Thin Blue News remembers Border Patrol Agent David R. Delaney on November 2, 2026, fourteen years after his End of Watch. This is an anniversary remembrance, not a report of a new death. His official U.S. Customs and Border Protection memorial preserves a career that took him through several Border Patrol sectors before his assignment in West Texas.
A Border Patrol career beginning in 2002
According to CBP’s official memorial for David R. Delaney, he entered on duty on December 12, 2002, as a member of the 536th academy session. After graduation, he was assigned to the Calexico Station in the El Centro Sector.
The agency records subsequent transfers to the Houlton and Grand Forks sectors. In 2011, Delaney settled at the Big Bend National Park Sub-Station of Alpine Station in the Big Bend Sector. These are the assignments documented by his agency; this remembrance does not infer additional duties from the memorial photograph.
End of Watch: November 2, 2012
CBP records Delaney’s End of Watch as November 2, 2012. Its memorial says he collapsed and died while patrolling on foot near Big Bend National Park in Texas. This remembrance keeps that official account brief and does not speculate about medical details or reconstruct the event.
The Officer Down Memorial Page record lists him as David Richard Delaney and corroborates the November 2, 2012 End of Watch date. This article uses the name David R. Delaney as presented by CBP.
Fourteen years remembered
November 2, 2026, marks fourteen years since Delaney’s End of Watch. Thin Blue News offers this remembrance with respect for his family, friends and colleagues, and for the service preserved in his agency’s memorial.
David R. Delaney
Border Patrol Agent
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol
End of Watch: November 2, 2012
Anniversary remembrance: November 2, 2026
Save the portrait-led digital remembrance card. The original agency photograph is small; this keepsake uses ordinary resizing without generated facial detail. No print-quality claim is made.
Sources and photograph credit
- CBP: David R. Delaney — In Memoriam
- ODMP: Border Patrol Agent David Richard Delaney
- CBP photo, video and audio use guidelines
Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, acquired directly from the official CBP memorial’s image URL. CBP’s published imagery policy identifies photographs on CBP.gov as public domain unless otherwise noted; no contrary credit or restriction appears with this photograph. Thin Blue News retained the entire photograph, proportionally resized it and added original remembrance typography. No objects or facial details were generated. Use does not imply CBP endorsement. CBP directs international-use inquiries to its Office of Public Affairs.
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