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In Memoriam to Those Who Died in the Line of Duty

They are comrades in arms, sentinels at the boundary to freedom, these men and women of U.S. Customs and Border Protection who have put national security above their own goals, interests, safety, even above their own survival. We say thank you!

To contact a CBP Survivor Advocate, send an email to: cbpsurvivoradvocate@cbp.dhs.gov

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seal

Name End of Watch
Jacqueline M. Montanaro January 14, 2023
Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. December 7, 2022
Michel O. Maceda November 17, 2022
Jorge A. Arias October 19, 2022
Cody A. Olafson May 20, 2022
Daniel H. Salazar May 13, 2022
Bruce R. Eckhoff January 5, 2022
Brian L. Vogel December 30, 2021
Jeffrey P. Dela Cruz December 23, 2021
Salvador Martinez Jr. November 30, 2021
Martin Barrios November 29, 2021
Kenneth MacCallum November 26, 2021
Anibal A. Perez November 5, 2021
Mathew L. Lyons October 28, 2021
Rafael G. Sanchez October 24, 2021
David H. Gray October 8, 2021
Victor J. Donate October 7, 2021
Alfredo M. Ibarra September 27, 2021
David B. Ramirez September 26, 2021
Luis H. Dominguez September 23, 2021
David B. Saavedra September 2, 2021
Francisco V. Tomas September 1, 2021
Chad E. McBroom August 29, 2021
Erik J. Skelton August 24, 2021
Monica J. Riola August 20, 2021
Yokemia L. Conyers August 19, 2021
Ricardo Zarate August 16, 2021
Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano July 31, 2021
Daniel P. Cox July 31, 2021
Ruben Facio July 17, 2021
Juan M. Urrutia May 28, 2021
Freddie Vasquez May 8, 2021
Christopher Shane Simpkins April 12, 2021
Alejandro Flores-Bañuelos March 15, 2021
Crispin San Jose March 9, 2021
Carlos C. Mendoza February 24, 2021
Genaro Guerrero February 15, 2021
Cesar Sibonga February 7, 2021
Rodolfo Morales Jr. February 5, 2021
Robert Allan Mayer Jr. January 30, 2021
Beverly Good January 28, 2021
Byron D. Shields January 20, 2021
Troy A. Adkins December 31, 2020
Andrew R. Bouchard December 19, 2020
Denis Jasper Wells December 17, 2020
Juan Ollervidez III December 16, 2020
Richard Rios December 2, 2020
Jose A. Santana December 2, 2020
Christopher D. Carney November 16, 2020
Domingo Jasso III November 5, 2020
Carlo Cayabyab September 16, 2020
Lucas Saucedo August 21, 2020
Marco A. Gonzales August 5, 2020
Agustin Aguilar Jr. July 25, 2020
Roel De La Fuente July 13, 2020
Enrique J. Rositas Jr. July 11, 2020
Alfonso Murrieta July 9, 2020
Johan S. Mordan June 12, 2020
Ching Kok Yan May 16, 2020
James Taylor May 8, 2020
Omar E. Palmer May 4, 2020
Richard G. McCoy May 3, 2020
Van M. Dong March 31, 2020
Luis O. Peña Jr. December 23, 2019
Wolf Valmond December 15, 2019
Robert M. Hotten October 6, 2019
Donna M. Doss February 2, 2019
Christopher T. Bacon June 7, 2018
Rogelio Martinez November 19, 2017
Isaac Morales May 24, 2017
David Gomez November 16, 2016
Manuel A. Alvarez August 11, 2016
Jose D. Barraza April 18, 2016
Tyler R. Robledo September 12, 2014
Javier Vega Jr. August 3, 2014
Alexander I. Giannini May 28, 2014
Darrell J. Windhaus December 29, 2013
David R. Delaney November 2, 2012
Nicholas J. Ivie October 2, 2012
Jeffrey Ramirez September 15, 2012
James S. Litz September 7, 2012
James R. Dominguez July 19, 2012
Leopoldo Cavazos Jr. July 6, 2012
Eduardo Rojas Jr. May 12, 2011
Hector R. Clark May 12, 2011
Brian A. Terry December 15, 2010
John R. Zykas September 8, 2010
Michael V. Gallagher September 2, 2010
Charles F. Collins II August 15, 2010
Mark F. Van Doren May 24, 2010
Robert W. Rosas Jr. July 23, 2009
Cruz C. McGuire May 21, 2009
Nathaniel A. Afolayan May 1, 2009
Jarod C. Dittman March 30, 2008
Luis A. Aguilar January 19, 2008
Julio E. Baray September 24, 2007
Eric N. Cabral July 26, 2007
Robert F. Smith May 22, 2007
Richard M. Goldstein May 11, 2007
Clinton B. Thrasher April 25, 2007
David J. Tourscher March 16, 2007
Ramon Nevarez Jr. March 15, 2007
David N. Webb November 3, 2006
Nicholas D. Greenig March 14, 2006
George B. DeBates December 19, 2004
Travis W. Attaway September 19, 2004
Jeremy M. Wilson September 19, 2004
James P. Epling December 16, 2003

