Roll of Honor
Michael Robert Flagg
Incident
Correctional Sergeant II Michael Flagg died as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty at the Piedmont Correctional Institution in Salisbury, North Carolina.
Sergeant Flagg was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force where he served in the U.S. Air Force Security Police. He had served with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety for 29 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Sergeant II Michael Robert Flagg died on October 26, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 58.
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 daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Sergeant II Flagg gave the North Carolina Department of Public Safety 29 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Sergeant II Flagg.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Michael Robert Flagg served in the Air Force (1980â1992) before joining law enforcement.
Correctional Sergeant II Michael Robert Flagg 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. Michael Robert Flagg's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Robert Flagg Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Robert Flagg is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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