Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Chief Donald Hall died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Chief Hall had served with the Magnolia Police Department for 12 years and had previously served with the Warsaw Police Department for 11 years and the Duplin Sheriff's Office for two years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Chief Donald Hall died on September 26, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.
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 three children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Chief Hall gave the Magnolia Police Department 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Magnolia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Chief Hall.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Chief Donald Hall 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Donald Hall's cause is highlighted.
How Donald Hall Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Donald Hall is highlighted in Sep.