Roll of Honor
Kevin Patrick Kennedy, Jr.
Incident
Reserve Deputy Kevin Kennedy Jr. died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Reserve Deputy Kennedy was a United States Marine Corps veteran. He had served as a reserve deputy with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office for over 21 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Reserve Deputy Kevin Patrick Kennedy, Jr. died on December 26, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 73.
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, three sons, daughter, and three grandchildren.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Reserve Deputy Kennedy gave the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the North Platte community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Deputy Kennedy.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Kevin Patrick Kennedy, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Reserve Deputy Kevin Patrick Kennedy, Jr. 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 NE, 5 of 151 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.3% of this state's fallen. That is 5.8 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kevin Patrick Kennedy, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Kevin Patrick Kennedy, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Kevin Patrick Kennedy, Jr. is highlighted in Dec.