| Pilot William F. Buckelew United States Department of Justice - Border Patrol U.S. Government End of Watch: Friday, July 23, 1954 Biographical Info Age: Not available Tour of Duty: Not available Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Date of Incident: Friday, July 23, 1954 Incident Location: Texas Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Pilot Buckelew and Inspector Donald Kee were killed in an airplane accident near Rio Grande City, Texas, while conducting flights to check farm laborers. The plane was banking to return to a field when it suddenly plunged into a river. Inspector Kee was killed on impact and Pilot Buckelew succumbed to his injuries en route to a hospital. Related Line of Duty Deaths |