Roll of Honor
Incident
Master Sergeant Henry Turner died after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among staff and inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.
Sergeant Turner had served with the Louisiana Department of Corrections for 24 years. He is survived by his wife and three sons. Two of his sons also work for the agency.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Master Sergeant Henry Turner died on July 18, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 65.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Louisiana 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 and three sons.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Master Sergeant Turner gave the Louisiana Department of Corrections 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Louisiana. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Master Sergeant Turner.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Master Sergeant Henry Turner 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 LA, 28 of 595 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.7% of this state's fallen. That is 4.4 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Louisiana Department of Corrections, 2 of 12 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry Turner's cause is highlighted.
How Henry Turner Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Henry Turner is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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