Roll of Honor
Edgard Garcia
Incident
Officer Edgard Garcia was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 19 in Rio Rico, Arizona.
Officer Garcia was returning from a National Treasury Employee Union meeting at 5:00 p.m. when his vehicle crossed the median and struck a tree. The impact caused the tree to fall on the roof of his vehicle. He was pronounced dead at Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital.
Officer Garcia was a United States Army veteran and had served with the United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations for 13 years, assigned to the Nogales Point of Entry.
Survivors
He was survived by his mother, stepfather, and two sisters.
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Tributes
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.
Officer Garcia gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 13 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Edgard Garcia served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Officer Edgard Garcia is one of 10,094 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,586 officers honored here.
In DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, 5 of 39 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 12.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edgard Garcia's cause is highlighted.
How Edgard Garcia Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Edgard Garcia is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
Military Service
Edgard Garcia served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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