Ronald Rudy Butler
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Deputy Sheriff

Ronald Rudy Butler

Bexar County Sheriff's Office — San Antonio, TX
End of Watch September 3, 2021
Age 56
Tour of Duty 31 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Ronald Butler died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.

Deputy Butler was a United States Marine Corps veteran. He had served with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office for 31 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Deputy Sheriff Ronald Rudy Butler died on September 3, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 56.

He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 2 at Bexar County Sheriff's Office.

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

Deputy Butler is survived by his wife and two daughters.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Butler gave the Bexar County Sheriff's Office 31 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Antonio community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Butler.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Platform Identity bcso.bexar.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 3, 2021
Tour of Duty 31 yrs
Age 56
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Ronald Rudy Butler served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Illness

Ronald is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2021, 564 officers in the United States were lost to illness, more than in any other year.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Ronald was 56. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Ronald had served 31 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

September holds 11.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Fridays: 14.8%.

By month
By day of the week
IV

How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Bexar County Sheriff's Office has 18 officers remembered here, Ronald among them.

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Where

Deputy Sheriff Ronald Rudy Butler

Bexar County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch September 3, 2021

Military Service

Ronald Rudy Butler served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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His full service record — units, decorations, where he served — is kept on salute.nw.

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 19-W

Also Remembered

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