age: 39 yrs
Border Patrol Agent
The two Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents killed at about 6:30 Thursday morning in an on-duty accident have been identified.
Agent Robert Lowry of the Yuma Sector identified the agents as 34-year-old Edward Rojas and 39-year-old Hector Clark, both of whom were 10-year veterans of the force.
Rojas, a graduate of the 432 Border Patrol Academy, entered service on April 9, 2000, and Clark, a graduate of the 481 Border Patrol Academy, entered service on August 20, 2001.
Clark had only been with the Yuma Sector for two years after transferring from the El Centro Sector, where he spent the previous eight years.
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Hector R. Clark, 39, of Yuma, died May 12, 2011, in Gila Bend.
He was born Nov. 16, 1971, in Blythe, Calif., and was a border patrol agent.
A wake for the public will be 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at St. Francis Catholic Church, with rosary at 7 p.m. Mass will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Funeral service ceremony will be 1 p.m. Friday at Yuma Civic Center. Burial will follow at Desert Lawn.
Yuma Mortuary and Crematory is handling arrangements.
Published in The Yuma Sun on May 17, 2011
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/05/12/20110512arizona-train-border-patrol-crash-abrk.html
http://www.yumasun.com/news/service-70065-memorial-patrol.html
Border Patrol Agent
The two Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents killed at about 6:30 Thursday morning in an on-duty accident have been identified.
Agent Robert Lowry of the Yuma Sector identified the agents as 34-year-old Edward Rojas and 39-year-old Hector Clark, both of whom were 10-year veterans of the force.
Rojas, a graduate of the 432 Border Patrol Academy, entered service on April 9, 2000, and Clark, a graduate of the 481 Border Patrol Academy, entered service on August 20, 2001.
Clark had only been with the Yuma Sector for two years after transferring from the El Centro Sector, where he spent the previous eight years.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hector R. Clark, 39, of Yuma, died May 12, 2011, in Gila Bend.
He was born Nov. 16, 1971, in Blythe, Calif., and was a border patrol agent.
A wake for the public will be 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at St. Francis Catholic Church, with rosary at 7 p.m. Mass will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Funeral service ceremony will be 1 p.m. Friday at Yuma Civic Center. Burial will follow at Desert Lawn.
Yuma Mortuary and Crematory is handling arrangements.
Published in The Yuma Sun on May 17, 2011
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/05/12/20110512arizona-train-border-patrol-crash-abrk.html
http://www.yumasun.com/news/service-70065-memorial-patrol.html
age: 39 yrs
Border Patrol Agent
The two Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents killed at about 6:30 Thursday morning in an on-duty accident have been identified.
Agent Robert Lowry of the Yuma Sector identified the agents as 34-year-old Edward Rojas and 39-year-old Hector Clark, both of whom were 10-year veterans of the force.
Rojas, a graduate of the 432 Border Patrol Academy, entered service on April 9, 2000, and Clark, a graduate of the 481 Border Patrol Academy, entered service on August 20, 2001.
Clark had only been with the Yuma Sector for two years after transferring from the El Centro Sector, where he spent the previous eight years.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hector R. Clark, 39, of Yuma, died May 12, 2011, in Gila Bend.
He was born Nov. 16, 1971, in Blythe, Calif., and was a border patrol agent.
A wake for the public will be 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at St. Francis Catholic Church, with rosary at 7 p.m. Mass will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Funeral service ceremony will be 1 p.m. Friday at Yuma Civic Center. Burial will follow at Desert Lawn.
Yuma Mortuary and Crematory is handling arrangements.
Published in The Yuma Sun on May 17, 2011
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/05/12/20110512arizona-train-border-patrol-crash-abrk.html
http://www.yumasun.com/news/service-70065-memorial-patrol.html
Border Patrol Agent
The two Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents killed at about 6:30 Thursday morning in an on-duty accident have been identified.
Agent Robert Lowry of the Yuma Sector identified the agents as 34-year-old Edward Rojas and 39-year-old Hector Clark, both of whom were 10-year veterans of the force.
Rojas, a graduate of the 432 Border Patrol Academy, entered service on April 9, 2000, and Clark, a graduate of the 481 Border Patrol Academy, entered service on August 20, 2001.
Clark had only been with the Yuma Sector for two years after transferring from the El Centro Sector, where he spent the previous eight years.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hector R. Clark, 39, of Yuma, died May 12, 2011, in Gila Bend.
He was born Nov. 16, 1971, in Blythe, Calif., and was a border patrol agent.
A wake for the public will be 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at St. Francis Catholic Church, with rosary at 7 p.m. Mass will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. Funeral service ceremony will be 1 p.m. Friday at Yuma Civic Center. Burial will follow at Desert Lawn.
Yuma Mortuary and Crematory is handling arrangements.
Published in The Yuma Sun on May 17, 2011
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/05/12/20110512arizona-train-border-patrol-crash-abrk.html
http://www.yumasun.com/news/service-70065-memorial-patrol.html
