Roll of Honor
Sean Rahina Wilson
Incident
Juvenile Corrections Officer Sean Wilson died after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among staff and juvenile offenders at the Giddings State School in Lee County, Texas.
Officer Wilson had served with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department for six years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Juvenile Corrections Officer Sean Rahina Wilson died on June 28, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 43.
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 son.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Juvenile Corrections Officer Wilson gave the Texas Juvenile Justice Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Austin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Juvenile Corrections Officer Wilson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Juvenile Corrections Officer Sean Rahina Wilson 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Sean Rahina Wilson's cause is highlighted.
How Sean Rahina Wilson Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Sean Rahina Wilson is highlighted in Jun.