Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Frank Williams died as the result of blood poisoning, which he contracted when he injured his knee while chasing a suspected thief 10 days earlier.
He was chasing the subject through a dark alley when he injured his leg.
Patrolman Williams served with the Chicago Police Department for less than three years. He was assigned to the Thirty-Fifth Street Station and is buried at Saint James at Sag Bridge Church Cemetery in Sag Bridge, Illinois.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and four children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
135 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Williams gave the Chicago Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Frank 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 IL, 66 of 1,318 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Chicago Police Department, 46 of 571 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Frank Williams's cause is highlighted.
How Frank Williams Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Frank Williams is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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