Roll of Honor
Incident
Master Corporal Norman Daye died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while on duty.
Master Corporal Daye had served with the Guilford County Sheriff's Office for 16 years and was assigned to the Warrant Squad. He had previously served with the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Master Corporal Norman Odie Daye Jr. died on December 12, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 52.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Guilford County Sheriff's Department.
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 parents, brother, sister, and step-sister.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Master Corporal Daye gave the Guilford County Sheriff's Office 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Greensboro community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Master Corporal Daye.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Norman Odie Daye Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1987â1992) before joining law enforcement.
Master Corporal Norman Odie Daye Jr. 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 NC, 37 of 664 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 5.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Guilford County Sheriff's Department, 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 40% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Norman Odie Daye Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Norman Odie Daye Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Norman Odie Daye Jr. is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
Military Service
Norman Odie Daye Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1987–1992) before joining law enforcement.
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