Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, Texas
End of Watch Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Add to My HeroesLebouath A. Boua
Corrections Officer IV Lebouath Boua died after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among staff and inmates at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony, Texas.
Officer Boua had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for four years. He is survived by two children.
Beginning in early 2020, thousands of law enforcement officers and other first responders throughout the country contracted COVID-19 during the worldwide pandemic due to requirements of their job. Many of these first responders have died as a result of COVID-19, and continue to do so as the virus spreads across the United States.
Bio
- Age 61
- Tour 4 years
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause COVID19
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View all 62 ReflectionsOn behalf of the Ohio Attorney Generals Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, our thoughts and prayers are with the immediate family Corrections Officer IV Lebouath Boua and the extended law enforcement family of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division, Texas.
End of Watch Friday, August 12, 2020.
Rest in Peace brother and watch over us. We will protect and serve from here on in your honor.
I fight not for glory or fame, for they are momentary. I fight for those who can't. I fight for Justice. I fight for the oppressed and the down trodden. And if I should lose my life for these just causes, then I have no regrets, For I serve to protect the innocent. It matters not where or when, for evil knows no boundaries. Be it fire, flood, or the threat of tyranny, I will not flee. Justice is my weapon. Faith is my shield. Hope is my armor. Cry not at my passing, for it was my Honor to fight for you. Shed not tears of sorrow, But tears of joy, for now, I stand with God.
By Jon F. Hooper
"Greater love hath no man than this; that a man lay down his life for his friends."
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