Roll of Honor
Incident
Corrections Officer Coy Coffman died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty at the Telford Unit in New Boston, Texas.
Officer Coffman was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for nine years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corrections Officer Coy Dale Coffman Jr. died on April 26, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 65.
He is one of 884 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 wife and one child.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corrections Officer Coffman gave the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Coffman.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Coy Dale Coffman Jr. served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Corrections Officer Coy Dale Coffman Jr. 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 TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 8.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, 55 of 124 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Coy Dale Coffman Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Coy Dale Coffman Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Coy Dale Coffman Jr. is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
Military Service
Coy Dale Coffman Jr. served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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