Roll of Honor
Incident
Detention Officer Dwight Willis died as the result of complications after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among employees and inmates at the Greene County Jail.
Detention Officer Willis had served with the Greene County Sheriff's Office for 19 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detention Officer Dwight Eugene Willis died on November 22, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 56.
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.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detention Officer Willis gave the Greene County Sheriff's Office 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Springfield community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detention Officer Willis.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detention Officer Dwight Eugene Willis 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 MO, 26 of 813 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.2% of this state's fallen. That is 5.9 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Greene County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 10 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 10% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Dwight Eugene Willis's cause is highlighted.
How Dwight Eugene Willis Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Dwight Eugene Willis is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
9 officers from Greene County Sheriff's Office are honored on badge.nw.
