Kenneth Dean Strang
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Second Lieutenant

Kenneth Dean Strang

Oklahoma Highway Patrol — Oklahoma City, OK
Accident
End of Watch March 1, 1980
Age 38
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
Badge 57
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Gender Male

Incident

Lieutenant Strang was killed in an automobile accident while en route to his residence. He had just completed a ten-hour shift during a severe ice storm when his cruiser spun out and struck a bridge abutment, killing him instantly. Lieutenant Strang had been with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol for 14 years.

Survivors

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

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Second Lieutenant Strang gave the Oklahoma Highway Patrol 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oklahoma. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Second Lieutenant Strang.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK
Platform Identity ohp.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 1, 1980
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
Age 38
Badge Number 57
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Kenneth is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1980, 71 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 44th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Kenneth was 38. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Kenneth had served 14 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

March holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Oklahoma Highway Patrol has 39 officers remembered here, Kenneth among them.

Second Lieutenant Kenneth Dean Strang

Oklahoma Highway Patrol · End of Watch March 1, 1980

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 45-W

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