Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Roger Mitchell died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to the Transportations Division.
Deputy Mitchell served with the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office for eight years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Roger Alan Mitchell died on August 24, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 67.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Sullivan County Sheriff's Dept..
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 one child.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Mitchell gave the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Blountville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Mitchell.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Roger Alan Mitchell 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 TN, 43 of 769 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%.
At Sullivan County Sheriff's Dept., 2 of 12 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Roger Alan Mitchell's cause is highlighted.
How Roger Alan Mitchell Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Roger Alan Mitchell is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
11 officers from Sullivan County Sheriff's Dept. are honored on badge.nw.
