Border Patrol Inspector Benjamin Thomas Hill
United States Department of Justice - Border Patrol
U.S. Government
End of Watch: Thursday, May 30, 1929
Cause: Gunfire

Biographical Info
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: 2 weeks
Badge Number: Not available

Inspector Hill was shot and killed while pursuing a suspect illegal alien near El Paso, Texas. He had observed the man cross the Rio Grande River and began to pursue him. When the man entered an alley he suddenly turned and shot Inspector Hill in the chest.

Inspector Hill had been with the agency for two weeks. He was not married. He was buried in the Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler County, Texas.