Roll of Honor
Harry Robert Cieszynski, Jr.
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Harry Cieszynski died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Deputy Cieszynski was a United States Marine Corps veteran who served over 25 years with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Harry Robert Cieszynski, Jr. died on August 23, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.
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 five children and parents.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Cieszynski gave the Brevard County Sheriff's Office 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Titusville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Cieszynski.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Harry Robert Cieszynski, Jr. served in the Marine Corps (1990â1994) before joining law enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff Harry Robert Cieszynski, 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 FL, 81 of 1,008 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Brevard County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 8 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 12.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harry Robert Cieszynski, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Harry Robert Cieszynski, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Harry Robert Cieszynski, Jr. is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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