Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Michael Ambrosino died after contracting COVID-19 as the result of a presumed exposure while on duty.
Corporal Ambrosino had served with the Horry County Police Department for seven years and had served in law enforcement for 36 years. He had previously served as a law enforcement in New York state with the New York State Department of Corrections, Philmont Police Department, and Coxsackie Police Department.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corporal Michael Ambrosino died on August 19, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 58.
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.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corporal Ambrosino gave the Horry County Police Department 36 years.
Thank you for your service to the Conway community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Ambrosino.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Michael Ambrosino 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 Horry County Police Department, 1 of 6 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Ambrosino's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Ambrosino Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Ambrosino is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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