Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Rodney Mooneyham died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Detective Mooneyham was a United States Army veteran. He had served with the Denton Police Department for almost 11 years. He had previously served with the Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office for 10 months, the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office for seven months, and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Department for four years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detective Rodney Lane Mooneyham died on October 16, 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
Detective Mooneyham is survived by his wife and two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detective Mooneyham gave the Denton Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Denton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Mooneyham.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Rodney Lane Mooneyham served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Detective Rodney Lane Mooneyham 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 Denton Police Department, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Rodney Lane Mooneyham's cause is highlighted.
How Rodney Lane Mooneyham Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Rodney Lane Mooneyham is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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