Trooper Rondal Ray Alexander
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Oklahoma

End of Watch: Monday, July 3, 1978
Cause: Aircraft accident

Biographical Info
Age: 33
Tour of Duty: 4 years
Badge Number: 361

Trooper Alexander and Trooper Richard Oldaker were killed in an airplane accident. Trooper Oldaker was flying the plane and Trooper Alexander and a Ft. Sill soldier were observers. They were on a low-fly mission over the Salk Fork River near Hollis when the plane struck a utility pole wire and crashed. All three occupants were killed on impact.

 
Photograph: Trooper Rondal Ray Alexander

Patch image: Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Oklahoma

Visit Trooper Alexander's memorial at www.ODMP.org