End of Watch June 18, 1961
Age 34
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Pilot Kenneth Carl was killed in an airplane accident near El Centro, California, while assisting ground units search for two illegal aliens who were hiding in a field. The ground units had tracked the two illegal aliens to the field, approximately three miles north of Mount Signal School and nine miles southwest of El Centro, during the overnight hours. At daybreak, Pilot Carl responded to the location and conducted several low flights above the field, and assisted in locating one of the men. As Pilot Carl conducted passes over a second field, the light plane made a steep bank to the left and crashed. Pilot Carl suffered fatal injuries as a result. Pilot Kenneth Carl was a United States Navy World War II veteran and served with the United States Border Patrol for eight years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, son, daughter, mother, 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.
Pilot Carl gave the United States Department of Justice 8 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch June 18, 1961
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Kenneth Leroy Carl served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Kenneth 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 1961, 67 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 59th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Kenneth was 34. 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. Kenneth had served 8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 14%.

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By day of the week
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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, Kenneth among them.

Across the years
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Where

Pilot Kenneth Leroy Carl

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch June 18, 1961

Military Service

Kenneth Leroy Carl served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 11-W

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