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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 63

  • 9/11 related illness 2
  • Assault 1
  • Automobile crash 4
  • COVID19 1
  • Drowned 2
  • Duty related illness 2
  • Fall 1
  • Gunfire 29
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 4
  • Heart attack 5
  • Motorcycle crash 4
  • Stabbed 1
  • Struck by train 2
  • Vehicle pursuit 1
  • Vehicular assault 4

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 2
  • Arizona 1
  • California 4
  • Colorado 1
  • Florida 1
  • Illinois 4
  • Kansas 3
  • Kentucky 2
  • Maryland 1
  • Massachusetts 2
  • Michigan 1
  • Minnesota 1
  • Missouri 1
  • New Hampshire 1
  • New York 6
  • North Carolina 1
  • Ohio 4
  • Oklahoma 2
  • Oregon 1
  • Pennsylvania 6
  • Tennessee 1
  • Texas 8
  • U.S. Government 5
  • Vermont 2
  • Virginia 1
  • West Virginia 1
Investigator William Roy Blandford | United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, U.S. Government
United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, U.S. Government

Investigator William Roy Blandford

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Saturday, May 12, 1934

Cause: Heart attack

Border Patrol Agent Eduardo Rojas, Jr. | United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, U.S. Government
United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, U.S. Government

Border Patrol Agent Eduardo Rojas, Jr.

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, US

EOW: Thursday, May 12, 2011

Cause: Struck by train

Border Patrol Agent Hector R. Clark | United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, U.S. Government
United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, U.S. Government

Border Patrol Agent Hector R. Clark

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, US

EOW: Thursday, May 12, 2011

Cause: Struck by train