Roll of Honor
Christopher Ray Wilson
Incident
Sergeant Christopher Wilson died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Sergeant Wilson had served with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for 17 years and had previously served with the San Saba County and Bell County. He had been a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Warden and Special Investigator.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Christopher Ray Wilson died on August 26, 2021 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 four children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Wilson gave the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Austin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Wilson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Christopher Ray 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%.
At Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Law Enforcement Division, 1 of 14 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 7.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Christopher Ray Wilson's cause is highlighted.
How Christopher Ray Wilson Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Christopher Ray Wilson is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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