Roll of Honor
Trena Renee McLaughlin
Incident
Location: California Incident Date: Thursday, July 14, 1994
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Trena McLaughlin died as the result of Hepatitis C, which she had contracted after being stuck by a syringe while searching a vehicle in California.
On July 14th, 1994, she was searching a vehicle at the Temecula Border Patrol Station when her hand came in contact with the hidden syringe. She tested positive for Hepatitis C in 1998 and medically retired from the Border Patrol in 2002. She passed as a result of the disease on September 14th, 2009.
Agent McLaughlin had served with the United States Border Patrol for 18 years.
Rest in peace always and know that your service and sacrifice will never, ever be forgotten by your law enforcement brethren.
Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo Delaware State Police (Retired) September 14th, 2020
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent McLaughlin gave the United States Department of Justice 18 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Supervisory Border Patrol Agent McLaughlin.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Trena Renee McLaughlin is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, 1 of 68 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 1.5% of this agency's fallen.
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