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Juan Menchaca
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Deputy Sheriff

Juan Menchaca

Harris County Sheriff's Office — Houston, TX
COVID-19 → Illness
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End of Watch June 13, 2020
Age 70
Tour of Duty 32 yrs
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Also Remembered Department 55

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Juan Menchaca died as a result of complications after contracting COVID-19 while on duty.

Deputy Menchaca had served with the Harris County Sheriff's Office for 14 years and was assigned to the Courts Division. He had over 32 years of law enforcement experience and had previously served with the Nacogdoches Police Department and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Parole Division.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Deputy Sheriff Juan Menchaca died on June 13, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 70.

He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 7 at Harris County Sheriff's Office.

Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.

Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and seven children.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Menchaca gave the Harris County Sheriff's Office 32 years.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Menchaca.

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

Agency

Department Harris County Sheriff's Office
Type Sheriff's Office
Location Houston, Harris County, TX
Platform Identity hcso.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 13, 2020
Tour of Duty 32 yrs
Age 70
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Juan is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2020, 346 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 2nd heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Juan was 70. 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. Juan had served 32 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

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

June holds 4.9% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Saturdays: 13.9%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Harris County Sheriff's Office has 56 officers remembered here, Juan among them.

Across the years
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Where

Deputy Sheriff Juan Menchaca

Harris County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch June 13, 2020

Where the Name Is Cut

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