Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Tommy Cudd died from complications of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Sergeant Cudd had served in law enforcement for 37 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Tommy W. Cudd died on January 28, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 60.
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 and two sons.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Cudd gave the Union County Sheriff's Office 37 years.
Thank you for your service to the Union community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Cudd.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Tommy W. Cudd 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 SC, 10 of 438 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.3% of this state's fallen. That is 6.8 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Union County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Tommy W. Cudd's cause is highlighted.
How Tommy W. Cudd Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Tommy W. Cudd is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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