Senior Patrol Inspector James G. Burns

Senior Patrol Inspector James G. Burns

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, U.S. Government

End of Watch Sunday, December 8, 1968

James G. Burns

Inspector 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 had been with the agency for 13 years.

Bio

Age 44
Tour 13 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Heart attack
Location California

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The Imperial Valley Law Enforcement Memorial remembers Senior Patrol Inspector James G. Burns, who died in the line of duty today in 1986.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."

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