Roll of Honor
Incident
Reserve Police Officer Bannon contracted influenza while performing his assigned job duties during the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918.
Reserve Police Officer Bannon served with the Cambridge Police Department for almost three years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Reserve Police Officer Bannon gave the Cambridge Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cambridge community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Police Officer Bannon.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Reserve Police Officer Michael Joseph Bannon is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MA, 59 of 469 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 12.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At Cambridge Police Department, 4 of 12 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Joseph Bannon's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Joseph Bannon Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Joseph Bannon is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
11 officers from Cambridge Police Department are honored on badge.nw.
