Roll of Honor
Thomas Daniel Roberts, Jr.
Incident
Correctional Officer III Thomas Roberts died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Officer Roberts had served with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice for almost seven years and was assigned to the Tabor Correctional Institute's Transportation Unit.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Officer III Thomas Daniel Roberts, Jr. died on November 16, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 59.
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 four children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Officer III Roberts gave the North Carolina Department of Public Safety 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer III Roberts.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer III Thomas Daniel Roberts, 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 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. Thomas Daniel Roberts, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Thomas Daniel Roberts, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas Daniel Roberts, Jr. is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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