Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Joseph Kurer died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Kurer was a United States Army veteran. He had served with the Fond du Lac Police Department for three years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Joseph John Kurer died on September 22, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 26.
He is one of 884 officers honored here.
Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.
Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, two children, parents, and sister.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Kurer gave the Fond du Lac Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fond du Lac community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Kurer.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Joseph John Kurer served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Joseph John Kurer 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 WI, 7 of 317 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.2% of this state's fallen. That is 2.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Fond du Lac Police Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph John Kurer's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph John Kurer Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph John Kurer is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
Military Service
Joseph John Kurer served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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Others Who Wore This Badge
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