Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Randy Guidry died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Guidry was a United States Marine Corps veteran who had served with the Youngsville Police Department for two years. He had previously served with the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office, Lafayette Police Department, Abbeville Police Department, and Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Department over his 13-year law enforcement career.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Randy James Guidry died on July 30, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 34.
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
Officer Guidry is survived by his pregnant wife and son.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Guidry gave the Youngsville Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Youngsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Guidry.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Randy James Guidry served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer Randy James Guidry 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 LA, 28 of 595 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.7% of this state's fallen. That is 4.4 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Randy James Guidry's cause is highlighted.
How Randy James Guidry Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Randy James Guidry is highlighted in Jul.