Roll of Honor
Juvencio Garcia, Jr.
Incident
Corporal Juvencio Garcia died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Corporal Garcia had served with the Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District Police Department for 11 years and had previously served nine years with the Starr County Sheriff's Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corporal Juvencio Garcia, Jr. died on January 15, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.
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, two daughters, and a son.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corporal Garcia gave the Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District Police Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Rio Grande community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Garcia.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Juvencio Garcia, 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Juvencio Garcia, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Juvencio Garcia, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Juvencio Garcia, Jr. is highlighted in Jan.