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Jason Scott Pulliam
Incident
Correctional Officer Jason Pulliam died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center at 2727 Highway K in Bonne Terre.
Officer Pulliam had served with the Missouri Department of Corrections for 27 years and also held the rank of Functional Unit Manager.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Officer Jason Scott Pulliam died on October 15, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 49.
He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 8 at Missouri 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 was survived by his mother, father, two brothers, and two sisters.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Officer Pulliam gave the Missouri Department of Corrections 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Missouri. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Pulliam.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Illness
Missouri Department of Corrections has lost 20 officers; 8 of them lost to illness.
Jason is one of 26 officers lost to illness in MO, 3.1% of the 829 remembered there.
Jason is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.
Jason 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, 7 officers at Missouri Department of Corrections were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
In 2021, 10 officers in MO 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
Jason was 49. Of the 8 lost to illness at Missouri Department of Corrections whose age is recorded, half were between 55 and 61.5; the middle age was 59. Jason had served 27 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
Jason was 49. Of the 26 lost to illness in MO whose age is recorded, half were between 40 and 59; the middle age was 55.5. Jason had served 27 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
Jason was 49. 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. Jason had served 27 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
Jason was 49. Of the 2,916 lost to illness worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 39 and 56; the middle age was 49. Jason had served 27 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
When
October holds 12.5% of these deaths at Missouri Department of Corrections; July holds the most, 37.5%. Fridays: 12.5%.
October holds 15.4% of these deaths in MO; November holds the most, 19.2%. Fridays: 11.5%.
October holds 14.9% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Fridays: 14.8%.
October holds 12.6% of these deaths worldwide, more than any other month. Fridays: 14.9%.
How
Illness deaths account for 40% of all 20 deaths at Missouri Department of Corrections, the 2nd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 3.1% of all 829 deaths in MO, 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
Missouri Department of Corrections has 20 officers remembered here, Jason among them.
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William Bullard Jun 14, 1841
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Ephriam Allison
Nov 24, 1905
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John A. Clay Nov 24, 1905
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James W. Woods Mar 30, 1906
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Eli Jenkins Feb 28, 1918
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James Hart Feb 4, 1924
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Harold V. Atkinson
Jan 20, 1975
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Walter W. Farrow Jul 16, 1979
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Thomas Glenn Jackson, Sr.
Jul 3, 1983
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Rodney Charles Welch
Jan 14, 2002
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Debra Kay Collins
Mar 4, 2011
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Richard Allen Wright
Nov 19, 2020
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John Michael Bowe
Jan 27, 2021
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Leslie Lee Lentz
Jul 1, 2021
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Sonny Lee Orbin, Sr.
Jul 18, 2021
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Robert Lewis Welch, III
Jul 22, 2021
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Dennis Keith Bennett
Aug 12, 2021
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Jason Scott Pulliam
Oct 15, 2021
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John D. Luck
Dec 28, 2021
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Kelly Bernard Rolando
Oct 22, 2023
Where
Where the Name Is Cut
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 58-E
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.
Also Remembered
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