Roll of Honor
Travis Wayne Attaway
Incident
Senior Patrol Agent Travis Attaway and Senior Patrol Agent Jeremy Wilson drowned after their patrol boat capsized in the Rio Grande River near the Free Trade Bridge at Los Indios, Texas.
Agent Attaway and Agent Wilson, along with a third agent, were conducting a routine patrol of the river when the 19-feet Predator patrol boat encountered turbulent water and capsized. The Rio Grande River was unusually swollen as a result of heavy rains in the area the previous day.
Other officers in a nearby patrol boat heard a distress signal, and were able to make it to the scene in time to rescue the third agent who had been thrown into the water.
The bodies of the two agents were recovered two days later after a massive search of the area.
Agent Attaway had served with the United States Border Patrol for seven 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 19th, 2020
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Senior Patrol Agent Attaway gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 7 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Patrol Agent Attaway.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Senior Patrol Agent Travis Wayne Attaway 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 Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, 32 of 63 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
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