Roll of Honor
Joseph William Lange
Incident
Parole Officer IV Joseph Lange died after contracting COVID-19 while performing offender supervision duties.
Officer Lange had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Parole Division for 25 years and was assigned to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Parole Officer IV Joseph William Lange died on July 1, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 56.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 5 at Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Parole 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 son, mother, father, and two half-sisters.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Parole Officer IV Lange gave the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Austin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Parole Officer IV Lange.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Parole Officer IV Joseph William Lange 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 - Parole Division, 5 of 5 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph William Lange's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph William Lange Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph William Lange is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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