End of Watch October 25, 2002
Age 37
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Gender Female

Incident

Senior Patrol Agent Catherine Hill was killed in an automobile accident when her Jeep Wrangler patrol vehicle went over an embankment and rolled over several times.

Agent Hill was ejected from the vehicle and was found by a maintenance worker. The incident occurred on East Spooner's Mesa in Border Field State Park in San Diego County, California.

Agent Hill had served with the United States Border Patrol for two years.

Survivors

She is survived by her father, brother, sister, and half-sister.

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

— 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 October 25, 2002
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 37
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Catherine 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 2002, 73 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 38th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

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

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

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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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Her people

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

Across the years
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Where

Senior Patrol Agent Catherine Mary Hill

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch October 25, 2002

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 1-E

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