Roll of Honor
Harry Marvin "Buddy" Hutchinson, Jr.
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Harry Hutchinson died as the result of contracting COVID-19 while he was assigned to the Blount County Courthouse at 220 2nd Avenue East.
Deputy Hutchinson was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. He had served with the Blount County Sheriff's Office for over 20 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Harry Marvin "Buddy" Hutchinson, Jr. died on August 21, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 70.
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
Deputy Hutchinson is survived by his wife and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Hutchinson gave the Blount County Sheriff's Office 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Oneonta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Hutchinson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Harry Marvin "Buddy" Hutchinson, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Deputy Sheriff Harry Marvin "Buddy" Hutchinson, Jr. 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 Blount County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harry Marvin "Buddy" Hutchinson, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Harry Marvin "Buddy" Hutchinson, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Harry Marvin "Buddy" Hutchinson, Jr. is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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