United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Sunday, December 8, 1968
Age: 44
Tour of Duty: 13 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Date of Incident: December 8, 1968
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Senior Patrol Inspector James Burns suffered a fatal heart attack following a search in a Calexico, California, river bottom.
He was searching heavy undergrowth for illegal aliens when he began to suffer chest pains. He suffered a fatal heart attack two hours later.
Inspector Burns was a United States Army veteran of World War II and had served with the United States Border Patrol for 13 years. He was survived by his wife and son.