Roll of Honor
Jay Miller
Incident
Correctional Officer Jay Miller died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to the Washington Corrections Center for Women at 9601 Bujacich Road in Gig Harbor.
Officer Miller was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Washington State Department of Corrections for 31 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Officer Jay Miller died on February 11, 2023 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 52.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 5 at Washington State Department of Corrections.
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 three sons.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Officer Miller gave the Washington State Department of Corrections 31 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Washington. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Miller.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jay Miller served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Correctional Officer Jay Miller 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 WA, 19 of 339 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 Washington State Department of Corrections, 5 of 11 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 45.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jay Miller's cause is highlighted.
How Jay Miller Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jay Miller is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
10 officers from Washington State Department of Corrections are honored on badge.nw.
