Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Bill McClendon was killed when his patrol car collided with a tractor-trailer rig near mile marker 260 on the Will Rogers Turnpike northeast of Claremore.
Trooper McClendon succumbed to his injuries at 1:20 PM.
The tractor-trailer driver was injured and was taken by helicopter to a Tulsa hospital, where he also died from his injuries.
Trooper McClendon had served with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol for eight years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, two sons, and daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper McClendon gave the Oklahoma Highway Patrol 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oklahoma. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper McClendon.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Trooper William Lloyd McClendon 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Lloyd McClendon's cause is highlighted.
How William Lloyd McClendon Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. William Lloyd McClendon is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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