Roll of Honor
Ronald Mason Hunter, Jr.
Incident
Location: California Incident Date: Not available
Section Chief Hunter died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to the Pacific Enforcement Response Center in Laguna Niguel, California.
Section Chief Hunter had served with the United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations for 25 years.
Section Chief Hunter, On today, the 2nd anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.
R.I.P. A fellow DHS Officer
Anonymous United States Border Patrol August 9th, 2023
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Section Chief Ronald Mason Hunter, Jr. died on August 9, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 13 at United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations.
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.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Section Chief Hunter gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 25 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Section Chief Hunter.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Section Chief Ronald Mason Hunter, Jr. 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 DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations, 13 of 15 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 86.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ronald Mason Hunter, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Ronald Mason Hunter, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Ronald Mason Hunter, Jr. is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
14 officers from United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations are honored on badge.nw.
