Incident
Senior Police Officer Mark Hall died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
Officer Hall was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the New Orleans Police Department for 35 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Senior Police Officer Mark Albert Hall Sr. died on April 30, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 53.
He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 3 at New Orleans Police Department.
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, daughter, and son.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Senior Police Officer Hall gave the New Orleans Police Department 35 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Police Officer Hall.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Mark Albert Hall Sr. served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.
The Sacrifice · Illness
New Orleans Police Department has lost 128 officers; 4 of them lost to illness.
Mark is one of 28 officers lost to illness in LA, 4.7% of the 595 remembered there.
Mark is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.
Mark is one of 2,979 officers lost to illness worldwide, 8.7% of the 34,103 remembered here.
34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 2020, 19 officers in LA were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
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.
In 2020, 347 officers worldwide were lost to illness, the 2nd heaviest of 197 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 566.
Who
Mark was 53. Of the 28 lost to illness in LA whose age is recorded, half were between 39.8 and 65; the middle age was 56. Mark had served 35 years; the middle length of service was 22 years.
Mark was 53. 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. Mark had served 35 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
Mark was 53. Of the 2,916 lost to illness worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 39 and 56; the middle age was 49. Mark had served 35 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
When
April holds 25% of these deaths in LA, more than any other month. Thursdays: 14.3%.
April holds 6.9% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Thursdays: 15.7%.
April holds 7.6% of these deaths worldwide; October holds the most, 12.6%. Thursdays: 15.2%.
How
Illness deaths account for 3.1% of all 128 deaths at New Orleans Police Department, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 4.7% of all 595 deaths in LA, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 8.7% of all 34,103 deaths worldwide, the 3rd most common cause.
His people
New Orleans Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Mark among them.
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James Norton Dec 24, 1840
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Frederick Samuel Sieber Nov 9, 1851
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John Dunn Mar 28, 1855
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Alexander Algeo Mar 26, 1856
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Thomas Bird Mar 2, 1858
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Francis Gebhardt Nov 5, 1868
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James Crofton Oct 4, 1869
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John McDonough Feb 5, 1877
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Samuel Page Aug 23, 1879
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David C. Hennessy
Oct 16, 1890
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John Hurley
Apr 4, 1892
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Thomas Fitzgerald Aug 10, 1892
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Albert Turregano Feb 9, 1893
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John Pettaway Oct 10, 1893
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John H. Keller
Nov 18, 1894
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Nicholas J. Weber Jan 1, 1895
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John Teen Apr 27, 1896
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Anthony Cleary May 6, 1898
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Martin Trimp May 6, 1898
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Richard Fitzgerald
Jun 10, 1898
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Thomas Duffy May 11, 1899
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Michael Hanley May 10, 1900
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John Day
Jul 24, 1900
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Peter J. Lamb
Jul 24, 1900
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John F. Lally
Jul 27, 1900
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Andrew Van Kuren Jul 27, 1900
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Gabriel J. Porteous
Jul 28, 1900
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John Thomas Mar 10, 1901
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Charles Doyle Feb 7, 1903
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Robert J. Cambias, Jr.
