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Patrolman

Karl E. Bushong

Ohio State Highway Patrol — Columbus, OH

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch June 7, 1937

Age 40

Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo

Badge 83

The Vigil Panel 73 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 41

Incident

Patrolman Karl Bushong was killed in an automobile crash on US Route 20 two miles east of Geneva while administering a driver's license test. The applicant crashed head-on into an oncoming vehicle while Patrolman Bushong was in the passenger seat. He was the only one injured. Patrolman Bushong was a United States Marine Corps veteran of WWI and had served with the Ohio State Highway Patrol for 3.5 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: August 2, 2026
Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
Patrolman Bushong gave the Ohio State Highway Patrol 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Ohio, 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 Ohio State Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Columbus, OH

Platform Identity oshp.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 7, 1937

Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo

Age 40

Badge Number 83

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Karl E. Bushong served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Karl E. Bushong 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 32.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Ohio State Highway Patrol, 33 of 42 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 78.6% of this agency's fallen.

Ohio State Highway Patrol

of 42 officers

78.6% Accident

OH — Statewide

318

of 991 officers

32.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident