Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Jack Gutherie died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty while serving at the North Lake Campus at 5001 N MacArthur Boulevard in Irving.
Corporal Gutherie was a United States Air Force veteran. He had served with the Dallas College Police Department for over 17 years and had previously served with the Dallas County Constable's Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corporal Jack Lee Guthrie, Jr. died on December 9, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 74.
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 two sons and daughter.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corporal Guthrie gave the Dallas College Police Department 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Guthrie.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jack Lee Guthrie, Jr. served in the Air Force (1966â1970) before joining law enforcement.
Corporal Jack Lee Guthrie, Jr. 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 TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jack Lee Guthrie, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Jack Lee Guthrie, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jack Lee Guthrie, Jr. is highlighted in Dec.