End of Watch May 21, 2009
Age 47
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Border Patrol Agent Cruz McGuire suffered a fatal heart attack while on horse patrol, tracking illegal immigrants along a trail near Del Rio, Texas.

Other agents and medical personnel attempted to revive him but were unsuccessful.

Agent McGuire had served with the United States Border Patrol for 25 years and was assigned to the Del Rio Station. He had previously served with the Del Rio Police Department and Kinney County Sheriff's Office in Texas.

Survivors

He is survived by his son, two daughters, parents, and three siblings.

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25 years. You could have gone home.
Border Patrol Agent McGuire gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent McGuire.

— 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 21, 2009
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Cruz is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% 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 2009, 11 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 54th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Cruz was 47. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Cruz had served 25 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

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

May holds 8.8% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Thursdays: 14.5%.

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By day of the week
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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 4th 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, Cruz among them.

Across the years

Border Patrol Agent Cruz C. McGuire

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch May 21, 2009

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 27-W

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