Roll of Honor
Rachel Elizabeth Vielmas
Incident
Location: Georgia Incident Date: Not available
Deportation Officer Rachel Vielmas died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Atlanta Field Office at 180 Ted Turner Drive SW.
Officer Vielmas had served with the United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations for ten years and previously served with the United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol for five years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Supervisory Deportation Officer Rachel Elizabeth Vielmas died on July 23, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 40.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 13 at United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations.
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
She is survived by her parents, brother, sister, grandfather, and four nephews.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Supervisory Deportation Officer Vielmas gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 15 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Supervisory Deportation Officer Vielmas.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Supervisory Deportation Officer Rachel Elizabeth Vielmas 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 - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations, 13 of 15 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 86.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Rachel Elizabeth Vielmas's cause is highlighted.
How Rachel Elizabeth Vielmas Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Rachel Elizabeth Vielmas is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
14 officers from United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations are honored on badge.nw.
