Roll of Honor
Joshua Lee Pierson
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Joshua Pierson died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Benton County Administration Building at 215 E Central Avenue in Bentonville.
Deputy Pierson was a United States Army veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and had served with the Benton County Sheriff's Office for nine years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Joshua Lee Pierson died on November 25, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 39.
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 son, daughter, father, two sisters, and fiancé.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Pierson gave the Benton County Sheriff's Office 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bentonville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Pierson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Joshua Lee Pierson served in the Army (2000â2004) before joining law enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff Joshua Lee Pierson 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 Benton County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 20% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joshua Lee Pierson's cause is highlighted.
How Joshua Lee Pierson Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Joshua Lee Pierson is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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