Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Raul Salazar died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
Sergeant Salazar had served with the Nueces County Sheriff's Office for seven years and had served in law enforcement for 22 years. He had previously served with the Beeville Police Department, Texas A&M University Kingsville Police Department, Kingsville Police Department, and Kleberg County Sheriff’s Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Raul Salazar, Jr. died on August 23, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 52.
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.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Salazar gave the Nueces County Sheriff's Office 22 years.
Thank you for your service to the Corpus Christi community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Salazar.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Raul Salazar, 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 Nueces County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 9 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Raul Salazar, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Raul Salazar, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Raul Salazar, Jr. is highlighted in Aug.
Others Who Wore This Badge
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