Roll of Honor
Kenneth Paul Delano
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Ken Delano died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Deputy Delano was a United States Coast Guard veteran and had served in law enforcement for 20 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Paul Delano died on April 19, 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
He is survived by his wife, his mother, four sisters, and two brothers.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Delano gave the Essex County Sheriff's Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tappahannock community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Delano.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Kenneth Paul Delano served in the Coast Guard (1988â1992) before joining law enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Paul Delano 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 VA, 23 of 654 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.5% of this state's fallen. That is 5.6 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kenneth Paul Delano's cause is highlighted.
How Kenneth Paul Delano Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Kenneth Paul Delano is highlighted in Apr.