Alexander Sanderlieb Kirpnick
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Border Patrol Agent

Alexander Sanderlieb Kirpnick

Felonious
End of Watch June 3, 1998
Age 27
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Badge N383
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Gender Male

Incident

Border Patrol Agent Alexander Kirpnick was shot and killed as he and his partner attempted to arrest five drug smugglers approximately two miles north of the Mexican border in Arizona. Agent Kirpnick had subdued two of the suspects and his partner was attempting to subdue the other three when one of the men shot Agent Kirpnick in the head. He was flown to a local hospital but died at approximately 4:00 am. All of the suspects were eventually apprehended. The suspect who murdered Agent Kirpnick was arrested in Mexico and extradited to the United States where he was tried for the murder. He was found guilty and sentenced to two consecutive life terms. Agent Kirpnick immigrated to the United States in 1988 from Russia and became a citizen in 1995 before joining the United States Border Patrol in 1996.

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

— 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 June 3, 1998
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 27
Badge Number N383
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Alexander 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 1998, 78 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 89th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Alexander was 27. 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. Alexander had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

By month
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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 handgun, in 23.4% 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, Alexander among them.

Across the years
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Where

Border Patrol Agent Alexander Sanderlieb Kirpnick

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch June 3, 1998

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 5-E

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