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Special Agent

Wayne Douglas Snyder

Georgia Department of Corrections — Atlanta, GA

Veteran → Illness

End of Watch January 23, 2021

Age 61

Tour of Duty 38 yrs

The Vigil Panel 174 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 37

Incident

Special Agent Wayne Snyder died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.

Special Agent Snyder was a United States Marine Corps veteran who had served with the Georgia Department of Corrections for seven years and was assigned to the Office of Professional Standards. He had previously served with the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice for one year after retiring from the Atlanta Police Department with 30 years of service.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Special Agent Wayne Douglas Snyder died on January 23, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 61.

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, daughter, and two sons.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Special Agent Snyder gave the Georgia Department of Corrections 38 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Snyder.

— 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 January 23, 2021

Tour of Duty 38 yrs

Age 61

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Wayne Douglas Snyder served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1977â1980) before joining law enforcement.

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Special Agent Wayne Douglas Snyder 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 GA, 63 of 904 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 7% of this state's fallen. That is 7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

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 904 officers

7% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Illness