Stephen Michael Sullivan
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Border Patrol Agent

Stephen Michael Sullivan

Accident
End of Watch March 27, 1999
Age 27
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Border Patrol Agent Stephen Sullivan was killed when the Ford Bronco he was driving overturned and tumbled down a 1,100-foot cliff along Otay Mountain Truck Trail in San Diego County, California.

He was transporting seven suspected illegal immigrants at the time of the crash. Three of the suspected illegal immigrants were killed and the other four were injured.

Agent Sullivan had served with the United States Border Patrol for 18 months.

Survivors

He is survived by his fiancée and parents.

In Our Keeping

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You barely got started.
Border Patrol Agent Sullivan gave the United States Department of Justice 1 year.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Sullivan.

— 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 March 27, 1999
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo
Age 27
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Stephen 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 1999, 71 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 44th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Stephen was 27. 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. Stephen had served 1.5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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

March holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

By month
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
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Border Patrol Agent Stephen Michael Sullivan

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch March 27, 1999

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 61-E

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