United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, U.S. Government, Fallen Officers

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United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations

	Officer John Richard Zykas United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations EOW: Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Cause: Heart attack
	Officer Charles Floyd Collins, II United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations EOW: Sunday, July 11, 2010 Cause: Automobile accident
	Inspector Thomas Murray United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 Cause: Exposure to toxins
	Senior Customs Inspector Richard Anthony Forde United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 Cause: Motorcycle accident
	Aviation Supervisor Pedro Jose Rodriguez-Franco United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Friday, September 18, 1998 Cause: Aircraft accident
	Pilot Alan John Klumpp United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, July 14, 1993 Cause: Aircraft accident
	Pilot Carl Richard Talafous United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, July 14, 1993 Cause: Aircraft accident
	Inspector Timothy Cal McCaghren United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Monday, February 19, 1990 Cause: Vehicular assault
	Immigration Inspector Reynaldo G. De La Garza United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1990 Cause: Automobile accident
	Pilot George Reyes Saenz United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Thursday, November 2, 1989 Cause: Aircraft accident
	Inspector James A. Buczel United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Sunday, October 9, 1988 Cause: Vehicular assault
	Pilot David L. Crater United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Sunday, November 15, 1987 Cause: Aircraft accident
	Pilot James Darryl Taylor United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Sunday, November 15, 1987 Cause: Aircraft accident
	Immigration Inspector Tammy R. Aamodt United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service EOW: Saturday, March 7, 1987 Cause: Automobile accident
	Patrol Officer Glenn R. Miles, Sr. United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Friday, February 21, 1986 Cause: Gunfire
	Pilot Morley Lester Miller United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Saturday, October 20, 1984 Cause: Aircraft accident
	Patrol Officer John Edwin Hollingsworth United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Saturday, October 20, 1984 Cause: Aircraft accident
	Inspector Richard Mack Latham United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Saturday, January 28, 1984 Cause: Gunfire
	Customs Officer George J. Spencer United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Monday, November 30, 1981 Cause: Gunfire
	Customs Agent Dennis L. Van Patten United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Monday, December 22, 1980 Cause: Unidentified
	Customs Officer Roger L. Von Amelunxen United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, July 30, 1980 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector Kenneth G. Ward United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Thursday, May 24, 1979 Cause: Gunfire
	Customs Agent Michael J. Reimers United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Thursday, April 19, 1979 Cause: Stabbed
	Inspector Vincent D. Kaskeski United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Thursday, January 12, 1978 Cause: Drowned
	Customs Agent John M. Lacey United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Saturday, May 21, 1977 Cause: Automobile accident
	Customs Patrolman George William Singleton United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Monday, December 22, 1975 Cause: Gunfire (Accidental)
	Special Agent Renault R. Bayhi United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Tuesday, April 29, 1975 Cause: Gunfire
	Customs Agent Joseph Monohan United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1975 Cause: Unidentified
	Customs Agent William Halley United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1975 Cause: Unidentified
	Patrol Officer Louis David Dixon United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, April 24, 1974 Cause: Gunfire
	Patrol Officer Charles J. Bokinskie United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, April 24, 1974 Cause: Gunfire
	Immigration Inspector Frank Mendoza United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service EOW: Friday, September 20, 1968 Cause: Automobile accident
	Customs Agent Timothy M. O'Riordan United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Tuesday, September 29, 1964 Cause: Automobile accident
	Customs Agent John Sellinthin United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Sunday, September 2, 1962 Cause: Unidentified
	Enforcement Officer Benjamin Bert Stone United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Monday, October 7, 1957 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector George M. Bacon United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Friday, February 4, 1955 Cause: Fall
	Inspector Hugh Eugene Donnelly United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Thursday, May 1, 1947 Cause: Accidental
	Inspector Clarence J. Trask, Sr. United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Tuesday, April 8, 1947 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector P. H. Bema United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, January 1, 1947 Cause: Gunfire
	Immigration Inspector Marion Jabez Jones United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service EOW: Friday, November 1, 1946 Cause: Struck by vehicle
	Special Agent Anthony Cozza United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Saturday, February 24, 1945 Cause: Heart attack
	Customs Agent George E. Spencer United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Saturday, February 24, 1945 Cause: Drowned
	Customs Agent John Fasset United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, February 21, 1945 Cause: Heart attack
	U.S. Customs Inspector Joseph Turner Brown United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Tuesday, April 9, 1940 Cause: Gunfire
	Immigration Inspector Roy M. Porter United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service EOW: Thursday, December 28, 1939 Cause: Drowned
	Customs Agent Matthew Kononen United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Sunday, March 5, 1939 Cause: Drowned
	Customs Inspector Lewis Allison Highsmith United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1937 Cause: Automobile accident
	Immigration Inspector Charles Michael Flachs United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service EOW: Thursday, May 28, 1936 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector Loy Cash Henry United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, June 20, 1934 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector Rollin Culberson Nichols United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Tuesday, November 28, 1933 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector Herff Alexander Carnes United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Sunday, December 4, 1932 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector Joseph Baker United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Tuesday, September 27, 1932 Cause: Exposure to toxins
	Inspector John Henry Heard United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Monday, May 2, 1932 Cause: Gunfire
