Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Gregory Triplett died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 during the department's response to a flood that killed 20 people.
Officer Triplett had served with the Waverly Police Department for 26 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Gregory Lynn Triplett died on September 26, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.
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 five children.
In Our Keeping
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Triplett gave the Waverly Police Department 26 years.
Thank you for your service to the Waverly community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Triplett.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Gregory Lynn Triplett 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 Waverly Police Department, 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. Gregory Lynn Triplett's cause is highlighted.
How Gregory Lynn Triplett Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Gregory Lynn Triplett is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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