List of FBI employees killed in the line of duty
The following is a list of employees of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation who have been killed in the line of duty.[1]
List
| # | Name | Rank/Position | Place of birth | Entry into service | Year of death | Cause of death | Citation | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin C. Shanahan | Special Agent | 1920 | 1925 | Gunfire | [2] | Shanahan was the agency's first employee to be killed in the line of duty | ||
| 2 | Paul E. Reynolds | Special Agent | 1921 | 1929 | Undetermined | [3][4] | |||
| 3 | Albert L. Ingle | Special Agent | 1931 | 1931 | Accidental discharge | [5][6] | |||
| 4 | Raymond J. Caffrey | Special Agent | 1927 | 1933 | Gunfire | [7][8] | Caffrey was a victim of the Kansas City massacre | ||
| 5 | W. Carter Baum | Special Agent | 1930 | 1934 | Gunfire | [9] | Baum was ambushed by Baby Face Nelson | ||
| 6 | Samuel P. Cowley | Inspector | 1929 | 1934 | Gunfire | [10] | Cowley was killed in a shootout with Baby Face Nelson | ||
| 7 | Herman E. Hollis | Special Agent | 1927 | 1934 | Gunfire | [11] | Hollis was killed in a shootout with Baby Face Nelson | ||
| 8 | Nelson B. Klein | Special Agent | 1926 | 1935 | Gunfire | [12] | Klein's killer was the first person in the United States to be executed for killing a federal law enforcement officer. | ||
| 9 | Wimberly W. Baker | Special Agent | 1937 | 1937 | Gunfire | [13] | |||
| 10 | Truett E. Rowe | Special Agent | 1935 | 1937 | Gunfire | [14] | |||
| 11 | William R. Ramsey | Special Agent | 1933 | 1938 | Gunfire | [15] | |||
| 12 | Hubert J. Treacy Jr. | Special Agent | 1941 | 1942 | Gunfire | [16] | |||
| 13 | Richard B. Brown | Special Agent | 1941 | 1943 | Vehicle-related accident | [17][18] | |||
| 14 | Percy E. Foxworth | Assistant Director | 1932 | 1943 | Vehicle-related accident | [19] | The Liberty ship SS Percy E. Foxworth was named after Foxworth | ||
| 15 | Harold D. Haberfeld | Special Agent | 1941 | 1943 | Vehicle-related accident | [20][21] | |||
| 16 | Marvin Risen | Special Agent | 1939 | 1943 | Vehicle-related accident | [22] | |||
| 17 | J. Cordes Delworth | Special Agent | 1941 | 1945 | Vehicle-related accident | [23] | |||
| 18 | Joseph J. Brock | Special Agent | 1941 | 1952 | Gunfire | [24] | Brock was killed by Gerhard Puff | ||
| 19 | J. Brady Murphy | Special Agent | 1940 | 1953 | Gunfire | [25] | |||
| 20 | Richard P. Horan | Special Agent | 1948 | 1957 | Gunfire | [26] | |||
| 21 | Lee E. Morrow | Special Agent | 1951 | 1960 | Vehicle-related accident | [27] | |||
| 22 | Joseph I. Hart | Special Agent | 1940 | 1962 | Vehicle-related accident | [28] | |||
| 23 | Charles B. Smith | Special Agent | 1942 | 1963 | Vehicle-related accident | [29] | |||
| 24 | Billie W. Taylor | Electronic Maintenance Technician | 1954 | 1965 | Fall | [30] | |||
| 25 | Terry R. Anderson | Special Agent | 1951 | 1966 | Gunfire | [31] | Anderson was ambushed by Peggy Ann Bradnick's kidnapper. | ||
| 26 | Douglas M. Price | Special Agent | 1967 | 1968 | Gunfire | [32] | |||
| 27 | Nelson B. Klein Jr. | Special Agent | 1955 | 1969 | Vehicle-related accident | [33] | |||
| 28 | Anthony Palmisano | Special Agent | 1960 | 1969 | Gunfire | [34] | |||
| 29 | Edwin R. Woodriffe | Special Agent | 1967 | 1969 | Gunfire | [34] | Woodriffe was the agency's first African-American employee to be killed in the line of duty. | ||
| 30 | Charles L. Brown Jr. | Special Agent | 1954 | 1973 | Vehicle-related accident | [35] | |||
| 31 | Gregory W. Spinelli | Special Agent | 1970 | 1973 | Gunfire | [36] | |||
