Roll of Honor
Robert Allan Mayer, Jr.
Incident
Special Agent Robert Mayer died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Special Agent Mayer had served with the United Customs and Border Protection - Office of Professional Responsibility for two yeas and was assigned to the Del Rio Sector. He had previously served with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Homeland Security Investigations for 17 years and the Val Verde County, Texas, Sheriff's Office for nine years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Special Agent Robert Allan Mayer, Jr. died on January 30, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 51.
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, two daughters, and mother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Special Agent Mayer gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 28 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Mayer.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Special Agent Robert Allan Mayer, 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert Allan Mayer, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Robert Allan Mayer, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Robert Allan Mayer, Jr. is highlighted in Jan.