End of Watch November 27, 1989
Age 36
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Patrol Agent John Keenan was killed when his patrol car was struck by a drunk driver while on patrol near Mission, Texas. The other vehicle, traveling at a high rate of speed, struck his patrol car at the intersection of Highway 83 and FM-492. Agent Keenan sustained fatal injuries in the crash and his partner suffered non-fatal injuries. Agent Keenan had been with the agency for two years. He is survived by his wife and two children, his mother, two sisters, and a brother. He is buried in Oakdale Memorial Park in Glendora, California

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children, his mother, two sisters, and a brother.

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

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch November 27, 1989
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

John is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1989, 97 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 55th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

John was 36. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. John had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 4.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol has 68 officers remembered here, John among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrol Agent John Donald Keenan

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch November 27, 1989

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 14-W

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