Oct 18, 1907
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John J. Carroll
Aug 14, 1908
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Charles Merritt
Feb 14, 1911
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Joseph Lacoste
Nov 1, 1911
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Dennis Egan Sep 22, 1914
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Francis A. Burke
Jul 5, 1915
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Garry Owen Mullen
Aug 2, 1917
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James W. Reynolds
Aug 2, 1917
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William J. Brown
Dec 9, 1917
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Frank P. Connor Feb 14, 1918
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Patrick J. Kennedy Feb 14, 1918
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Theodore A. Obitz May 26, 1918
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Charles A. Giblin Jun 15, 1919
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Alfred J. Beyl Feb 19, 1920
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Roselius Folse Jul 20, 1920
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Pat Manning May 27, 1921
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Timothy Lynch, Jr. Feb 11, 1922
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George E. Heno Aug 15, 1922
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Lemmie L. Fortenberry Feb 17, 1924
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Jacob Uhle Dec 24, 1924
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Anthony Lynch Jul 7, 1925
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William C. Grunwald Dec 24, 1925
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Frank C. Mahen Feb 5, 1926
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Richard Connors Jan 3, 1928
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Albert Wiebelt
Jan 3, 1928
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Lester H. Johnson Jan 23, 1930
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William Blumstein Nov 24, 1930
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Ernest A. Grillot Dec 24, 1930
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Cornelius L. Ford
Mar 9, 1932
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Albert E. Oestriecher
Mar 9, 1932
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George P. Weidert
Mar 9, 1932
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James Louis Daniels Apr 16, 1933
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James T. Ford
Dec 1, 1934
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James A. Ranna Feb 4, 1938
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James J. Adams Dec 27, 1940
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Herman O. Raschke Jun 15, 1941
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Fred Krummel Jan 16, 1942
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George O'Donnell Dec 5, 1944
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Frederick L. Braud Sep 17, 1945
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Leslie J. Oster, Sr. Jul 31, 1947
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Nicholas G. Jacob
Sep 6, 1948
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Charles R. Johns
Jan 2, 1949
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Marvin R. Morton Dec 30, 1950
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George W. Heaney
Nov 29, 1951
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Benson J. Walker Aug 11, 1952
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Harold J. Powell Jan 11, 1955
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Percival A. Johnson, Sr.
Sep 10, 1955
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Lawrence H. Pool
Mar 13, 1956
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Paul L. C. Paretti
Feb 13, 1957
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Allen Charles Steele
Oct 16, 1959
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Dennis R. Fremin Apr 18, 1961
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Joseph J. Enright, III Aug 30, 1961
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Gilbert D. Benitez
Aug 13, 1963
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Charles T. Kramer
Mar 8, 1965
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Thomas F. Jackson
Feb 26, 1966
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James D. Clayton Sep 12, 1966
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Lloyd E. Verrett, Sr.
Oct 5, 1967
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Delmar E. Stone
Jun 26, 1968
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Peter Edward Bergeron, Jr.
Dec 12, 1969
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Victor Leo Bordeaux
Aug 26, 1970
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Alfred E. Harrell
Dec 31, 1972
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Philip J. Coleman, Sr.
Jan 7, 1973
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Paul A. Persigo
Jan 7, 1973
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Louis Joseph Sirgo
Jan 7, 1973
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Kasimer Zinga, Sr.
Feb 21, 1973
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Edwin C. Hosli, Sr.
Mar 5, 1973
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Dennis J. McInerney
Feb 26, 1974
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Joseph R. Tardiff, Jr.
Feb 28, 1975
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Thomas J. Albert, Sr.
Feb 21, 1979
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Ronald Leon Duplechain
Nov 17, 1979
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Gregory J. Neupert
Nov 8, 1980
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Noel Smith Feb 8, 1984
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Thomas Michael Phillips
Aug 28, 1987
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Earl Joseph Hauck, II
Mar 22, 1990
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Darren Ahmed
Mar 14, 1991
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Talton E. Jett, Sr.
Nov 17, 1992
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Ronald A. Williams, II
Mar 4, 1995
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Chris D. McCormick, Sr.
Jul 17, 1996
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Joseph C. Thomas
Jul 18, 1996
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Morris Donald Cavaliere Jr.
Apr 26, 1998
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Johnnie Mae Clanton
Jun 23, 1999
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Christopher Wayne Russell
Aug 4, 2002
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Alva Ray Simmons
Jul 10, 2004
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George August Tessier, III
Jul 14, 2004
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LaToya Nicole Johnson
Aug 9, 2004
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Christopher John Doyle, III
Nov 19, 2005
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Thelonious Anthony Dukes, Sr.
Nov 9, 2007
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Nicola Diane Cotton
Jan 28, 2008
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Alfred Louis Celestain, Sr.
Jan 11, 2010
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Rodney Renee Thomas
Jul 7, 2013
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Daryle S. Holloway
Jun 20, 2015
Military Service
Mark Albert Hall Sr. served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.
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