Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Michael Condron died as a result of complications from influenza while performing his assigned duties during the Influenza Pandemic.
He was on duty when he became ill and was hospitalized. For a week, Patrolman Condron rallied until his condition worsened, and he passed away at Hillcrest Hospital.
Patrolman Condron served with the Pittsfield Police Department for five years. He was survived by his wife, daughter, and parents. His father had also served in law enforcement.
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Patrolman Michael Francis Condron died on October 11, 1918 of influenza contracted in the line of duty. He was 39.
He is one of 201 officers honored here.
The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed more people worldwide than the war that preceded it. Police officers worked it without vaccines, without antibiotics, and often without masks, enforcing quarantines, transporting the sick, and standing posts in cities where the dead outpaced the undertakers.
They caught it doing the job. There was no treatment to give them.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, and parents.
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Tributes
No vaccine, no antibiotics, and you stood the post anyway.
Patrolman Condron gave the Pittsfield Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Pittsfield community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Condron.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Michael Francis Condron is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 12.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Pittsfield Police Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Francis Condron's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Francis Condron Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Francis Condron is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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