Roll of Honor
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 884 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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- July 23, 2026
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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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Ronald Rudy Butler served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Deputy Sheriff Ronald Rudy Butler 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%.
At Bexar County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 18 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ronald Rudy Butler's cause is highlighted.
How Ronald Rudy Butler Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Ronald Rudy Butler is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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