Roll of Honor
Earl F. Fleckiger
Incident
Border Patrol Inspector Earl Fleckiger was shot and killed while transporting a suspect he had arrested near Calexico, California. He and his partner had stopped the man and arrested him after finding liquor in the vehicle that he was transporting to Mexico. Inspector Fleckiger was driving him to the Calexico police station when the man produced a gun and fatally shot him. The suspect was apprehended three days later in Mexicali, Mexico. While his extradition back to the United States was being processed he escaped from three Mexican policemen on a train as they were transporting him to a prison in November 1945. Inspector Fleckiger was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the United States Border Patrol for three years.
Survivors
He was survived by his father.
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- July 23, 2026
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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.
Border Patrol Inspector Fleckiger 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
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Earl F. Fleckiger served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Border Patrol Inspector Earl F. Fleckiger is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In DC, 754 of 1,419 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
At United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, 15 of 68 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 22.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Earl F. Fleckiger's cause is highlighted.
How Earl F. Fleckiger Compares
Offender Outcome
Escaped
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Earl F. Fleckiger is highlighted in Jun.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Earl F. Fleckiger was killed by handgun.
Incident Location
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