Roll of Honor
Enrique J. Rositas, Jr.
Incident
Border Patrol Agent Enrique Rositas died after contracting COVID-19 during a presumed exposure while on duty at the McAllen Station.
Agent Rositas was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He had served with the United States Border Patrol for 22 years and was assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Border Patrol Agent Enrique J. Rositas, Jr. died on July 11, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 53.
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, son, and daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Border Patrol Agent Rositas gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 22 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Rositas.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Enrique J. Rositas, Jr. served in the Air Force (1985â1997) before joining law enforcement.
Border Patrol Agent Enrique J. Rositas, 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. Enrique J. Rositas, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Enrique J. Rositas, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Enrique J. Rositas, Jr. is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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