End of Watch July 8, 1974
Age 25
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 1 mo
The Vigil Panel 114 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Border Patrol Agent Glenn Phillips was killed in an automobile crash in the 3000 block of Tijuana Street while patrolling the border fence in San Ysidro, California. He was driving with his lights off along the fence at about 9:40 pm when his Jeep struck the back of a parked truck and trailer. Other agents found the wreckage about 20 minutes later. Agent Phillips had served with the United States Border Patrol for 13 months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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You barely got started.
Border Patrol Agent Phillips gave the United States Department of Justice 1 year.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Phillips.

— 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 July 8, 1974
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 1 mo
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Glenn is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1974, 98 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 9th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Glenn was 25. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Glenn had served 1.1 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

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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, Glenn among them.

Across the years
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Where

Border Patrol Agent Glenn A. Phillips

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch July 8, 1974

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 41-E

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