Glenn R. Skeens Jr.
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Corrections Officer V

Glenn R. Skeens Jr.

End of Watch September 7, 2021
Age 58
Tour of Duty 34 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Correctional Officer V Glenn Skeens died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Alfred D. Hughes Correctional Institution in Gatesville.

Officer Skeens had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for 34 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Corrections Officer V Glenn R. Skeens Jr. died on September 7, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 58.

He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 55 at Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division.

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 fiancé and three children.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corrections Officer V Skeens gave the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 34 years.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer V Skeens.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Huntsville, Walker County, TX
Platform Identity tdcjcidcorr.walker.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 7, 2021
Tour of Duty 34 yrs
Age 58
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail COVID19

Military Service

Glenn R. Skeens Jr. served in the U.S. Army (1981–1985) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Illness

Glenn 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 2021, 564 officers in the United States were lost to illness, more than in any other year.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Glenn was 58. 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. Glenn had served 34 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

September holds 11.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Tuesdays: 13.3%.

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
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His people

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division has at least 120 officers remembered here, Glenn among them.

Across the years
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Where

Corrections Officer V Glenn R. Skeens Jr.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division · End of Watch September 7, 2021

Military Service

Glenn R. Skeens Jr. served in the U.S. Army (1981–1985) before joining law enforcement.

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