Roll of Honor
Steven H. Armbruster
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Steven Armbruster died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Deputy Armbruster was a United States Army veteran who served nine years with the Lehigh County Sheriff's Office. He had previously served two years with the Emmaus Police Department, Weisport Police Department as the Chief of Police, and twenty years with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education as a State Commissioned Police Officer.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Steven H. Armbruster died on December 23, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 54.
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
Deputy Armbruster is survived by his wife and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Armbruster gave the Lehigh County Sheriff's Office 31 years.
Thank you for your service to the Allentown community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Armbruster.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Steven H. Armbruster served in the Army (1986â1989) before joining law enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff Steven H. Armbruster 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 PA, 121 of 1,261 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.6% of this state's fallen. That is 0.5 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At Lehigh County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 20% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Steven H. Armbruster's cause is highlighted.
How Steven H. Armbruster Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Steven H. Armbruster is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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