| 32 | Edward J. Knartzer | Special Agent | 1963 | 1974 | Accident | [37][38] | |||
| 33 | Sheila J. Regan | Special Agent | 1972 | 1974 | Vehicle-related accident | [39][38] | |||
| 34 | Jack R. Coler | Special Agent | 1971 | 1975 | Gunfire | [40] | Coler was killed by Leonard Peltier | ||
| 35 | Ronald A. Williams | Special Agent | 1972 | 1975 | Gunfire | [41] | Williams was killed by Leonard Peltier | ||
| 36 | Trenwith S. Basford | Special Agent | 1942 | 1977 | Vehicle-related accident | [42][43] | |||
| 37 | Mark A. Kirkland | Special Agent | 1972 | 1977 | Vehicle-related accident | [44][43] | |||
| 38 | Charles W. Elmore | Special Agent | 1972 | 1979 | Gunfire | [45] | |||
| 39 | Johnnie L. Oliver | Special Agent | 1965 | 1979 | Gunfire | [46][47] | |||
| 40 | J. Robert Porter | Special Agent | 1967 | 1979 | Gunfire | [48] | |||
| 41 | Robert W. Conners | Special Agent | 1979 | 1982 | Vehicle-related accident | [49] | |||
| 42 | Charles Ellington | Special Agent | 1979 | 1982 | Vehicle-related accident | [49] | |||
| 43 | Terry B. Hereford | Special Agent | 1979 | 1982 | Vehicle-related accident | [49] | |||
| 44 | Michael J. Lynch | Special Agent | 1976 | 1982 | Vehicle-related accident | [49] | |||
| 45 | Clifton Browning Jr. | Special Agent | 1963 | 1984 | Vehicle-related accident | [50] | |||
| 46 | Robin L. Ahrens | Special Agent | 1984 | 1985 | Gunfire | [51] | Ahrens was the agency's first female employee to be killed in the line of duty. | ||
| 47 | James K. McAllister | Special Agent | 1970 | 1986 | Training-related accident | [52][53] | |||
| 48 | Jerry Dove | Special Agent | 1982 | 1986 | Gunfire | [54][55] | Dove was killed in the 1986 Miami shootout | ||
| 49 | Benjamin P. Grogan | Special Agent | 1961 | 1986 | Gunfire | [56] | Grogan was killed in the 1986 Miami shootout | ||
| 50 | Scott K. Carey | Special Agent | 1983 | 1988 | Vehicle-related accident | [57][58] | |||
| 51 | L. Douglas Abram | Special Agent | 1976 | 1990 | Gunfire | [59] | |||
| 52 | John L. Bailey | Special Agent | 1969 | 1990 | Gunfire | [60] | |||
| 53 | Paul F. Cavanagh | Special Agent | 1971 | 1990 | Training-related accident | [61] | |||
| 54 | Stanley C. Ronquest Jr. | Special Agent | 1971 | 1992 | Gunfire | [62] | |||
| 55 | Martha D. Martinez | Special Agent | 1987 | 1994 | Gunfire | [63] | |||
| 56 | Michael J. Miller | Special Agent | 1984 | 1994 | Gunfire | [63] | |||
| 57 | William H. Christian Jr. | Special Agent | 1975 | 1995 | Gunfire | [64] | |||
| 58 | Charles L. Reed | Special Agent | 1979 | 1996 | Gunfire | [65] | |||
| 59 | Paul A. LeVeille | Special Agent | 1996 | 1999 | Training-related accident | [66][67] | |||
| 60 | Leonard W. Hatton | Special Agent | 1985 | 2001 | Terrorism | [68] | Hatton was killed during the September 11 attacks | ||
| 61 | Robert R. Hardesty | Special Agent | 2001 | 2005 | Training-related accident | [69][70] | |||
| 62 | Gregory J. Rahoi | Supervisory Special Agent | 1997 | 2006 | Training-related accident | [71][72] | |||
| 63 | Barry L. Bush | Special Agent | 1987 | 2007 | Gunfire | [73] | |||
| 64 | Paul H. Wilson | Special Agent | 1981 | 2007 | 9/11-related medical condition | [74] | |||
| 65 | Samuel S. Hicks | Special Agent | 2007 | 2008 | Gunfire | [75] | |||
| 66 | Sang T. Jun | Special Agent | 2003 | 2008 | Training-related condition | [76][77] | |||
| 67 | Robert M. Roth | Special Agent | 1996 | 2008 | 9/11-related medical condition | [78][79] | |||
| 68 | Laurie Fournier | Special Agent | 1990 | 2009 | 9/11-related medical condition | [80] | |||
| 69 | Paul M. Sorce | Special Agent | 1991 | 2009 | Accident | [81][82] | |||
