Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Chandler Moore died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in a confirmed exposure while performing traffic-related duties at the Arkansas/Tennessee border.
Sergeant Moore served with the Arkansas Highway Patrol for 11 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Matthew Chandler Moore died on September 5, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 34.
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, two children, and parents.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Moore gave the Arkansas Highway Police 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Little Rock community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Moore.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Matthew Chandler Moore 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 AR, 17 of 372 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.6% of this state's fallen. That is 4.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Arkansas Highway Police, 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. Matthew Chandler Moore's cause is highlighted.
How Matthew Chandler Moore Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Matthew Chandler Moore is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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