Roll of Honor
Joseph Francis Quillen, Jr.
Incident
Detention Officer Joseph Quillen died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Collin County Detention Facility at 4300 Community Avenue in McKinney.
Officer Quillen was a United States Navy veteran and had served with the Collin County Sheriff's Office for 19 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detention Officer Joseph Francis Quillen, Jr. died on December 1, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 51.
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 and three sons.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detention Officer Quillen gave the Collin County Sheriff's Office 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the McKinney community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detention Officer Quillen.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Joseph Francis Quillen, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Detention Officer Joseph Francis Quillen, 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 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 Collin County Sheriff's Office, 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. Joseph Francis Quillen, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Joseph Francis Quillen, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Francis Quillen, Jr. is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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