Roll of Honor
Incident
Died of injuries to his spinal cord sustained on the 3 September 1896.
Died from the injuries to his spinal cord that he sustained ten months earlier on the 3rd September.
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129 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Walton served with the Durham County Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant John Walton is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In ENG, 719 of 2,827 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 25.4% of this state's fallen. That is 25.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Durham County Constabulary, 7 of 29 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 24.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Walton's cause is highlighted.
How John Walton Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. John Walton is highlighted in Jul.
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