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Deputy Sheriff Willie Hall died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to the McCalla Substation at 5977 Eastern Valley Road in McCalla.
Deputy Hall had served with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office for two years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Willie Earl Hall died on September 14, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.
He is one of 885 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 and two children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Hall gave the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the Birmingham community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Hall.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Willie Earl Hall served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.
The Sacrifice · Illness
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has lost 24 officers; 1 of them lost to illness.
Willie is one of 23 officers lost to illness in AL, 3.6% of the 643 remembered there.
Willie is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.
Willie 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, 10 officers in AL 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
Willie was 48. Of the 23 lost to illness in AL whose age is recorded, half were between 44 and 57; the middle age was 50. Willie had served 24 years; the middle length of service was 20.5 years.
Willie was 48. 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. Willie had served 24 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
Willie was 48. Of the 2,916 lost to illness worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 39 and 56; the middle age was 49. Willie had served 24 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
When
September holds 13% of these deaths in AL; August holds the most, 21.7%. Tuesdays: 13%.
September holds 11.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Tuesdays: 13.3%.
September holds 9.8% of these deaths worldwide; October holds the most, 12.6%. Tuesdays: 13.8%.
How
Illness deaths account for 4.2% of all 24 deaths at Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 3.6% of all 643 deaths in AL, the 4th 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
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has 24 officers remembered here, Willie among them.
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Robert King Vann Sep 27, 1889
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B. W. Tierce Jul 15, 1894
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Charles M. Cole Jul 24, 1894
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James Walton Smith Jul 24, 1894
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Robert W. Warnock Nov 27, 1898
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Robert Gardner Jul 17, 1908
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Otha Zeiglar Dent Aug 9, 1908
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David Olius Battle
Dec 25, 1910
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James Crawford Bonner
Sep 26, 1913
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Robert Smith Feb 6, 1922
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Jesse G. Thomas Feb 20, 1922
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Samuel Lewis Williams Oct 11, 1927
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Harry B. Lamb
Jul 17, 1928
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Milton F. Ferguson Sep 1, 1943
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Dewey Rickles
Apr 14, 1948
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Phillip Samuel Feld Jul 16, 1980
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Charles Ivan Baker Nov 21, 1981
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Volmer Durwood Owen Sep 4, 1986
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Donald Lawrence Cokeroft
Sep 17, 1988
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James Felton Judd
Jul 14, 1993
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John Henry Kennedy, Jr.
Jul 14, 1993
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William Gerome Hardy
Jul 19, 1995
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Henry Lloyd Brooks
Jan 18, 1997
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Willie Earl Hall
Sep 14, 2021
Where
Military Service
Willie Earl Hall served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.
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What is kept
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