Headstone of John Robert McCravey

John Robert McCravey

1987

John Robert McCravey. John served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War.

How He Died
Manner Accident
Cause Multiple traumatic injuries
Mechanism Unknown
What Happened
Border Patrol Agent John McCravey succumbed to injuries sustained in an automobile crash three days earlier while chasing a vehicle suspected of transporting smuggled aliens around 7:00 a.m. The vehicle he was chasing caused dust to be kicked up, possibly blocking Agent McCravey's visibility. His patrol car overturned and became submerged in the All-American Canal near Calexico, California. Fellow officers and citizens helped free Agent McCravey and the three prisoners he had in his patrol car from the vehicle. He was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries three days later. Agent McCravey was a United States Army Vietnam War and Hawaii Air National Guard veteran and had served with the United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol for one year.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two daughters, mother, father, two brothers, and a sister.
Keepsakes
John Robert McCravey
John Robert McCravey
Service Record
1968 – 1971
1980 – 1980
Also Served
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol
Border Patrol Agent
In Our Keeping
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