Roll of Honor
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 Dept. 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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- July 23, 2026
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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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Wayne Douglas Snyder served in the Marine Corps (1977â1980) before joining law enforcement.
Special Agent Wayne Douglas Snyder 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 GA, 63 of 903 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Georgia Dept. of Corrections, 12 of 38 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 31.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Wayne Douglas Snyder's cause is highlighted.
How Wayne Douglas Snyder Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Wayne Douglas Snyder is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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