End of Watch May 12, 2011
Age 39
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
The Vigil Panel 160 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Border Patrol Agents Hector Clark and Eduardo Rojas were killed when their vehicle was struck by a train near Gila Bend, Arizona.

The agents were assisting other agents track a group of illegal immigrants and were attempting to position their vehicle north of the group when it was struck by a 90-car freight train at the Paloma Road crossing. The vehicle was dragged a quarter mile by the train.

Agent Clark had served with the United States Border Patrol for 10 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Border Patrol Agent Clark gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 10 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Clark.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch May 12, 2011
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 39
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Hector 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 2011, 64 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 66th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Hector was 39. 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. Hector had served 10 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

May holds 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Thursdays: 14%.

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 Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol has 63 officers remembered here, Hector among them.

Across the years
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Where

Border Patrol Agent Hector R. Clark

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch May 12, 2011

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 30-W

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