Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Jeffery Neel died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Corporal Neel was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for 20 years and previously served with the Hope Police Department.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corporal Jeffery Wayne Neel died on August 4, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 55.
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, four daughters, one brother, two sisters, and seven grandchildren.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corporal Neel gave the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission 22 years.
Thank you for your service to the Little Rock community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Neel.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jeffery Wayne Neel served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Corporal Jeffery Wayne Neel 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 AR, 17 of 372 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.6% of this state's fallen. That is 4.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, 1 of 8 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 12.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jeffery Wayne Neel's cause is highlighted.
How Jeffery Wayne Neel Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jeffery Wayne Neel is highlighted in Aug.
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