Mark Albert Hall, Sr.
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Senior Police Officer

Mark Albert Hall, Sr.

New Orleans Police Department — New Orleans, LA
Illness Veteran
End of Watch April 30, 2020
Age 53
Tour of Duty 35 yrs
Badge 1786
The Vigil Panel 171 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Senior Police Officer Mark Hall died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty.

Officer Hall was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the New Orleans Police Department for 35 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Senior Police Officer Mark Albert Hall, Sr. died on April 30, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 53.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 3 at New Orleans Police Department.

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, daughter, and son.

In Our Keeping

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Senior Police Officer Hall gave the New Orleans Police Department 35 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Police Officer Hall.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location New Orleans, LA
Platform Identity nopd.orleans.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 30, 2020
Tour of Duty 35 yrs
Age 53
Badge Number 1786
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Mark Albert Hall, Sr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Senior Police Officer Mark Albert Hall, Sr. 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 LA, 28 of 595 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.7% of this state's fallen. That is 4.4 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

At New Orleans Police Department, 4 of 128 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.1% of this agency's fallen.

New Orleans Police Department
4
of 128 officers
3.1% Illness
LA — Statewide
28
of 595 officers
4.7% Illness
Nationwide
2,974
of 32,508 officers
9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Mark Albert Hall, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Mark Albert Hall, Sr. Compares

Age at End of Watch
53
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.8 years
Years of Service
35
This officer
Avg for Illness: 18.9 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Mark Albert Hall, Sr. is highlighted in Apr.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
185
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
181
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
291
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285