Roll of Honor
His Life
Police Officer Juan Gomez-Lopez died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Gomez was a U.S. Army veteran. He had served with the Pelham Police Department for 11 years and had previously served with the Albertville Police Department for four years. He was awarded the Shelby County Chamber Police Officer of the Year for Pelham posthumously.
Officer Gomez was a U.S. Army veteran. He had served with the Pelham Police Department for 11 years and had previously served with the Albertville Police Department for four years. He was awarded the Shelby County Chamber Police Officer of the Year for Pelham posthumously.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Juan Manuel Gomez-Lopez died on August 14, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 39.
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, daughter, and son.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Gomez-Lopez gave the Pelham Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Pelham community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Gomez-Lopez.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
His Life Details
Military Service
Juan Manuel Gomez-Lopez served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Juan Manuel Gomez-Lopez is one of 3,037 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.3% of all 32,586 officers honored here.
In AL, 23 of 643 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.6% of this state's fallen. That is 5.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.3%.
At Pelham Police Department, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Juan Manuel Gomez-Lopez's cause is highlighted.
How Juan Manuel Gomez-Lopez Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Juan Manuel Gomez-Lopez is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Military Service
Juan Manuel Gomez-Lopez served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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