U.S. Army · United States 
Xavier Guadalupe Magdaleno
1995
Xavier G. Magdaleno served the U.S. Army for 3 years. Xavier served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Struck by train
What Happened
Location: Texas
Incident Date: Wednesday, May 10, 1989
Border Patrol Agent Xavier Magdaleno succumbed to injuries sustained exactly six years earlier when his patrol vehicle was struck by a Southern Pacific Railroad train near the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas.
He and his partner were pursuing a group of suspected illegal aliens in the railroad yard at W Paisano Drive and Executive Center Boulevard when their vehicle became stuck in rock slag near a crossing at about 10:30 am. An oncoming train struck their vehicle and both agents were ejected from it. The vehicle landed on Agent Magdaleno, causing paralysis from the neck down. He required a ventilator for the next six years until his death.
Agent Magdaleno had served with the United States Border Patrol for nine years.
Incident Date: Wednesday, May 10, 1989
Border Patrol Agent Xavier Magdaleno succumbed to injuries sustained exactly six years earlier when his patrol vehicle was struck by a Southern Pacific Railroad train near the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas.
He and his partner were pursuing a group of suspected illegal aliens in the railroad yard at W Paisano Drive and Executive Center Boulevard when their vehicle became stuck in rock slag near a crossing at about 10:30 am. An oncoming train struck their vehicle and both agents were ejected from it. The vehicle landed on Agent Magdaleno, causing paralysis from the neck down. He required a ventilator for the next six years until his death.
Agent Magdaleno had served with the United States Border Patrol for nine years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, and two sons.
Service Record
U.S. Army
1970 – 1973
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Cold War
Also Served
United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol
Border Patrol Agent
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