| 70 | Jerry D. Jobe | Special Agent | 1999 | 2010 | 9/11-related medical condition | [83] | |||
| 71 | Daniel L. Knapp | Special Agent | 2005 | 2011 | Off-duty related accident | [84] | |||
| 72 | Gerard D. Senatore | Special Agent | 1990 | 2011 | 9/11-related medical condition | [85] | |||
| 73 | William R. Craig | Special Agent | 1971 | 2012 | 9/11-related medical condition | [86] | |||
| 74 | Christopher W. Lorek | Special Agent | 1996 | 2013 | Training-related accident | [87] | |||
| 75 | Stephen P. Shaw | Special Agent | 2005 | 2013 | Training-related accident | [88] | |||
| 76 | Mark J. Mikulski | Supervisory Special Agent | 1963 | 2014 | 9/11-related medical condition | [89][90] | |||
| 77 | Steven A. Carr | Supervisory Special Agent | ———— | 1995 | 2015 | 9/11-related medical condition | [91] | ||
| 78 | Gladys M. Lee | Support Services Technician | 1998 | 2015 | 9/11-related medical condition | [92] | |||
| 79 | Wesley J. Yoo | Special Agent | 1996 | 2015 | 9/11-related medical condition | [93] | |||
| 80 | Rex A. Stockham | Supervisory Special Agent | 1984 | 2016 | 9/11-related medical condition | [94] | |||
| 81 | Dennis Bonelli | Special Agent | 1983 | 2017 | 9/11-related medical condition | [95][96] | |||
| 82 | Mark Johnston | Supervisory Special Agent | 1983 | 2017 | 9/11-related medical condition | [97][98] | |||
| 83 | Rickey O’Donald | Special Agent | 1987 | 2017 | Training-related medical condition | [99][100] | |||
| 84 | Melica Sanders | Evidence Technician | 1985 | 2017 | 9/11-related medical condition | [101] | |||
| 85 | Shannon M. Beck | Evidence Technician | 1995 | 2018 | 9/11-related medical condition | [102] | |||
| 86 | Brian L. Crews | Supervisory Special Agent | ———— | 1988 | 2018 | 9/11-related medical condition | [103] | ||
| 87 | David J. LeValley | Supervisory Special Agent | 1996 | 2018 | 9/11-related medical condition | [104][105] | |||
| 88 | Melissa S. Morrow | Supervisory Special Agent | 1995 | 2018 | 9/11-related medical condition | [106] | |||
| 89 | William H. Lewis | Electronics Technician | 1990 | 2019 | 9/11-related medical condition | [107] | |||
| 90 | Saul C. Tocker | Supervisory Investigative Specialist | 1990 | 2020 | 9/11-related medical condition | [108] | |||
| 91 | Daniel Alfin | Special Agent | 2009 | 2021 | Gunfire | [109] | Alfin was killed in the 2021 Sunrise shootout | ||
| 92 | Nicole Conti | Supervisory Administrative Specialist | 1999 | 2021 | 9/11-related medical condition | [110] | |||
| 93 | Jimmie J. Daniels | Special Agent | 2006 | 2021 | Training-related medical condition | [111] | |||
| 94 | Thomas J. Mohnal | Supervisory Special Agent | 1980 | 2021 | 9/11-related medical condition | [112] | |||
| 95 | Laura Schwartzenberger | Special Agent | 2005 | 2021 | Gunfire | [113] | Schwartzenberger was killed in the 2021 Sunrise shootout | ||
| 96 | Todd Spiker | Supervisory Special Agent | 1996 | 2021 | 9/11-related medical condition | [114] | |||
| 97 | Bryan Myers | Supervisory Administrative Specialist | 1992 | 2022 | 9/11-related medical condition | [115] | |||
| 98 | Yiu T. Tao | Supervisory Police Officer | 1996 | 2022 | 9/11-related medical condition | [116] | |||
| 99 | Anne H. Call | Secretary (Office Automation) | 1986 | 2023 | 9/11-related medical condition | [117] | |||
| 100 | Jack Hess | Supervisory Special Agent | 1988 | 2023 | 9/11-related medical condition | [118] | |||
| 101 | Diane Hunt | Operational Support Technician | 1988 | 2023 | 9/11-related medical condition | [119] | |||
| 102 | Donald Kleber | Special Agent | 1977 | 2024 | 9/11-related medical condition | [120] |
See also
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