Border Patrol Agent Roberto Javier Duran

Border Patrol Agent Roberto Javier Duran

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, U.S. Government

End of Watch Monday, May 6, 2002

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Roberto Javier Duran

Border Patrol Agent Roberto Duran was killed when his patrol vehicle overturned while on patrol on Federal Route 15 near Chuichu on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Arizona.

Agent Duran was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Persian Gulf War. He had served with the United States Border Patrol for four years and was assigned to the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station in San Diego, California. He was on a temporary assignment to the Casa Grande Station in Tucson, Arizona. He was a member of the 361st Academy Session and is buried at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery in Texas. He is survived by his wife and four children.

Bio

Age 34
Tour 4 years
Badge V-332
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Automobile crash
Location Arizona

routine driving

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I was lucky to service on board USS Boxer (LHD-4) with QM1 Duran. I was a snot nosed signalman in Navigation with him and he loved to pick on me. In a good way, like an uncle. He was smart as a whip and very witty. He was stern and direct, but kind at heart. I can still hear him scream out “flame on” when he saw me, due to the way I styled my hair. A play on the way my hair looked like the flames coming off Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four. We must keep the memories of our lost ones alive. RIP Roberto Duran. Love you, shipmate!

Navy Veteran Christopher Zeglin
Fellow Navy Veteran

November 12, 2024