Roll of Honor
Incident
Location: Arkansas Incident Date: Saturday, September 28, 1918
Sergeant Felix Allen died as a result of complications of Spanish Influenza after contracting the disease while transporting a prisoner.
He had left Memphis to return an Army deserter to Camp Pike (present-day Joseph T. Robinson Camp) in Little Rock, Arkansas. While at Camp Pike Sergeant Allen complained of feeling ill and his condition became gradually worse upon returning to his home in the 1300 block of Court Avenue in the Midtown neighborhood of Memphis. Sergeant Allen died as a result of complications of Spanish Influenza at his home 10 days later.
Sergeant Allen had served with the Memphis Police Department for less than six years. He was survived by his wife and one son. His body was taken to his hometown of Batesville, Arkansas, where he was buried at Kyler Cemetery.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and one son.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Allen gave the Memphis Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Memphis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Allen.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Felix Allen 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 TN, 43 of 769 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Memphis Police Department, 16 of 94 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 17% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Felix Allen's cause is highlighted.
How Felix Allen Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Felix Allen is highlighted in Oct.
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