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Special Agent Wayne Snyder died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Special Agent Snyder was a United States Marine Corps veteran who had served with the Georgia Department of Corrections for seven years and was assigned to the Office of Professional Standards. He had previously served with the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice for one year after retiring from the Atlanta Police Department with 30 years of service.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Special Agent Wayne Douglas Snyder died on January 23, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 61.
He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 12 at Georgia Department of Corrections.
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, and two sons.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Special Agent Snyder gave the Georgia Department of Corrections 38 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Snyder.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Wayne Douglas Snyder served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1977â1980) before joining law enforcement.
The Sacrifice · Illness
Georgia Department of Corrections has lost 38 officers; 12 of them lost to illness.
Wayne is one of 63 officers lost to illness in GA, 7% of the 905 remembered there.
Wayne is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.
Wayne is one of 2,979 officers lost to illness worldwide, 8.7% of the 34,103 remembered here.
34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 2021, 9 officers at Georgia Department of Corrections were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
In 2021, 43 officers in GA were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
In 2021, 564 officers in the United States were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
In 2021, 566 officers worldwide were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
Who
Wayne was 61. Of the 12 lost to illness at Georgia Department of Corrections whose age is recorded, half were between 46 and 57; the middle age was 54.5. Wayne had served 38 years; the middle length of service was 22 years.
Wayne was 61. Of the 62 lost to illness in GA whose age is recorded, half were between 42.3 and 57; the middle age was 54. Wayne had served 38 years; the middle length of service was 21.5 years.
Wayne was 61. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Wayne had served 38 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
Wayne was 61. Of the 2,916 lost to illness worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 39 and 56; the middle age was 49. Wayne had served 38 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
When
January holds 16.7% of these deaths at Georgia Department of Corrections; August holds the most, 25%. Saturdays: 25%.
January holds 15.9% of these deaths in GA; September holds the most, 30.2%. Saturdays: 15.9%.
January holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Saturdays: 13.9%.
January holds 9.9% of these deaths worldwide; October holds the most, 12.6%. Saturdays: 14.8%.
How
Illness deaths account for 31.6% of all 38 deaths at Georgia Department of Corrections, the 2nd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 7% of all 905 deaths in GA, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 8.7% of all 34,103 deaths worldwide, the 3rd most common cause.
His people
Georgia Department of Corrections has 38 officers remembered here, Wayne among them.
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Joseph Coody Mar 21, 1912
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Clyde M. Gresham
Aug 29, 1936
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Clarence Cox Nov 8, 1943
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Donald Boyd Smith Mar 29, 1970
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Richard H. Rogers Mar 29, 1970
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Dan Harrison
Jul 23, 1978
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Ralph Williams Kimbro Nov 15, 1978
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Frank Scott
Sep 18, 1980
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Wilson Morris Cartwright Nov 26, 1984
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Lee Franklin Coxwell Nov 15, 1986
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Walter Owen Fulford
Jan 24, 1990
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Eddie Mack Davis
Feb 27, 1997
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Tommie Lee Goggins
Feb 27, 1997
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Carlton R. Cherry, Sr.
Feb 27, 1997
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Wayne Herman Griglen
Feb 27, 1997
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James Grover Henderson, Jr.
Jun 3, 2002
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Eugene T. Groover, Jr.
Jul 9, 2004
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Jack Wesley Cannon
Aug 20, 2009
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Tiffany Danielle Bishop
Aug 31, 2011
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Larry L. Stell
Oct 11, 2012
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Da'Jhaun Gaitors
Oct 22, 2014
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Gregory Dale Mitchell
Jul 7, 2015
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James Bryan McCrystal
Jul 14, 2015
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Christopher James Monica
Jun 13, 2017
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Curtis Bernard Billue
Jun 13, 2017
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Roger Joe Hodge, Sr.
Apr 14, 2020
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Jerome McBurrough
Jun 23, 2020
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Onochie Sunday Ikedionwu
Aug 26, 2020
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Wayne Douglas Snyder
Jan 23, 2021
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David Eason
Jan 30, 2021
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Grace A. Bellamy
Feb 1, 2021
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Clayton Sanders
Aug 7, 2021
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Nicholas Anderson Boutwell
Aug 20, 2021
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Yashica Anderson Stephen
Sep 9, 2021
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Michael McKinnie
Sep 10, 2021
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Kimberly Montresa Barnes
Sep 13, 2021
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Terry Lorenzo Primus, Sr.
Dec 16, 2021
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Robert Danforth Clark
Oct 1, 2023
Where
Military Service
Wayne Douglas Snyder served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1977–1980) before joining law enforcement.
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Where the Name Is Cut
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 2-E
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.
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