Roll of Honor
Incident
Correctional Officer David Ragle died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Northpoint Training Center at 710 Walter Reed Road in Burgin.
Officer Ragle had served with the Kentucky Department of Corrections for 20 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Officer David M. Ragle died on December 19, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 66.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 4 at Kentucky 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
He is survived by his wife, daughter, and two grandchildren.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Officer Ragle gave the Kentucky Department of Corrections 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Kentucky. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Ragle.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer David M. Ragle 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 KY, 21 of 983 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.1% of this state's fallen. That is 7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Kentucky Department of Corrections, 4 of 17 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 23.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. David M. Ragle's cause is highlighted.
How David M. Ragle Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. David M. Ragle is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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