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	Illinois	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	Illinois	1921	1929	Undetermined	[3] [4]
3	Albert L. Ingle	Special Agent	Mississippi	1931	1931	Accidental discharge	[5] [6]
4	Raymond J. Caffrey	Special Agent	Nebraska	1927	1933	Gunfire	[7] [8]	Caffrey was a victim of the Kansas City massacre
5	W. Carter Baum	Special Agent	District of Columbia	1930	1934	Gunfire	[9]	Baum was ambushed by Baby Face Nelson
6	Samuel P. Cowley	Inspector	Idaho	1929	1934	Gunfire	[10]	Cowley was killed in a shootout with Baby Face Nelson
7	Herman E. Hollis	Special Agent	Iowa	1927	1934	Gunfire	[11]	Hollis was killed in a shootout with Baby Face Nelson
8	Nelson B. Klein	Special Agent	New York	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	Illinois	1937	1937	Gunfire	[13]
10	Truett E. Rowe	Special Agent	Arkansas	1935	1937	Gunfire	[14]
11	William R. Ramsey	Special Agent	Kentucky	1933	1938	Gunfire	[15]
12	Hubert J. Treacy Jr.	Special Agent	New York	1941	1942	Gunfire	[16]
13	Richard B. Brown	Special Agent	Oklahoma	1941	1943	Vehicle-related accident	[17] [18]
14	Percy E. Foxworth	Assistant Director	Missouri	1932	1943	Vehicle-related accident	[19]	The Liberty ship SS Percy E. Foxworth was named after Foxworth
15	Harold D. Haberfeld	Special Agent	Missouri	1941	1943	Vehicle-related accident	[20] [21]
16	Marvin Risen	Special Agent	Kentucky	1939	1943	Vehicle-related accident	[22]
17	J. Cordes Delworth	Special Agent	Missouri	1941	1945	Vehicle-related accident	[23]
18	Joseph J. Brock	Special Agent	Wisconsin	1941	1952	Gunfire	[24]	Brock was killed by Gerhard Puff
19	J. Brady Murphy	Special Agent	Maryland	1940	1953	Gunfire	[25]
20	Richard P. Horan	Special Agent	Connecticut	1948	1957	Gunfire	[26]
21	Lee E. Morrow	Special Agent	Minnesota	1951	1960	Vehicle-related accident	[27]
22	Joseph I. Hart	Special Agent	Idaho	1940	1962	Vehicle-related accident	[28]
23	Charles B. Smith	Special Agent	Alabama	1942	1963	Vehicle-related accident	[29]
24	Billie W. Taylor	Electronic Maintenance Technician	Florida	1954	1965	Fall	[30]
25	Terry R. Anderson	Special Agent	Iowa	1951	1966	Gunfire	[31]	Anderson was ambushed by Peggy Ann Bradnick's kidnapper.
26	Douglas M. Price	Special Agent	Idaho	1967	1968	Gunfire	[32]
27	Nelson B. Klein Jr.	Special Agent	New Jersey	1955	1969	Vehicle-related accident	[33]
28	Anthony Palmisano	Special Agent	New Jersey	1960	1969	Gunfire	[34]
29	Edwin R. Woodriffe	Special Agent	New York	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	Texas	1954	1973	Vehicle-related accident	[35]
31	Gregory W. Spinelli	Special Agent	Pennsylvania	1970	1973	Gunfire	[36]
32	Edward J. Knartzer	Special Agent	Indiana	1963	1974	Accident	[37] [38]
33	Sheila J. Regan	Special Agent	Virginia	1972	1974	Vehicle-related accident	[39] [38]
34	Jack R. Coler	Special Agent	California	1971	1975	Gunfire	[40]	Coler was killed by Leonard Peltier
35	Ronald A. Williams	Special Agent	California	1972	1975	Gunfire	[41]	Williams was killed by Leonard Peltier
36	Trenwith S. Basford	Special Agent	Montana	1942	1977	Vehicle-related accident	[42] [43]
37	Mark A. Kirkland	Special Agent	Utah	1972	1977	Vehicle-related accident	[44] [43]
38	Charles W. Elmore	Special Agent	Washington	1972	1979	Gunfire	[45]
39	Johnnie L. Oliver	Special Agent	Illinois	1965	1979	Gunfire	[46] [47]
40	J. Robert Porter	Special Agent	Arizona	1967	1979	Gunfire	[48]
41	Robert W. Conners	Special Agent	Ohio	1979	1982	Vehicle-related accident	[49]
42	Charles Ellington	Special Agent	Georgia	1979	1982	Vehicle-related accident	[49]
43	Terry B. Hereford	Special Agent	California	1979	1982	Vehicle-related accident	[49]
44	Michael J. Lynch	Special Agent	Ohio	1976	1982	Vehicle-related accident	[49]
45	Clifton Browning Jr.	Special Agent	Ohio	1963	1984	Vehicle-related accident	[50]
46	Robin L. Ahrens	Special Agent	Minnesota	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	Kentucky	1970	1986	Training-related accident	[52] [53]
48	Jerry Dove	Special Agent	West Virginia	1982	1986	Gunfire	[54] [55]	Dove was killed in the 1986 Miami shootout
49	Benjamin P. Grogan	Special Agent	Georgia	1961	1986	Gunfire	[56]	Grogan was killed in the 1986 Miami shootout
50	Scott K. Carey	Special Agent	New York	1983	1988	Vehicle-related accident	[57] [58]
51	L. Douglas Abram	Special Agent	Missouri	1976	1990	Gunfire	[59]
52	John L. Bailey	Special Agent	Massachusetts	1969	1990	Gunfire	[60]
53	Paul F. Cavanagh	Special Agent	Massachusetts	1971	1990	Training-related accident	[61]
