Roll of Honor
Gregory Cleveland Holland
Incident
Location: Arkansas Incident Date: Thursday, August 5, 2021
Special Agent Greg Holland died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 as the result of a presumed exposure while on duty at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Law Enforcement Training Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
Special Agent Holland was a U.S. Army veteran. He had served with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police Services for 10 years and had previously served with the Pine Bluff Police Department for 16 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Special Agent Gregory Cleveland Holland died on August 13, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 47.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police Services.
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 fiancée, three daughters, mother, and four siblings.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Special Agent Holland gave the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police Services 26 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Holland.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Gregory Cleveland Holland served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Special Agent Gregory Cleveland Holland 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 DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police Services, 2 of 11 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 18.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Gregory Cleveland Holland's cause is highlighted.
How Gregory Cleveland Holland Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Gregory Cleveland Holland is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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