Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman James Rogers died as a result of complications of heatstroke when he was overcome by the heat three days earlier during the 1896 Eastern North America Heat Wave.
He was found prostrated by the heat on duty near 325 W. 21st Street and rushed to New York Hospital where he died three days later.
Patrolman Rogers served with the New York Police Department for 3-1/2 years and was attached to the West 20th Street Police Station.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
130 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Rogers gave the New York Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman James J. Rogers is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At New York City Police Department, 283 of 1237 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 22.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James J. Rogers's cause is highlighted.
How James J. Rogers Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James J. Rogers is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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