Border Patrol Inspector Earl F. Fleckiger
United States Department of Justice - Border Patrol
U.S. Government

End of Watch: Saturday, June 23, 1945
Cause: Gunfire

Biographical Info
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: 3 years
Badge Number: Not available

Inspector Fleckiger was shot and killed while transporting a suspect he had arrested near Calexico, California. He and his partner had stopped the man and arrested him after finding liquor in the vehicle. During the drive the suspect produced a gun and shot Inspector Fleckiger.

Inspector Fleckiger had been with the agency for three years.

 
Photograph: Border Patrol Inspector Earl F. Fleckiger

Patch image: United States Department of Justice - Border Patrol, U.S. Government

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