Roll of Honor
Craig Alan Kriner
Incident
Location: West Virginia Incident Date: Not available
Special Deputy Marshal Craig Kriner died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Wheeling Federal Building and Courthouse on 1125 Chapline Street in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Special Deputy Marshal Kriner was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the United States Marshals Service for eight years. He had previously served with the Wheeling Police Department for 24 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Special Deputy Marshal Craig Alan Kriner died on January 23, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 66.
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, daughter, and grandson.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Special Deputy Marshal Kriner gave the United States Department of Justice 32 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Deputy Marshal Kriner.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Craig Alan Kriner served in the U.S. Air Force (1974â1978) before joining law enforcement.
Special Deputy Marshal Craig Alan Kriner 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. Craig Alan Kriner's cause is highlighted.
How Craig Alan Kriner Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
Military Service
Craig Alan Kriner served in the U.S. Air Force (1974–1978) before joining law enforcement.
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