Roll of Honor
Anthony Lynn Hardie
His Life
Correctional Lieutenant III Anthony Hardie died as the result of complications from contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty while assigned to the Tabor Correctional Institutional in Tabor City, North Carolina.
Lieutenant Hardie was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety for 13 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Lieutenant III Anthony Lynn Hardie died on February 6, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.
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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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Lieutenant III Hardie gave the North Carolina Department of Public Safety 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Lieutenant III Hardie.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
His Life Details
Military Service
Anthony Lynn Hardie served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Correctional Lieutenant III Anthony Lynn Hardie is one of 3,037 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.3% of all 32,587 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 3.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.3%.
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. Anthony Lynn Hardie's cause is highlighted.
How Anthony Lynn Hardie Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Anthony Lynn Hardie is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
Military Service
Anthony Lynn Hardie served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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