Roll of Honor
David Alan Marshall
Incident
Patrol Officer David Marshall died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Marshall was a United States Army veteran of the Gulf War. He had served with the Texas Christian University Police Department for five years and had previously served with the Fort Worth Police Department for 30 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Patrol Officer David Alan Marshall died on May 1, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 61.
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 wife, two daughters, son, grandchildren, mother, and two brothers.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Patrol Officer Marshall gave the Texas Christian University Police Department 35 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Worth community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrol Officer Marshall.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
David Alan Marshall served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Patrol Officer David Alan Marshall 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. David Alan Marshall's cause is highlighted.
How David Alan Marshall Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. David Alan Marshall is highlighted in May.