Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Robert Ynclan died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while attending the Sheriff's Association of Texas Annual Training Conference at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center at 900 E Market Street in San Antonio.
Sheriff Ynclan had served as the Sheriff with the Gonzales County Sheriff's Office for nine months and had previously served with the Texas Department of Public Safety for 35 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sheriff Robert C. Ynclan died on September 5, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 63.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Gonzales County Sheriff's Office.
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, daughter, two sons, and three grandchildren.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sheriff Ynclan gave the Gonzales County Sheriff's Office 35 years.
Thank you for your service to the Gonzales community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Ynclan.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Robert C. Ynclan 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 Gonzales County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 7 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert C. Ynclan's cause is highlighted.
How Robert C. Ynclan Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Robert C. Ynclan is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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