Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Lonnie Lejeune died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Corporal Lejeune was a United States Navy veteran who served with the Missouri State Highway Patrol for 26 years and was assigned to the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corporal Lonnie Raymond Lejeune died on December 10, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 58.
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, brother, and two sisters.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corporal Lejeune gave the Missouri State Highway Patrol 26 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Missouri. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Lejeune.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Lonnie Raymond Lejeune served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Corporal Lonnie Raymond Lejeune 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 Missouri State Highway Patrol, 1 of 33 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lonnie Raymond Lejeune's cause is highlighted.
How Lonnie Raymond Lejeune Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Lonnie Raymond Lejeune is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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