End of Watch October 25, 2002
Age 37
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Female

Incident

Senior Patrol Agent Catherine Hill was killed in an automobile accident when her Jeep Wrangler patrol vehicle went over an embankment and rolled over several times.

Agent Hill was ejected from the vehicle and was found by a maintenance worker. The incident occurred on East Spooner's Mesa in Border Field State Park in San Diego County, California.

Agent Hill had served with the United States Border Patrol for two years.

Survivors

She is survived by her father, brother, sister, and half-sister.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Senior Patrol Agent Hill gave the United States Department of Justice 2 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Patrol Agent Hill.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch October 25, 2002
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 37
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Senior Patrol Agent Catherine Mary Hill is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 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 Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, 46 of 68 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 67.6% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol
46
of 68 officers
67.6% Accident
DC — Statewide
454
of 1,419 officers
32% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Catherine Mary Hill's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Catherine Mary Hill Compares

Age at End of Watch
37
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
2
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Catherine Mary Hill is highlighted in Oct.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location