Roll of Honor
Roberto Javier Duran
Incident
Border Patrol Agent Roberto Duran was killed when his patrol vehicle overturned while on patrol on Federal Route 15 near Chuichu on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Arizona.
Agent Duran was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Persian Gulf War. He had served with the United States Border Patrol for four years and was assigned to the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station in San Diego, California. He was on a temporary assignment to the Casa Grande Station in Tucson, Arizona. He was a member of the 361st Academy Session and is buried at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery in Texas.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and four children.
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- April 2, 2026
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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 Agent Duran gave the United States Department of Justice 4 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
Roberto Javier Duran served in the Navy (1986â1997) before joining law enforcement.
Border Patrol Agent Roberto Javier Duran 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Roberto Javier Duran's cause is highlighted.
How Roberto Javier Duran Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Roberto Javier Duran is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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