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Billy Young

Case from Oklahoma City, OK dated May 26, 1978

Victim Details

Billy Young

Male

White / Caucasian

Oklahoma City

OK

1978-05-26

51

Billy

Young

06/30/2026

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In the line of duty, 51-year-old Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Billy G. Young was killed on May 26, 1978. He, along with two other officers, Trooper Houston 'Pappy' Summers, 62, and Second Lieutenant James Pat Grimes, 37, were actively searching for two escaped convicts who were wanted for a string of murders committed during their multi-state flight from justice.

Troopers Young and Summers were patrolling a county road near Kenefic when they encountered the suspects, who were in a stol ...
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  • Trooper Billy G. Young - Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)
  • Billy Gene Young (1927-1978) - Find a Grave Memorial
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