Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Dennis Dixon died as the result of contracting COVID-19 while he was assigned to the Child Support Enforcement Unit. He was required to visit residents throughout Catawba County and at the Catawba County Detention Facility.
Deputy Dixon had served with the Catawba County Sheriff's Office for 34 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Dennis Wayne Dixon died on August 16, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 63.
He is one of 884 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, two sons, and four grandchildren.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Dixon gave the Catawba County Sheriff's Office 34 years.
Thank you for your service to the Newton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Dixon.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Dennis Wayne Dixon is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NC, 37 of 664 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Catawba County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Dennis Wayne Dixon's cause is highlighted.
How Dennis Wayne Dixon Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Dennis Wayne Dixon is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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