Deputy Game Warden

Gasper Ratto

Illness
End of Watch February 11, 1902
Age 54
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Game Warden Gasper Ratto died of blood poisoning which he contracted two months earlier while conducting inspections at an Illinois Central Railroad station in Chicago. The blood poisoning was the result of a cut he suffered when cutting open boxes while inspecting packages for illegal fish and game.

Deputy Game Warden Ratto had served with the Illinois Department of Conservation for four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and nine children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Game Warden Ratto gave the Illinois Department of Conservation 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Springfield community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Game Warden Ratto.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Springfield, Sangamon County, IL
Platform Identity idcdlecons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 11, 1902
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Age 54
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Duty related illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

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

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1902, 2 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 46th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

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Who

Gasper was 54. 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. Gasper had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

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When

February holds 6.1% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Tuesdays: 13.3%.

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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.

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His people

Illinois Department of Conservation - Division of Law Enforcement has 13 officers remembered here, Gasper among them.

Deputy Game Warden Gasper Ratto

Illinois Department of Conservation - Division of Law Enforcement · End of Watch February 11, 1902

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 54-E

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