Roll of Honor
Chad P. Christiansen
His Life
Officer Chad Christiansen died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty while working at 100 Independence Drive in Camp Douglas.
Officer Christiansen had served with the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs - Volk Field Security Forces for two years and was deputized by the Juneau County Sheriff's Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Officer Chad P. Christiansen died on December 18, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 49.
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 parents and two brothers.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Officer Christiansen gave the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Camp Douglas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Christiansen.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
His Life Details
Officer Chad P. Christiansen is one of 3,037 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.3% of all 32,587 officers honored here.
In WI, 7 of 317 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.3%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Chad P. Christiansen's cause is highlighted.
How Chad P. Christiansen Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Chad P. Christiansen is highlighted in Dec.