	Officer Daniel A. Romberger United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Monday, April 25, 1932 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector Ralph E. Bowden United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Saturday, March 19, 1932 Cause: Heart attack
	Customs Officer Clyde M. Bristow United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Saturday, January 2, 1932 Cause: Gunfire
	Customs Patrolman Arnold W. Gilbert United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Monday, November 2, 1931 Cause: Automobile accident
	Customs Agent Louis E. Babcock United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Monday, August 17, 1931 Cause: Drowned
	Guard John Lawrence Kelly United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Monday, February 9, 1931 Cause: Drowned
	Immigration Inspector Lawrence C. Jones United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service EOW: Sunday, August 24, 1930 Cause: Gunfire
	Immigration Inspector Laurence E. Doten United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service EOW: Sunday, August 24, 1930 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector Egbert Ellison United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Saturday, August 9, 1930 Cause: Gunfire
	Border Patrolman Charles Wilbur Rogers United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Tuesday, September 24, 1929 Cause: Automobile accident
	Customs Agent Arthur M. Beaman United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Saturday, July 27, 1929 Cause: Drowned
	Customs Agent C. Neal Titcomb United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Tuesday, January 15, 1929 Cause: Struck by streetcar
	Inspector Thomas Sampson Morris United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Sunday, December 23, 1928 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector Stephen S. Dawson United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Tuesday, February 28, 1928 Cause: Gunfire
	Customs Agent Gerardo Pescara United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Monday, January 17, 1927 Cause: Unidentified
	Inspector John W. Parrott United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Friday, January 7, 1927 Cause: Gunfire
	Special Agent Edward Billings Webb United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Saturday, October 9, 1926 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector Orville A. Preuster United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Sunday, March 1, 1925 Cause: Bomb
	Inspector Lloyd Parks Criss United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Sunday, January 13, 1924 Cause: Fall
	Inspector James A. Wallen United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Tuesday, March 6, 1923 Cause: Gunfire
	Immigration Inspector James McCabe United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service EOW: Saturday, March 3, 1923 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector Jot Gunter Jones United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Sunday, October 1, 1922 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector Robert Stuart Rumsey, Jr. United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Saturday, August 19, 1922 Cause: Gunfire
	Immigration Inspector Alphonse G. Bernard United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service EOW: Sunday, July 11, 1920 Cause: Vehicular assault
	Inspector Fred Tate United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Saturday, August 31, 1918 Cause: Gunfire
	Customs Agent Joseph Russell "Joe" Sitter United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Monday, May 24, 1915 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector John S. H. "Jack" Howard United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, February 12, 1913 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector Thomas S. O'Connor United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Monday, January 30, 1911 Cause: Gunfire
	Customs Inspector Ziba H. Nickerson United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Thursday, July 16, 1908 Cause: Explosion
	Customs Inspector Charles F. Atwood United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Thursday, July 16, 1908 Cause: Explosion
	Inspector Charles E. Jones United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Thursday, March 19, 1908 Cause: Gunfire (Accidental)
	Inspector Charles R. Logan United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Thursday, March 19, 1908 Cause: Gunfire (Accidental)
	Inspector Frank Chapman United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Sunday, September 23, 1906 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector Alphonse Levy United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Friday, December 13, 1901 Cause: Struck by train
	Deputy Collector Richard W. "Dick" Wallace United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, November 29, 1899 Cause: Gunfire
	Customs Inspector John Spaldt United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Sunday, November 6, 1898 Cause: Gunfire
	Customs Inspector James A. Plunkett United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Friday, July 2, 1897 Cause: Boating accident
	Deputy Collector Frank B. Robson United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, August 12, 1896 Cause: Gunfire
	Customs Inspector Alden McLaughlin United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Friday, September 1, 1871 Cause: Gunfire
	Customs Inspector Frank Dupont United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Thursday, May 27, 1869 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector William H. Phelps United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Friday, December 18, 1868 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector George T. Hammonds United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Friday, December 18, 1868 Cause: Gunfire
	Inspector William Bird Goodell United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, December 16, 1863 Cause: Drowned
	Deputy Collector James M. Anderson United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, December 16, 1863 Cause: Drowned
	Customs Inspector John Stout United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Friday, January 21, 1814 Cause: Gunfire
	Custom House Officer Daniel Miller United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Monday, January 1, 1810 Cause: Gunfire
	Boatman Asa Marsh United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, August 3, 1808 Cause: Gunfire
	Boatman Ellis Drake United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service EOW: Wednesday, August 3, 1808 Cause: Gunfire

Line of Duty Deaths: 101

Accidental: 1
Aircraft accident: 8
Automobile accident: 9
Boating accident: 1
Bomb: 1
Drowned: 9
Explosion: 2
Exposure to toxins: 2
Fall: 2
Gunfire: 46
Gunfire (Accidental): 3
Heart attack: 4
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 1
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 5
Vehicular assault: 3

By Month

January: 15
February: 9
March: 8
April: 7
May: 7
June: 1
July: 9
August: 9
September: 10
October: 7
November: 9
December: 10

By Gender

Male: 100
Female: 1

Component Agencies

Divisions or absorbed agencies:

	United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service Washington, DC Fallen officers: 10
	United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service Washington, DC Fallen officers: 89

Line of duty deaths this year
50 +16%

Gunfire deaths this year
17 0%

Auto-related deaths this year
18 0%

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