54	Stanley C. Ronquest Jr.	Special Agent	Missouri	1971	1992	Gunfire	[62]
55	Martha D. Martinez	Special Agent	Pennsylvania	1987	1994	Gunfire	[63]
56	Michael J. Miller	Special Agent	Maryland	1984	1994	Gunfire	[63]
57	William H. Christian Jr.	Special Agent	Maryland	1975	1995	Gunfire	[64]
58	Charles L. Reed	Special Agent	Iowa	1979	1996	Gunfire	[65]
59	Paul A. LeVeille	Special Agent	Maine	1996	1999	Training-related accident	[66] [67]
60	Leonard W. Hatton	Special Agent	New Jersey	1985	2001	Terrorism	[68]	Hatton was killed during the September 11 attacks
61	Robert R. Hardesty	Special Agent	Indiana	2001	2005	Training-related accident	[69] [70]
62	Gregory J. Rahoi	Supervisory Special Agent	Wisconsin	1997	2006	Training-related accident	[71] [72]
63	Barry L. Bush	Special Agent	New Jersey	1987	2007	Gunfire	[73]
64	Paul H. Wilson	Special Agent	Pennsylvania	1981	2007	9/11-related medical condition	[74]
65	Samuel S. Hicks	Special Agent	Pennsylvania	2007	2008	Gunfire	[75]
66	Sang T. Jun	Special Agent	Florida	2003	2008	Training-related condition	[76] [77]
67	Robert M. Roth	Special Agent	District of Columbia	1996	2008	9/11-related medical condition	[78] [79]
68	Laurie Fournier	Special Agent	New York	1990	2009	9/11-related medical condition	[80]
69	Paul M. Sorce	Special Agent	Michigan	1991	2009	Accident	[81] [82]
70	Jerry D. Jobe	Special Agent	Kansas	1999	2010	9/11-related medical condition	[83]
71	Daniel L. Knapp	Special Agent	California	2005	2011	Off-duty related accident	[84]
72	Gerard D. Senatore	Special Agent	New Jersey	1990	2011	9/11-related medical condition	[85]
73	William R. Craig	Special Agent	Pennsylvania	1971	2012	9/11-related medical condition	[86]
74	Christopher W. Lorek	Special Agent	Illinois	1996	2013	Training-related accident	[87]
75	Stephen P. Shaw	Special Agent	California	2005	2013	Training-related accident	[88]
76	Mark J. Mikulski	Supervisory Special Agent	New York	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	North Carolina	1998	2015	9/11-related medical condition	[92]
79	Wesley J. Yoo	Special Agent	South Korea	1996	2015	9/11-related medical condition	[93]
80	Rex A. Stockham	Supervisory Special Agent	California	1984	2016	9/11-related medical condition	[94]
81	Dennis Bonelli	Special Agent	New Jersey	1983	2017	9/11-related medical condition	[95] [96]
82	Mark Johnston	Supervisory Special Agent	New Jersey	1983	2017	9/11-related medical condition	[97] [98]
83	Rickey O’Donald	Special Agent	Michigan	1987	2017	Training-related medical condition	[99] [100]
84	Melica Sanders	Evidence Technician	Arkansas	1985	2017	9/11-related medical condition	[101]
85	Shannon M. Beck	Evidence Technician	California	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	New Jersey	1996	2018	9/11-related medical condition	[104] [105]
88	Melissa S. Morrow	Supervisory Special Agent	Missouri	1995	2018	9/11-related medical condition	[106]
89	William H. Lewis	Electronics Technician	Virginia	1990	2019	9/11-related medical condition	[107]
90	Saul C. Tocker	Supervisory Investigative Specialist	Maryland	1990	2020	9/11-related medical condition	[108]
91	Daniel Alfin	Special Agent	New York	2009	2021	Gunfire	[109]	Alfin was killed in the 2021 Sunrise shootout
92	Nicole Conti	Supervisory Administrative Specialist	New York	1999	2021	9/11-related medical condition	[110]
93	Jimmie J. Daniels	Special Agent	Texas	2006	2021	Training-related medical condition	[111]
94	Thomas J. Mohnal	Supervisory Special Agent	Pennsylvania	1980	2021	9/11-related medical condition	[112]
95	Laura Schwartzenberger	Special Agent	Colorado	2005	2021	Gunfire	[113]	Schwartzenberger was killed in the 2021 Sunrise shootout
96	Todd Spiker	Supervisory Special Agent	California	1996	2021	9/11-related medical condition	[114]
97	Bryan Myers	Supervisory Administrative Specialist	Alabama	1992	2022	9/11-related medical condition	[115]
98	Yiu T. Tao	Supervisory Police Officer	Hong Kong	1996	2022	9/11-related medical condition	[116]
99	Anne H. Call	Secretary (Office Automation)	District of Columbia	1986	2023	9/11-related medical condition	[117]
100	Jack Hess	Supervisory Special Agent	New Jersey	1988	2023	9/11-related medical condition	[118]
101	Diane Hunt	Operational Support Technician	New York	1988	2023	9/11-related medical condition	[119]
102	Donald Kleber	Special Agent	New Jersey	1977	2024	9/11-related medical condition	[120]

See also

• List of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in the United States

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