Special Agent

Wilmer Fuentes-Villanueva

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch April 25, 1975
Age 22
The Vigil Panel 115 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Agent Fuentes-Villanueva was shot and killed by three people who requested his help with a broken down car.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Fuentes-Villanueva served with the Puerto Rico Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Fuentes-Villanueva.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location San Juan, 127
Platform Identity prpd.pr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 25, 1975
Age 22
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Wilmer is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1975, 163 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 21st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Wilmer was 22. 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.

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

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

By month
By day of the week
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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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Puerto Rico Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Wilmer among them.

Across the years

Special Agent Wilmer Fuentes-Villanueva

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch April 25, 1975

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 29-E

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