Officer Rank: Special Deputy U.S. Marshal
Memorial Panel: 27-W -33
Department: U.S. Marshals Service
End of Watch: 02/08/2021
Cause: COVID-19
Age: 67
Length of Service: 44 Years
Special Deputy U.S. Marshal Gala contracted COVID-19 during the commission of his job duties at the Wheeling Federal Building and Courthouse in Wheeling, West Virginia and succumbed to complications of COVID-19 on February 8, 2021.