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Trooper

Ronald Everett O'Neal

Georgia State Patrol — Atlanta, GA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch January 10, 1984

Age 39

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Badge 709

The Vigil Panel 127 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 28

Incident

Trooper Ronald O'Neal was killed in an automobile crash during a high-speed pursuit on I-95 in Liberty County. Trooper O'Neal was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Georgia State Patrol for 13 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Trooper O'Neal gave the Georgia State Patrol 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Georgia State Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Atlanta, GA

Platform Identity ghp.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 10, 1984

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Age 39

Badge Number 709

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Weapon Not available

Military Service

Ronald Everett O'Neal served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Ronald Everett O'Neal is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In GA, 264 of 904 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Georgia State Patrol, 24 of 29 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 82.8% of this agency's fallen.

Georgia State Patrol

of 29 officers

82.8% Accident

GA — Statewide

264

of 904 officers

29.2% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident