Roll of Honor
Edward John Marcurella, Jr.
Incident
Sergeant Edward Marcurella died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 during a presumed exposure while on duty.
Sergeant Marcurella was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Colleton County Sheriff's Office for 11 years and had a total of 35 years of law enforcement service.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Edward John Marcurella, Jr. died on January 16, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 55.
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, seven children, parents, and four siblings.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Marcurella gave the Colleton County Sheriff's Office 35 years.
Thank you for your service to the Walterboro community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Marcurella.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Edward John Marcurella, Jr. served in the Army (1984â1984) before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant Edward John Marcurella, 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 SC, 10 of 438 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.3% of this state's fallen. That is 6.8 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Colleton County Sheriff's Dept., 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edward John Marcurella, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Edward John Marcurella, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Edward John Marcurella, Jr. is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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