Roll of Honor
Incident
Collapsed and died of natural causes while on patrol in Patrick Street, Cork.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
168 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Watchman Dawson served with the Cork City.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Watchman John Dawson 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 M, 1 of 14 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 7.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Dawson's cause is highlighted.
How John Dawson Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. John Dawson is highlighted in Mar.