Roll of Honor
Armando Cantu, Jr.
Incident
Corporal Mando Cantu died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Corporal Cantu was a United States Marine Corps Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran who had served 14 years with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department and was assigned to Narcotics and served at the Yucaipa Station.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corporal Armando Cantu, Jr. died on November 18, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 43.
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, son, parents, and brother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corporal Cantu gave the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Bernardino community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Cantu.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Armando Cantu, Jr. served in the Marine Corps (1997â2005) before joining law enforcement.
Corporal Armando Cantu, Jr. 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 CA, 75 of 1,837 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.1% of this state's fallen. That is 5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At San Bernardino County Sheriff's Dept., 1 of 18 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Armando Cantu, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Armando Cantu, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Armando Cantu, Jr. is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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