Roll of Honor
Incident
Captain Jeff Sewell died as the result of complications after contracted COVID-19 while on duty.
Captain Sewell had served with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol for 32 years and was assigned to the Officers Assistance Program.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Captain Jeffery Wade Sewell died on September 26, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 58.
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 wife, two daughters, and five grandchildren.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Captain Sewell gave the Oklahoma Highway Patrol 32 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oklahoma. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Sewell.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Captain Jeffery Wade Sewell 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 OK, 21 of 582 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.6% of this state's fallen. That is 5.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 1 of 39 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jeffery Wade Sewell's cause is highlighted.
How Jeffery Wade Sewell Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jeffery Wade Sewell is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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