Ronnie Nile Fox
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Corporal

Ronnie Nile Fox

McAlester Police Department — McAlester, OK
Accident
End of Watch July 30, 1981
Age 38
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Corporal Ronnie Fox, Detective David Sheehan, and Narcotics Agent Billy Morgan were killed when their plane crashed into Jack Fork Mountain in southeastern Oklahoma. The officers were searching for marijuana fields at the time. Corporal Fox had served with the McAlester Police Department for 12 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-OK-957F0159
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Fox gave the McAlester Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the McAlester community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Fox.

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

Agency

Location McAlester, OK
Platform Identity mpd.pittsburg.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 30, 1981
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Corporal Ronnie Nile Fox 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 McAlester Police Department, 3 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

McAlester Police Department
3
of 7 officers
42.9% Accident
OK — Statewide
135
of 582 officers
23.2% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ronnie Nile Fox's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Ronnie Nile Fox Compares

Age at End of Watch
38
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
12
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Ronnie Nile Fox is highlighted in Jul.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location