End of Watch March 29, 1974
Age 37
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Border Patrol Agent Lee Bounds was killed in an automobile crash while on patrol two and a half miles west of Animas, New Mexico on State Route 9. His Jeep ran off the road, and when he attempted to steer back on the road, the Jeep flipped over, throwing him from the vehicle. Agent Bounds was a United States Army veteran and was assigned to the Lordsburg, New Mexico, station, serving with the United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol for three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, stepson, stepdaughter, parents, brother, and two sisters.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Border Patrol Agent Bounds gave the United States Department of Justice 3 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

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Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdjinsusbpfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 29, 1974
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Lee L. Bounds served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Lee is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1974, 98 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 9th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Lee was 37. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Lee had served 3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

March holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol has 68 officers remembered here, Lee among them.

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Where

Border Patrol Agent Lee L. Bounds

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch March 29, 1974

Military Service

Lee L. Bounds served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 61-E

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