Roll of Honor
Shawn P. Hennessee
Incident
Location: Nevada Incident Date: Not available
Senior Federal Air Marshal Shawn Hennessee died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Senior Federal Air Marshal Hennessee was a United States Air Force veteran who served 18 years with the United States Department of Homeland Security - Transportation Security Administration - Federal Air Marshal Service and was assigned to the Las Vegas Field Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Senior Federal Air Marshal Shawn P. Hennessee died on August 26, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 51.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at United States Department of Homeland Security - Transportation Security Administration - Federal Air Marshal Service.
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, brother, and sister.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Senior Federal Air Marshal Hennessee gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 31 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Federal Air Marshal Hennessee.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Shawn P. Hennessee served in the Air Force (1989â2002) before joining law enforcement.
Senior Federal Air Marshal Shawn P. Hennessee 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 TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At United States Department of Homeland Security - Transportation Security Administration - Federal Air Marshal Service, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Shawn P. Hennessee's cause is highlighted.
How Shawn P. Hennessee Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Shawn P. Hennessee is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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