Roll of Honor
Anthony Charles McGrew
Incident
Location: Georgia Incident Date: Friday, July 24, 2020
Special Deputy Marshal Anthony McGrew died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty at the federal courthouse in the Frank M. Scarlett Federal Building in Brunswick, Georgia.
Special Deputy Marshal McGrew was a U.S. Navy veteran. He had served with the United States Marshals Service for two years and had previously served with the Kingsland, Georgia, Police Department for 11 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Special Deputy Marshal Anthony Charles McGrew died on August 15, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 51.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 8 at United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service.
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, three children, and three grandchildren.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Special Deputy Marshal McGrew gave the United States Department of Justice 13 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Deputy Marshal McGrew.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Anthony Charles McGrew served in the U.S. Navy (1987â2007) before joining law enforcement.
Special Deputy Marshal Anthony Charles McGrew is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 9.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, 14 of 313 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Anthony Charles McGrew's cause is highlighted.
How Anthony Charles McGrew Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Anthony Charles McGrew is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Military Service
Anthony Charles McGrew served in the U.S. Navy (1987–2007) before joining law enforcement.
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