Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant John Williams passed away after suffering a medical emergency following his response to a shooting call.
The shooting occurred in an apartment complex and involved a 3-year-old victim. Sergeant Williams was on scene of the incident when he began to experience symptoms of an acute medical emergency. He was transported to a local hospital where he passed away a short time later.
Sergeant Williams had served with the Coralville Police Department for 28 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, four children, and six grandchildren.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
28 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Williams gave the Coralville Police Department 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Coralville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Williams.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant John K. Williams 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 IA, 12 of 226 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.3% of this state's fallen. That is 3.8 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 K. Williams's cause is highlighted.
How John K. Williams Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. John K. Williams is highlighted in Jul.