Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Roy Gomez died as a result of complications after contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
Deputy Gomez had served with the Wharton County Sheriff's Office for 12 years and was assigned to supervise the Inmate Work Squad.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Raul Adam Gomez died on October 26, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 46.
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 two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Gomez gave the Wharton County Sheriff's Office 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Wharton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Gomez.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Raul Adam Gomez 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 Wharton County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 6 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Raul Adam Gomez's cause is highlighted.
How Raul Adam Gomez Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Raul Adam Gomez is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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