Roll of Honor
Billy Fairl Morgan
Incident
Narcotics Agent Billy Morgan, Corporal Ronnie Fox, and Detective David Sheehan were killed when their plane crashed into Jack Fork Mountain in southeastern Oklahoma. The officers were searching for marijuana fields at the time. Agent Morgan was to become the first agent in charge of the new McAlester Office of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control that Monday.
Survivors
He was survived by his parents.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Narcotics Agent Morgan served with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Narcotics Agent Morgan.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Narcotics Agent Billy Fairl Morgan is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Billy Fairl Morgan's cause is highlighted.
How Billy Fairl Morgan Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Billy Fairl Morgan is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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