Deputy U.S. Marshal

James Kirby

Illness
End of Watch September 1, 1879
Age 40
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Gender Male

Incident

Marshal James Kirby died as a result of contracting yellow fever after he went aboard the schooner, Clotilde, to seize ownership due to debts owed by the owner.

The ship had been quarantined because a crew member died from yellow fever on the passage from Haiti to New York. He was transported to the Quartatine hospital, where he died.

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147 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Kirby served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 1, 1879
Age 40
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Duty related illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

James 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 1879, 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

James was 40. 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
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When

September holds 11.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Mondays: 14.2%.

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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

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service has at least 120 officers remembered here, James among them.

Across the years

Deputy U.S. Marshal James Kirby

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch September 1, 1879

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 64-W

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