Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Lee Vance died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among employees of the Hinds County Sheriff's Office and inmates in the Hinds County Jail.
Sheriff Vance had served with the Hinds County Sheriff's Office for four years and had previously served with the Jackson Police Department for 27-1/2 years, where he retired as the police chief.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sheriff Lee D. Vance died on August 3, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 63.
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 five adult children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sheriff Vance gave the Hinds County Sheriff's Office 31 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jackson community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Vance.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Lee D. Vance 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 Hinds County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 20% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lee D. Vance's cause is highlighted.
How Lee D. Vance Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Lee D. Vance is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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