Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Willie Hall died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to the McCalla Substation at 5977 Eastern Valley Road in McCalla.
Deputy Hall had served with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office for two years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Willie Earl Hall died on September 14, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.
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 and two children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Hall gave the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the Birmingham community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Hall.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Willie Earl Hall served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Deputy Sheriff Willie Earl Hall 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 AL, 23 of 643 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.6% of this state's fallen. That is 5.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 24 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Willie Earl Hall's cause is highlighted.
How Willie Earl Hall Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Willie Earl Hall is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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