Trena Renee McLaughlin
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Supervisory Border Patrol Agent

Trena Renee McLaughlin

Illness
End of Watch September 14, 2009
Age 59
Tour of Duty 18 yrs
Gender Female

Incident

Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Trena McLaughlin died as the result of Hepatitis C, which she had contracted after being stuck by a syringe while searching a vehicle in California.

On July 14th, 1994, she was searching a vehicle at the Temecula Border Patrol Station when her hand came in contact with the hidden syringe. She tested positive for Hepatitis C in 1998 and medically retired from the Border Patrol in 2002. She passed as a result of the disease on September 14th, 2009.

Agent McLaughlin had served with the United States Border Patrol for 18 years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent McLaughlin gave the United States Department of Justice 18 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Supervisory Border Patrol Agent McLaughlin.

— 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 September 14, 2009
Tour of Duty 18 yrs
Age 59
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Duty related illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Trena is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2009, 19 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 17th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Trena was 59. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Trena had served 18 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

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

September holds 11.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Mondays: 14.2%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
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Her people

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

Across the years
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Where

Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Trena Renee McLaughlin

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch September 14, 2009

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 42-E

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