U.S. Department of Agriculture Seal

Name End of Watch
Milton Wells November 9, 1966
John F. Fogel November 8, 1967
Miroslav Sajovic January 30, 1973
James D. Rozas July 2, 1985
Clayton T. Iijima April 22, 1998
Morley M. Suzuki April 22, 1998
Rick J. Yoshimitsu May 29, 1999

U.S. Border Patrol Logo

Name End of Watch
Clarence M. Childress April 16, 1919
Charles L. Hopkins May 8, 1919
Charles Gardiner October 22, 1922
James Floyd Mankin September 14, 1924
Frank N. Clark December 13, 1924
Joseph P. Riley April 6, 1925
Augustin De La Pena August 2, 1925
Ross A. Gardner October 28, 1925
William W. Mckee April 23, 1926
William Llonzo Parker July 25, 1926
Thaddeus Pippin April 21, 1927
Franklin P. Wood December 15, 1927
Norman G. Ross February 10, 1928
Robert H. Lobdell December 25, 1928
Earl A. Roberts March 24, 1929
Benjamin T. Hill May 30, 1929
Ivan E. Scotten July 20, 1929
Myles J. Scannell September 9, 1929
William D. McCalib January 7, 1930
Harry E. Vincent March 25, 1930
Robert W. Kelsay June 25, 1930
Frank Vidmar Jr. March 24, 1932
Charles F. Inch June 26, 1932
Phillip D. Strobridge March 7, 1933
Doyne C. Melton December 7, 1933
Bert G. Walthall December 27, 1933
William L. Sills January 17, 1940
George E. Pringle December 28, 1940
Robert J. Heibler September 7, 1941
Ralph W. Ramsey February 26, 1942
Earl F. Fleckinger June 23, 1945
Ned D. Henderson November 18, 1945
Anthony L. Oneto March 11, 1947
Michael T. Box August 29, 1950
Richard D. Clarke December 18, 1950
Edwin H. Wheeler July 6, 1952
William F. Buckelew July 23, 1954
Donald Kee July 23, 1954
James M. Kirchner November 15, 1954
James M. Carter June 6, 1956
Douglas C. Shute June 6, 1956
John A. Rector October 16, 1956
Archie L. Jennings April 16, 1960
Kenneth L. Carl June 18, 1961
Richard A. Lugo May 14, 1967
George F. Azrak June 19, 1967
Theodore L. Newton Jr. June 19, 1967
Elgar B. Holliday October 18, 1967
Ralph L. Anderson October 25, 1968
James G. Burns December 8, 1968
Henley M. Goode Jr. October 11, 1969
John S. Blue October 4, 1973
Friedrich Karl October 4, 1973
Edwin C. Dennis February 4, 1974
Lee L. Bounds March 29, 1974
Glenn A. Phillips July 8, 1974
Oscar T. Torres November 30, 1974
Jose P. Gamez Jr. April 21, 1978
Weldon Smith October 19, 1979
Victor C. Ochoa March 11, 1983
Thomas K. Byrd November 21, 1983
Manuel Salcido Jr. January 2, 1985
Lester L. Haynie June 14, 1985
Norman R. Salinas April 4, 1986
John R. McCravey February 23, 1987
Josiah B. Mahar September 23, 1988
David F. Roberson July 14, 1989
Keith Connelly September 6, 1989
John D. Keenan November 27, 1989
Louis D. Stahl June 13, 1992
Jose A. Nava January 7, 1995
Luis A. Santiago March 28, 1995
Joe R. White April 18, 1995
Xavier G. Magdaleno May 10, 1995
Lawrence B. Pierce August 17, 1995
Jefferson L. Barr January 19, 1996
Aurelio E. Valencia January 25, 1996
Michael W. Barnes December 12, 1996
Miguel J. Maldonado March 10, 1997
Stephen C. Starch June 14, 1997
Alexander Kirpnick June 3, 1998
Susan L. Rodriguez July 7, 1998
Ricardo G. Salinas July 7, 1998
Jesus De La Ossa October 20, 1998
Thomas J. Williams October 20, 1998
Walter S. Panchison October 23, 1998
Rene B. Garza January 20, 1999
Stephen M. Sullivan March 27, 1999
Daniel M. James Jr. March 2, 2001
Jason C. Panides April 4, 2001
Eloy Hernandez January 17, 2002
Roberto J. Duran May 6, 2002
Catherine M. Hill October 25, 2002
Trena R. McLaughlin September 14, 2009

