Roll of Honor
Marshall Lee "Bem" London, Jr.
Incident
Corrections Officer Marshall London died after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among staff at the Lincoln County Jail.
Officer London had served with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office for 16 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corrections Officer Marshall Lee "Bem" London, Jr. died on May 18, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 66.
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 children and grandchildren.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corrections Officer London gave the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Brookhaven community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer London.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corrections Officer Marshall Lee "Bem" London, Jr. 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 MS, 7 of 349 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2% of this state's fallen. That is 7.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Lincoln County Sheriff's Dept., 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Marshall Lee "Bem" London, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Marshall Lee "Bem" London, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Marshall Lee "Bem" London, Jr. is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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