United States Border Patrol - Line of Duty Deaths

Line of Duty Deaths

Total line of duty deaths (since 1924): 114

  • Aircraft accident: 14
  • Assault: 2
  • Automobile accident: 29
  • Drowned: 4
  • Duty related illness: 2
  • Fall: 4
  • Gunfire: 31
  • Gunfire (Accidental): 3
  • Heart attack: 6
  • Heat exhaustion: 1
  • Motorcycle accident: 2
  • Stabbed: 2
  • Struck by train: 5
  • Struck by vehicle: 3
  • Vehicle pursuit: 2
  • Vehicular assault: 4

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