Roll of Honor
Peter Christopher Egan
Incident
Location: New York Incident Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022
Special Agent Peter Egan died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Special Agen Egan had served with the United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Investigations for 18 years assigned to the El Dorado Task Force and previously served with the U.S. Capital Police.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Special Agent Peter Christopher Egan died on June 1, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Investigations.
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 sons, his father, two brothers, and a sister.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Special Agent Egan gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 26 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Egan.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Special Agent Peter Christopher Egan 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 DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Investigations, 2 of 4 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Peter Christopher Egan's cause is highlighted.
How Peter Christopher Egan Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Peter Christopher Egan is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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