Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Christopher Elder died of complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in a confirmed exposure while on duty at the Milford Police Department.
Officer Elder had served with the Milford Police Department for eight years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Christopher Lynn Elder died on December 20, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 40.
He is one of 884 officers honored here.
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 three children and sister.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Elder gave the Milford Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Milford community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Elder.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Christopher Lynn Elder 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 TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Christopher Lynn Elder's cause is highlighted.
How Christopher Lynn Elder Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Christopher Lynn Elder is highlighted in Dec.