U.S. Customs Service Seal 1968-2003

Name End of Watch
Ellis Drake August 3, 1808
Asa Marsh  August 3, 1808
Daniel Miller January 1, 1810
John Stout January 20, 1814
James M. Anderson December 16, 1863
William B. Goodell December 16, 1863
George T. Hammond December 18, 1868
William H. Phelps December 18, 1868
Frank Dupont May 5, 1869
Alden McLaughlin August 31, 1871
John A. Fallon November 5, 1890
Francis P. Robson August 9, 1896
James A. Plunkett July 2, 1897
Richard W. Wallace November 29, 1899
Alphonse Levy December 19, 1901
Frank Chapman September 23, 1906
Charles F. Atwood July 16, 1908
Ziba H. Nickerson July 16, 1908
Arthur B. Putnam September 12, 1908
Thomas S. O'Connor January 30, 1911
John S. Howard February 12, 1913
Joseph R. Sitter May 24, 1916
Gaston Reddock February 28, 1918
Frederick W. Tate August 31, 1918
John F. Pugh October 25, 1918
Robert S. Rumsey Jr. August 19, 1922
James A. Wallen March 6, 1923
Lloyd P. Criss January 13, 1924
Orville A. Preuster March 1, 1925
Edward B. Webb October 9, 1926
John W. Parrott January 7, 1927
Thomas S. Morris December 23, 1928
Stephen S. Dawson December 27, 1928
Clarence N. Titcomb January 15, 1929
Arthur M. Beaman July 25, 1929
Charles W. Rogers September 24, 1929
Egbert L. Ellison August 9, 1930
John L. Kelly February 9, 1931
George E. Hamilton June 20, 1931
Louis E. Babcock August 17, 1931
Arnold W. Gilbert November 2, 1931
Clyde M. Bristow January 12, 1932
Ralph B. Bowden March 19, 1932
Daniel A. Romberger April 25, 1932
John H. Heard May 2, 1932
Joseph E. Baker September 26, 1932
Herff A. Carnes December 4, 1932
Rollin C. Nichols November 24, 1933
Harry L. Sexton May 29, 1934
Loy C. Henry June 20, 1934
Lewis A. Highsmith January 7, 1937
Joseph T. Brown April 9, 1940
Anthony Cozza February 24, 1945
Clarence J. Trask Sr. April 8, 1947
Peter H. Bima April 16, 1947
Hugh E. Donnelly May 1, 1947
George M. Bacon February 4, 1955
Benjamin B. Stone October 7, 1957
Timothy M. O'Riordan September 29, 1964
Kenneth P. Pierleoni March 11, 1971
Charles J. Bokinskie April 24, 1974
Louis D. Dixon April 24, 1974
Renault R. Bayhi February 28, 1975
George W. Singleton December 23, 1975
William Halley July 2, 1976
John M. Lacey May 21, 1977
Vincent D. Kaskeski January 13, 1978
Kenneth G. Ward May 24, 1979
Roger L. Von Amelunxen July 30, 1980
Denis L. Van Patten December 22, 1980
George J. Spencer November 30, 1981
Richard M. Latham January 27, 1984
John E. Hollingsworth October 20, 1984
Morley L. Miller October 20, 1984
Glenn R. Miles Sr. February 21, 1986
David L. Crater November 15, 1987
James D. Taylor November 15, 1987
James A. Buczel October 9, 1988
George R. Saenz November 2, 1989
Timothy C. McCaghren February 20, 1990
David E. DeLoach July 14, 1993
Alan J. Klumpp July 14, 1993
Carl R. Talafous July 14, 1993
Paul D. Ice April 19, 1995
Claude A. Medearis April 19, 1995
Manuel Zurita VII  January 6, 1998
Gary P. Friedli March 4, 1998
Pedro J. Rodriguez September 18, 1998
Thomas M. Murray October 30, 2001

Dept. of Justice INS seal

Name End of Watch
Frederick H. Bathey January 29, 1897
Alphonse G. Bernard July 11, 1920
James McCabe March 3, 1923
Laurence E. Doten August 24, 1930
Lawrence C. Jones August 24, 1930
Charles M. Flachs May 28, 1936
Roy M. Porter December 28, 1939
Marion J. Jones November 1, 1946
Frank E. Chaffin January 28, 1948
George D. Joyce January 24, 1949
Russell L. Stapp August 10, 1954
Frank Mendoza September 20, 1968
William H. Phillips January 6, 1970
Albert Feld March 8, 1974
Martin J. Travers June 8, 1975
David Schwartz July 27, 1978
Jacques A. F. Crevecoeur June 6, 1984
Anthony S. Minetto January 27, 1997
Juan Gilberto Orellana January 29, 1998
Tommy K. Chin October 17, 1999

 

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