Manuel Alejandro Alvarez
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Border Patrol Agent

Manuel Alejandro Alvarez

Accident
End of Watch August 11, 2016
Age 37
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Border Patrol Agent Manuel Alvarez was killed in a motorcycle crash on the Tohono O'Odham Nation Reservation south of Sells, Arizona.

He and another agent were conducting a dirt bike patrol of rugged land when their motorcycles collided, causing Agent Alvarez to suffer fatal injuries.

Agent Alvarez had served with the United States Border Patrol for 13 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and four children.

In Our Keeping

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Border Patrol Agent Alvarez gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 16 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Alvarez.

— 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 August 11, 2016
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Manuel is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 2016, 52 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 90th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Manuel was 37. 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. Manuel had served 16 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

August holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. 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, Manuel among them.

Across the years
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Where

Border Patrol Agent Manuel Alejandro Alvarez

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch August 11, 2016

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 3-E

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