Roll of Honor
Incident
Unit Team Supervisor Gabe Morales died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among employees and inmates at the El Dorado Correctional Facility.
Supervisor Morales had served with the Kansas Department of Corrections for six years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Unit Team Supervisor Gabe Morales died on December 22, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 42.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 3 at Kansas 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 wife, two children, mother, and three siblings.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Unit Team Supervisor Morales gave the Kansas Department of Corrections 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Kansas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Unit Team Supervisor Morales.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Unit Team Supervisor Gabe Morales is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In KS, 14 of 335 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.2% of this state's fallen. That is 4.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Kansas Department of Corrections, 3 of 12 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. Gabe Morales's cause is highlighted.
How Gabe Morales Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Gabe Morales is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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