End of Watch February 2, 2019
Age 49
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
The Vigil Panel 169 ›
Gender Female

Incident

Border Patrol Agent Donna Doss was struck and killed by a vehicle on the south service road of I-20 near mile marker 276, between Tye and Merkel, Texas.

She had responded to the location to assist a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper determine the status of a subject believed to be in the country illegally.

Agent Doss had served with the United States Border Patrol for 16 years and was assigned to the Del Rio Sector.

Survivors

She is survived by her husband, two stepsons, parents, brother, and sister.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Border Patrol Agent Doss gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 15 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Doss.

— 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 February 2, 2019
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
Age 49
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Donna is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 2019, 45 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 103rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Donna was 49. 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. Donna had served 15 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

February holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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

Across the years
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Where

Border Patrol Agent Donna Marie Doss

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch February 2, 2019

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 50-E

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