Roll of Honor
David Alan Christensen
Incident
Correctional Officer David Christensen died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among employees and inmates at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen.
Officer Christensen was a U.S. Army veteran and had served in law enforcement for 40 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Officer David Alan Christensen died on December 29, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 62.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 5 at Washington State Department of Corrections.
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 son and three sisters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Officer Christensen gave the Washington State Department of Corrections 40 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Washington. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Christensen.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
David Alan Christensen served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Correctional Officer David Alan Christensen 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 WA, 19 of 339 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Washington State Department of Corrections, 5 of 11 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 45.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. David Alan Christensen's cause is highlighted.
How David Alan Christensen Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. David Alan Christensen is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
10 officers from Washington State Department of Corrections are honored on badge.nw.
