China.
He was transporting prisoners by steamer from China to Bilbid prison in Manila, Philippines, when he fell ill.
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- August 2, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Kavanaugh gave the United States Department of Justice 4 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy U.S. Marshal Kavanaugh.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy U.S. Marshal John Kavanaugh 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.
National Cause Distribution
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When Illness Deaths Occur
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