Roll of Honor
Vincent R. Butler
Incident
Senior Correctional Police Officer Vince Butler died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the South Woods State Prison at 215 S. Burlington Road in Bridgeton.
Officer Butler had served with the New Jersey Department of Corrections for 23 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Senior Correctional Police Officer Vincent R. Butler died on December 28, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 49.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 6 at New Jersey Department of Corrections.
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, three daughters, two sons, and a sister.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Senior Correctional Police Officer Butler gave the New Jersey Department of Corrections 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Correctional Police Officer Butler.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Senior Correctional Police Officer Vincent R. Butler 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 NJ, 77 of 646 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 11.9% of this state's fallen. That is 2.8 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At New Jersey Department of Corrections, 8 of 32 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Vincent R. Butler's cause is highlighted.
How Vincent R. Butler Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Vincent R. Butler is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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