Roll of Honor
Incident
Incident Date: Monday, July 20, 2020
Sheriff Abraham Vega died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Sheriff Vega had served with the Lynn County Sheriff's Office for 19 years and as Sheriff for three years. He previously served with the Tahoka Police Department and the Tahoka Independent School District Police Department's first Chief of Police.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sheriff Abraham Martin Vega died on July 11, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.
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, daughter, son, two step-children, mother, father, sister, brother, and granddaughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sheriff Vega gave the Lynn County Sheriff's Office 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tahoka community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Vega.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Abraham Martin Vega 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 Lynn County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Abraham Martin Vega's cause is highlighted.
How Abraham Martin Vega Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Abraham Martin Vega is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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