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Corporal

Lonnie Raymond Lejeune

Missouri State Highway Patrol — Jefferson City, MO

Veteran → Illness

End of Watch December 10, 2021

Age 58

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

The Vigil Panel 178 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 32

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.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 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

Department Missouri State Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Jefferson City, MO

Platform Identity mshp.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 10, 2021

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

Age 58

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Lonnie Raymond Lejeune served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Corporal Lonnie Raymond Lejeune is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 3.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

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.

Missouri State Highway Patrol

of 33 officers

3% Illness

MO — Statewide

of 813 officers

3.2% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Illness