Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Bryan Vannatta died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Deputy Vannatta was a third-generation law enforcement officer who had served with the Curry County Sheriff's Office for five years. He had previously served three years with the Texico Police Department and four years with the United States Border Patrol.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Bryan Vannatta died on January 3, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 34.
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 and two children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Vannatta gave the Curry County Sheriff's Office 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Clovis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Vannatta.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Bryan Vannatta 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 NM, 5 of 193 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.6% of this state's fallen. That is 6.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Bryan Vannatta's cause is highlighted.
How Bryan Vannatta Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Bryan Vannatta is highlighted in Jan.