Senior Patrol Inspector James G. Burns

James G. Burns

Senior Patrol Inspector James Burns suffered a fatal heart attack following a search in a Calexico, California, river bottom.

He was searching heavy undergrowth for illegal aliens when he began to suffer chest pains. He suffered a fatal heart attack two hours later.

Inspector Burns was a United States Army veteran of World War II and had served with the United States Border Patrol for 13 years. He was survived by his wife and son.