Roll of Honor
Christopher Shane Simpkins
Incident
Location: Louisiana Incident Date: Not available
Border Patrol Agent Shane Simpkins died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty while assigned to the Lake Charles Border Patrol Station in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Border Patrol Agent Simpkins was an Alabama National Guard veteran and had served with the United States Border Patrol for 24 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Border Patrol Agent Christopher Shane Simpkins died on April 12, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.
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, mother, and siblings.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Border Patrol Agent Simpkins gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 24 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Simpkins.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Christopher Shane Simpkins served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Border Patrol Agent Christopher Shane Simpkins 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. Christopher Shane Simpkins's cause is highlighted.
How Christopher Shane Simpkins Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Christopher Shane Simpkins is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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