Roll of Honor
Edward Chavez Jamandron
Incident
Senior Correctional Police Officer Ed Jamandron died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the East Jersey State Prison at 1100 Woodbridge Road in Rahway.
Officer Jamandron was a United States Army veteran and served with the New Jersey Department of Corrections for 17 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Senior Correctional Police Officer Edward Chavez Jamandron died on January 15, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 52.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 6 at New Jersey 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 mother, wife, three sons, daughter, and grandson.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Senior Correctional Police Officer Jamandron gave the New Jersey Department of Corrections 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Correctional Police Officer Jamandron.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Edward Chavez Jamandron served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Senior Correctional Police Officer Edward Chavez Jamandron 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 NJ, 77 of 646 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 11.9% of this state's fallen. That is 2.8 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At New Jersey Department of Corrections, 8 of 32 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edward Chavez Jamandron's cause is highlighted.
How Edward Chavez Jamandron Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Edward Chavez Jamandron is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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