Roll of Honor
Incident
Senior Deputy Phillip Barron Jr. died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while serving as a the School Resource Officer at Liberty Academy, 1110 Sam Houston Drive, Victoria.
Deputy Barron had served with the Victoria County Sheriff's Office for eight years. He had previously served with the Victoria Police Department for 25 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Senior Deputy Phillip David Barron, Jr. died on September 24, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 54.
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
Deputy Baron 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.
Senior Deputy Barron gave the Victoria County Sheriff's Office 33 years.
Thank you for your service to the Victoria community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Deputy Barron.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Senior Deputy Phillip David Barron, 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 Victoria County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 20% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Phillip David Barron, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Phillip David Barron, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Phillip David Barron, Jr. is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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