Roll of Honor
Gregory Randall Young
Incident
Police Officer Gregory Young died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Young was a United States Air Force veteran. He served 20 years with the Wichita County District Attorney as an investigator, retiring as Chief Investigator. Afterwards, he went on to serve as a police officer for Vernon College, capping off a total of 23 years as a Texas Peace Officer.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Gregory Randall Young died on September 1, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.
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 and one son.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Young gave the Vernon College Police Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Vernon community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Young.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Gregory Randall Young served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Gregory Randall Young 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 TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 8.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Gregory Randall Young's cause is highlighted.
How Gregory Randall Young Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Gregory Randall Young is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
Military Service
Gregory Randall Young served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.
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