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Robert John Vidimos II
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Correctional Officer

Robert John Vidimos II

Iowa Department of Corrections — Des Moines, IA
COVID-19 → Illness
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End of Watch November 16, 2020
Age 58
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Also Remembered Department 13

Incident

Correctional Officer R.J. Vidimos died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women at 420 Mill Street SW in Mitchellville.

Officer Vidimos had served with the Iowa Department of Corrections for one year.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Correctional Officer Robert John Vidimos II died on November 16, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 58.

He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 3 at Iowa 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, son, daughter, and grandson.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Officer Vidimos gave the Iowa Department of Corrections 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Iowa. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Vidimos.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Iowa Department of Corrections
Type Corrections
Location Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Platform Identity idcorr.polk.ia.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 16, 2020
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 58
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail COVID19

The Sacrifice · Illness

Robert is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2020, 346 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 2nd heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Robert was 58. 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. Robert had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

November holds 7.8% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Mondays: 14.2%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Iowa Department of Corrections has 14 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

Across the years
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Where

Correctional Officer Robert John Vidimos II

Iowa Department of Corrections · End of Watch November 16, 2020

Where the Name Is Cut

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