End of Watch November 5, 2021
Age 47
Tour of Duty 15 yrs 4 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Location: Arizona Incident Date: Not available

Border Patrol Agent Tony Perez died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty in Arizona.

Agent Perez was a United States Army veteran and had served with the United States Border Patrol for over 15 years assigned to the Ajo Station in the Tucson Sector.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Border Patrol Agent Anibal Antonio Perez died on November 5, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 47.

He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 17 at United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol.

Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.

Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, three children, parents, and a sister.

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Border Patrol Agent Perez gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 15 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Perez.

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

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Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
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Service Record

End of Watch November 5, 2021
Tour of Duty 15 yrs 4 mo
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Military Service

Anibal Antonio Perez served in the U.S. Army (1997) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Illness

Anibal is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% 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 2021, 564 officers in the United States were lost to illness, more than in any other year.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Anibal was 47. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Anibal had served 15.3 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

November holds 7.8% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Fridays: 14.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol has 63 officers remembered here, Anibal among them.

Across the years
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Where

Border Patrol Agent Anibal Antonio Perez

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch November 5, 2021

Military Service

Anibal Antonio Perez served in the U.S. Army (1997) before joining law enforcement.

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His full service record — units, decorations, where he served — is kept on salute.nw.

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 64-E

Also Remembered

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