Police Officer

Francis J. Fullum

Baltimore Police Department — Baltimore, MD
Illness
End of Watch November 22, 1872
Age 39
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Francis Fullum died after contracting smallpox while struggling with an infected man in the area of Federal Hill.

The man he encountered was acting delirious as a result of the disease. Despite obvious signs that the man was infected, Officer Fullum struggled with the man and was able to subdue him and take him to a medical facility. Officer Fullum began showing signs of smallpox several weeks later and died on November 22nd, 1872.

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154 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Fullum served with the Baltimore City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

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Type Other
Location Baltimore, MD
Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 22, 1872
Age 39
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Duty related illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Francis is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1872, 2 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 46th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Francis was 39. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

November holds 7.8% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Fridays: 14.8%.

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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Baltimore Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Francis among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Francis J. Fullum

Baltimore Police Department · End of Watch November 22, 1872

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 41-E

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