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Deputy Warden

Roger Joe Hodge, Sr.

Georgia Department of Corrections — Atlanta, GA

Illness Veteran

End of Watch April 14, 2020

Age 48

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

The Vigil Panel 171 ›

Gender Male

His Life Service The Sacrifice Military Department 37

His Life

Deputy Warden Roger Hodge died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty at Calhoun State Prison in Morgan, Georgia.

Deputy Warden Hodge was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Georgia Department of Corrections for over 22 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Deputy Warden Roger Joe Hodge, Sr. died on April 14, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.

He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 12 at Georgia Department of Corrections.

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, five children, grandchildren, and siblings.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Warden Hodge gave the Georgia Department of Corrections 22 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Warden Hodge.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Georgia Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Atlanta, GA

Platform Identity gdcorr.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 14, 2020

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

Age 48

Gender Male

His Life Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Roger Joe Hodge, Sr. served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Deputy Warden Roger Joe Hodge, Sr. is one of 3,037 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.3% of all 32,585 officers honored here.

In GA, 63 of 903 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.3 percentage points below the national rate of 9.3%.

At Georgia Department of Corrections, 12 of 38 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 31.6% of this agency's fallen.

Georgia Department of Corrections

of 38 officers

31.6% Illness

GA — Statewide

of 903 officers

7% Illness

Nationwide

3,037

of 32,585 officers

9.3% Illness