Roll of Honor
Joseph Lloyd Greinke
Incident
Correctional Officer Joseph Greinke died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Pender Correctional Institution at 906 Penderlea Highway in Burgaw.
Officer Greinke was a United States Marine Corps veteran and completed tours in Iraq. He had served with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice for over five years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Officer Joseph Lloyd Greinke died on November 20, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 34.
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
Officer Greinke is survived by one child.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Officer Greinke gave the North Carolina Department of Public Safety 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Greinke.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Joseph Lloyd Greinke served in the Marine Corps (2004â2014) before joining law enforcement.
Correctional Officer Joseph Lloyd Greinke 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. Joseph Lloyd Greinke's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph Lloyd Greinke Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Lloyd Greinke is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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