United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Trena Renee McLaughlin
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Monday, September 14, 2009
Cause: Duty related illness
Senior Patrol Agent Catherine Mary Hill
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, October 25, 2002
Cause: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent Roberto Javier Duran
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Monday, May 6, 2002
Cause: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent Eloy Hernandez
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Wednesday, January 16, 2002
Cause: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent Jason Christopher Panides
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Border Patrol Agent Daniel Miles James, Jr.
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Saturday, March 3, 2001
Cause: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent John Charles Gigax
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Sunday, November 7, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent Stephen Michael Sullivan
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Saturday, March 27, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Senior Patrol Agent Rene B. Garza
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Wednesday, January 20, 1999
Cause: Heart attack
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, October 23, 1998
Cause: Aircraft accident
Border Patrol Agent Thomas J. Williams
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Tuesday, October 20, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent Jesus A. de la Ossa
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Tuesday, October 20, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent Susan Lynn Rodriguez
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Border Patrol Agent Ricardo Guillermo Salinas
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Border Patrol Agent Alexander Sanderlieb Kirpnick
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Wednesday, June 3, 1998
Cause: Gunfire
Border Patrol Agent Stephen Clay Starch
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Saturday, June 14, 1997
Cause: Fall
Senior Border Patrol Agent Miguel Javier Maldonado
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Monday, March 10, 1997
Cause: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent Michael Wayne Barnes
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Thursday, December 12, 1996
Cause: Heart attack
Border Patrol Agent Aurelio Esparz Valencia
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, January 26, 1996
Cause: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent Jefferson L. Barr
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, January 19, 1996
Cause: Gunfire
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Lawrence B. Pierce, Jr.
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1995
Cause: Stabbed
Border Patrol Agent Xavier G. Magdaleno
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Wednesday, May 10, 1995
Cause: Struck by train
Border Patrol Agent Luis A. Santiago
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Tuesday, March 28, 1995
Cause: Fall
Border Patrol Agent Jose Angel Nava
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Saturday, January 7, 1995
Cause: Automobile crash
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Saturday, June 13, 1992
Cause: Aircraft accident
Patrol Agent John Donald Keenan
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Monday, November 27, 1989
Cause: Vehicular assault
Border Patrol Agent Keith Connelly
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Wednesday, September 6, 1989
Cause: Gunfire
Air Operations Supervisor David F. Roberson
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, July 14, 1989
Cause: Aircraft accident
Border Patrol Agent Josiah Blaine Mahar
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, September 23, 1988
Cause: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent John Robert McCravey
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Monday, February 23, 1987
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Border Patrol Agent Norman Ray Salinas
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Monday, August 4, 1986
Cause: Automobile crash
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, June 14, 1985
Cause: Aircraft accident
Border Patrol Agent Manuel Salcido, Jr.
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Wednesday, January 2, 1985
Cause: Automobile crash
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Monday, November 21, 1983
Cause: Motorcycle crash
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, March 11, 1983
Cause: Automobile crash
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, October 19, 1979
Cause: Aircraft accident
Border Patrol Agent Jose Paz Gamez, Jr.
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, April 21, 1978
Cause: Assault
Border Patrol Agent Oscar Trevino Torres
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Saturday, November 30, 1974
Cause: Fall
Border Patrol Agent Glenn A. Phillips
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Monday, July 8, 1974
Cause: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent Lee L. Bounds
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, March 29, 1974
Cause: Automobile crash
Border Patrol Agent Edwin Curtis Dennis
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Monday, February 4, 1974
Cause: Automobile crash
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Thursday, October 4, 1973
Cause: Aircraft accident
Senior Patrol Agent John S. Blue
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Thursday, October 4, 1973
Cause: Aircraft accident
Border Patrol Inspector Henley M. Goode, Jr.
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Saturday, October 11, 1969
Cause: Fall
Senior Patrol Inspector James G. Burns
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Sunday, December 8, 1968
Cause: Heart attack
Border Patrol Inspector Ralph L. Anderson
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, October 25, 1968
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Border Patrol Inspector Elgar B. Holliday
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Wednesday, October 18, 1967
Cause: Heart attack
Border Patrol Inspector Theodore L. Newton, Jr.
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1967
Cause: Gunfire
Border Patrol Inspector George F. Azrak
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1967
Cause: Gunfire
Border Patrol Inspector Richard A. Lugo
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Sunday, May 14, 1967
Cause: Automobile crash
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Sunday, June 18, 1961
Cause: Aircraft accident
Border Patrol Inspector Archie L. Jennings
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Saturday, April 16, 1960
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Border Patrol Inspector John A. Rector
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Tuesday, October 16, 1956
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Border Patrol Inspector James M. Carter
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Wednesday, June 6, 1956
Cause: Aircraft accident
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Wednesday, June 6, 1956
Cause: Aircraft accident
Border Patrol Inspector James Martin Kirchner
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Monday, November 15, 1954
Cause: Heart attack
Border Patrol Inspector Donald Kee
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, July 23, 1954
Cause: Aircraft accident
Pilot William Franklin Buckelew
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, July 23, 1954
Cause: Aircraft accident
Border Patrol Inspector Edwin H. Wheeler
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Sunday, July 6, 1952
Cause: Gunfire
Border Patrol Inspector Richard David Clarke
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Monday, December 18, 1950
Cause: Stabbed
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Tuesday, August 29, 1950
Cause: Aircraft accident
Border Patrol Inspector Anthony L. Oneto
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Tuesday, March 11, 1947
Cause: Gunfire
Autogyro Pilot Ned D. Henderson
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Sunday, November 18, 1945
Cause: Aircraft accident
Border Patrol Inspector Earl F. Fleckiger
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Saturday, June 23, 1945
Cause: Gunfire
Border Patrol Inspector Garvis Field Harrell
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Monday, April 24, 1944
Cause: Heart attack
Border Patrol Inspector Ralph W. Ramsey
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Thursday, February 26, 1942
Cause: Struck by train
Border Patrol Inspector Robert James Heibler
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Sunday, September 7, 1941
Cause: Vehicular assault
Border Patrol Inspector George E. Pringle
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Saturday, December 28, 1940
Cause: Automobile crash
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 68
- Aircraft accident 14
- Assault 1
- Automobile crash 20
- Duty related illness 1
- Fall 4
- Gunfire 10
- Gunfire (Inadvertent) 2
- Heart attack 6
- Motorcycle crash 1
- Stabbed 2
- Struck by train 2
- Struck by vehicle 2
- Vehicle pursuit 1
- Vehicular assault 2
By Month
- January 6
- February 3
- March 7
- April 4
- May 3
- June 10
- July 7
- August 3
- September 4
- October 11
- November 6
- December 4
By Gender
- Male 65
- Female 3
Successor Agency
Washington, DC
59 Fallen Officers
6 Fallen K9's