Roll of Honor
Michael Donovan Teachout
Incident
Correctional Officer Mike Teachout died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty while assigned to the Clarinda Correctional Facility.
Officer Teachout is survived by his wife, three children, three grandchildren, mother, and siblings.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Officer Michael Donovan Teachout died on November 28, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 63.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 3 at Iowa Department of Corrections.
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
Officer Teachout is survived by his wife, three children, three grandchildren, mother, and siblings.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Officer Teachout gave the Iowa Department of Corrections 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Iowa. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Teachout.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer Michael Donovan Teachout 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 IA, 12 of 226 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.3% of this state's fallen. That is 3.8 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Iowa Department of Corrections, 3 of 14 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 21.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Donovan Teachout's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Donovan Teachout Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Donovan Teachout is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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