Roll of Honor
Incident
Park Ranger Thomas Booz died as the result of complications after contracting COVID-19 during a presumed exposure while on duty.
Park Ranger Booz had served with the Bucks County Department of Parks and Recreation for 32 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Park Ranger Thomas E. Booz died on June 6, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 64.
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, step-daughter, and siblings.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Park Ranger Booz gave the Bucks County Department of Parks and Recreation 32 years.
Thank you for your service to the Langhorne community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Park Ranger Booz.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Park Ranger Thomas E. Booz 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 Bucks County Department of Parks and Recreation, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas E. Booz's cause is highlighted.
How Thomas E. Booz Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas E. Booz is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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