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Patrolman Walter B. Holcomb
San Diego Police Department
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End of Watch: October 21, 1918
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Patrolman Walter B. Holcomb died on Oct. 21, as a result of contracting Spanish influenza. At the time he contracted the disease, he was transporting a flu victim to the hospital. The virus was part of a worldwide epidemic at the time.
Holcomb had been with the San Diego Police Department for nine years.
His wife and two children survived him.
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