Billy Dewayne Allen Sr.
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Captain

Billy Dewayne Allen Sr.

Illness
End of Watch December 6, 2020
Age 49
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Gender Male

Incident

Location: Oklahoma Incident Date: Not available

Captain Billy Allen died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 during a presumed exposure while on duty.

Captain Allen had served with the Fort Sill Police Department for 25 years.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Captain Billy Dewayne Allen Sr. died on December 6, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 49.

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 six children.

In Our Keeping

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August 2, 2026

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Captain Allen served with the United States Department of Defense.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Allen.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Fort Sill, OK
Platform Identity usddfspd.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 6, 2020
Age 49
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail COVID19

Captain Billy Dewayne Allen Sr. is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In OK, 21 of 582 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

United States Department of Defense - Fort Sill Police Department
1
of 1 officers
100% Illness
OK — Statewide
21
of 582 officers
3.6% Illness
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Billy Dewayne Allen Sr.'s cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Billy Dewayne Allen Sr. Compares

Age at Death
49
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.7 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Billy Dewayne Allen Sr. is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
186
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
182
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
353
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285

Incident Location

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