Roll of Honor
Salvador Martinez, Jr.
Incident
Location: Texas Incident Date: Not available
Border Patrol Agent Salvador Martinez Jr. died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty at the El Paso Sector at 8901 Montana Avenue in El Paso.
Border Patrol Agent Martinez had served with the United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol for over 19 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Border Patrol Agent Salvador Martinez, Jr. died on November 30, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 17 at United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol.
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, father, and two siblings.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Border Patrol Agent Martinez gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 19 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Martinez.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Border Patrol Agent Salvador Martinez, 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 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 - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, 21 of 63 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. Salvador Martinez, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Salvador Martinez, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Salvador Martinez, Jr. is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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