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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]

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# 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

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References

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  110. ^ "Nicole Conti". Retrieved 19 July 2025.
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  112. ^ "Thomas J. Mohnal". Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  113. ^ "Laura Schwartzenberger". FBI. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  114. ^ "Todd Spiker". Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  115. ^ "Bryan Myers". Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  116. ^ "Yiu Tak "Lou" Tao". Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  117. ^ "Anne Henry Call". Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  118. ^ "Jack Hess". Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  119. ^ "Diane Hunt". Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  120. ^ "Donald Kleber". Retrieved 19 July 2025.
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