Kenny Lee Osborn
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Trooper

Kenny Lee Osborn

Oklahoma Highway Patrol — Oklahoma City, OK
Accident
End of Watch July 13, 1978
Age 31
Tour of Duty 6 yrs
Badge 289
The Vigil Panel 120 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Osborn was struck by a tractor trailer and killed while investigating an abandoned vehicle on the Turner Turnpike in Creek County. The driver of the semi was charged with negligent homicide. Trooper Osborn had been with the agency for six years.

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BO-US-OK-BD558909
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Osborn gave the Oklahoma Highway Patrol 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oklahoma. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Osborn.

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

Agency

Location Oklahoma City, OK
Platform Identity ohp.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 13, 1978
Tour of Duty 6 yrs
Age 31
Badge Number 289
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Trooper Kenny Lee Osborn 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 Highway Patrol, 17 of 39 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 43.6% of this agency's fallen.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol
17
of 39 officers
43.6% 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. Kenny Lee Osborn'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 Kenny Lee Osborn Compares

Age at End of Watch
31
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
6
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Kenny Lee Osborn 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