Roll of Honor
Carlo Jay Cayabyab
Incident
Officer Carlo Cayabyab died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty at the Tecate Port of Entry in Tecate, California.
Officer Cayabyab had served with the United States Customs and Border Patrol - Office of Field Operations for 15 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Officer Carlo Jay Cayabyab died on September 16, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 47.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 29 at United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations.
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 mother, brother, and sister.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Officer Cayabyab gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 15 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Cayabyab.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Officer Carlo Jay Cayabyab is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 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 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, 30 of 39 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 76.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Carlo Jay Cayabyab's cause is highlighted.
How Carlo Jay Cayabyab Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Carlo Jay Cayabyab is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
38 officers from United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations are honored on badge.nw. Showing the 16 most recent.
