Roll of Honor
Incident
Correctional Officer V Mark Loecken died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Huntsville Unit at 815 12th Street in Huntsville.
Officer Loecken was a United States Army veteran who had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division for over 38 years.
Officer Loecken was a United States Army veteran who had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division for over 38 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corrections Officer V Mark A. Loecken died on January 10, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 68.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 55 at Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division.
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 four children, 11 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. He is survived by his four children, 11 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corrections Officer V Loecken gave the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 38 years.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer V Loecken.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Mark A. Loecken served in the Army (1971â1974) before joining law enforcement.
Corrections Officer V Mark A. Loecken 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 TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, 55 of 124 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Mark A. Loecken's cause is highlighted.
How Mark A. Loecken Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Mark A. Loecken is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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