Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy First Class Douglas Clark died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Deputy Clark had served with the Manatee County Sheriff's Office for 13 years and had previously served with the Hardee Correctional Institution.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy First Class Douglas Lynn Clark died on August 25, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 67.
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 father, wife, six children, and 11 grandchildren.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy First Class Clark gave the Manatee County Sheriff's Office 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bradenton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy First Class Clark.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy First Class Douglas Lynn Clark 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 FL, 81 of 1,008 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Manatee County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Douglas Lynn Clark's cause is highlighted.
How Douglas Lynn Clark Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Douglas Lynn Clark is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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