End of Watch July 31, 2021
Age 48
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
Badge D-143
The Vigil Panel 176 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Location: Texas Incident Date: Not available

Border Patrol Agent Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.

Agent Acosta-Feliciano was a U.S. Army veteran. He had served with the United States Border Patrol for 15 years and was assigned to the Deming Station in the El Paso Sector. He had previously served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for six years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Border Patrol Agent Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano died on July 31, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 17 at United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol.

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, two sons, father, and five siblings.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Border Patrol Agent Acosta-Feliciano gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 21 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Acosta-Feliciano.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdhscbpusbpfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 31, 2021
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
Age 48
Badge Number D-143
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Border Patrol Agent Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In DC, 137 of 1,418 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 Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, 21 of 63 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol
21
of 63 officers
33.3% Illness
DC — Statewide
137
of 1,418 officers
9.7% Illness
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano Compares

Age at Death
48
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.7 years
Years of Service
21
This officer
Avg for Illness: 18.7 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano is highlighted in Jul.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
186
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
182
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
353
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285

Incident Location

Military Service

Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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