James Kirby

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service — Washington, DC

Illness

End of Watch September 1, 1879

Age 40

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 312

Incident

Location: New York Incident Date: Not available

Marshal James Kirby died as a result of contracting yellow fever after he went aboard the schooner, Clotilde, to seize ownership due to debts owed by the owner.

The ship had been quarantined because a crew member died from yellow fever on the passage from Haiti to New York. He was transported to the Quartatine hospital, where he died.

DUSM Kirby, On today, the 146th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country.

BPA Mike Casey United States Border Patrol(Retired) September 1st, 2025

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147 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Kirby served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 1, 1879

Age 40

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Duty related illness

Deputy U.S. Marshal James Kirby 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 DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

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.

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service

of 313 officers

4.5% Illness

DC — Statewide

137

of 1,419 officers

9.7% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness