Roll of Honor
Ledell Graham
Incident
Correctional Sergeant III Ledell Graham died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Tabor Correctional Institute at 4600 Swamp Fox Highway West in Tabor City.
Sergeant Graham was a United States Army veteran and had served with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice for over 26 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Sergeant III Ledell Graham died on August 30, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 61.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 10 at North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice.
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 two children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Sergeant III Graham gave the North Carolina Department of Public Safety 26 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Sergeant III Graham.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Ledell Graham served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Correctional Sergeant III Ledell Graham 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 NC, 37 of 664 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice, 10 of 31 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 32.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ledell Graham's cause is highlighted.
How Ledell Graham Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Ledell Graham is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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