Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Johnny Wang died from complications of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Sergeant Wang served with the South Houston Police Department for 20 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Kuo-sheng "Johnny" Wang died on August 19, 2021 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 and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Wang gave the South Houston Police Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the South Houston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Wang.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Kuo-sheng "Johnny" Wang 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 South Houston Police Dept., 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kuo-sheng "Johnny" Wang's cause is highlighted.
How Kuo-sheng "Johnny" Wang Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Kuo-sheng "Johnny" Wang is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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