United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, US

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Special Agent John William Bost, III

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, US

EOW: Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Special Agent William C. Sheldon

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, US

EOW: Monday, March 2, 2015

Cause: 9/11 related illness

Special Agent Kimberly D. Place

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, US

EOW: Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Cause: Automobile crash

Special Agent Eddie Benitez

United States Department of the Treasury - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, US

EOW: Tuesday, July 12, 1983

Cause: Gunfire

Special Agent Ariel Rios

United States Department of the Treasury - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, US

EOW: Thursday, December 2, 1982

Cause: Gunfire

Special Agent Dale M. Harbolt

United States Department of the Treasury - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, US

EOW: Monday, June 7, 1976

Cause: Aircraft accident

Special Agent Craig Peter Carney

United States Department of the Treasury - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, US

EOW: Friday, December 1, 1972

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Special Investigator David Walter Doyle

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, US

EOW: Thursday, September 4, 1969

Cause: Automobile crash

Investigator Vernon David Rogers

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Wednesday, September 8, 1965

Cause: Automobile crash

Investigator Douglas Flanigen Denny

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Monday, January 20, 1964

Cause: Automobile crash

Investigator Ralph Ackerman Holt

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Friday, October 25, 1963

Cause: Gunfire

Investigator Joe Brooks Cooper

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Friday, October 25, 1963

Cause: Gunfire

Investigator Julius Buchter

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Thursday, February 2, 1961

Cause: Heart attack

Investigator Eugene Wilder Campbell

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Thursday, September 8, 1960

Cause: Automobile crash

Investigator James Truett Smith

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Sunday, November 22, 1959

Cause: Automobile crash

Investigator Julian Sangster Majors

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Thursday, October 17, 1957

Cause: Heart attack

Investigator Lawrence Edgar Davis

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Tuesday, January 17, 1956

Cause: Aircraft accident

Investigator William John Sheehan

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Thursday, June 2, 1955

Cause: Duty related illness

Investigator William Leroy Shields

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Tuesday, April 13, 1954

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Investigator William Henry Stuart

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Tuesday, March 23, 1954

Cause: Gunfire

Investigator William Dennis Crane

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Saturday, September 12, 1953

Cause: Heart attack

Investigator Donald Oscar McDonald

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Monday, August 24, 1953

Cause: Heart attack

Investigator William Lamar Polk, Sr.

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, US

EOW: Sunday, June 28, 1953

Cause: Heart attack

Investigator Earl Raymond Harrouff

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Thursday, January 12, 1950

Cause: Automobile crash

Investigator Milton Henry Rogers

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Monday, July 12, 1948

Cause: Heart attack

Investigator William Honkala

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Sunday, March 7, 1948

Cause: Automobile crash

Investigator Jesse Wilburn Jones

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Wednesday, March 3, 1948

Cause: Heart attack

Investigator Melvin John Clark

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Tuesday, June 17, 1947

Cause: Gunfire

Investigator William Milton Pugh

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Friday, November 21, 1941

Cause: Gunfire

Investigator Frederick Lewis Regan

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Sunday, September 28, 1941

Cause: Heart attack

Investigator Roy Neil Griffin

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Monday, August 18, 1941

Cause: Gunfire

Investigator Robert Richard Evans

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Saturday, April 19, 1941

Cause: Vehicular assault

Investigator Walter C. Guinn

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Tuesday, January 28, 1941

Cause: Automobile crash

Investigator Samuel Leeper

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Wednesday, July 31, 1940

Cause: Gunfire

Investigator Elvis Wesley Myrick

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Wednesday, April 3, 1940

Cause: Assault

Investigator Norval Lee DeArmond

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Monday, January 1, 1940

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Investigator James Logan Molloy

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Tuesday, January 31, 1939

Cause: Automobile crash

Investigator William Edward Smith

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Saturday, December 25, 1937

Cause: Vehicle pursuit

Investigator William James Tennis

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Tuesday, September 28, 1937

Cause: Automobile crash

Investigator William Thomas Butler

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1937

Cause: Automobile crash

Investigator Donald C. Cleveland

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Sunday, November 22, 1936

Cause: Automobile crash

Investigator John Ruskin Foster

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Thursday, May 14, 1936

Cause: Gunfire

Investigator William Louis Pappan

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Wednesday, December 4, 1935

Cause: Gunfire

Investigator Robert C. Nickerson

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Thursday, April 11, 1935

Cause: Hypothermia

Investigator William Roy Blandford

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Alcohol Tax Unit, US

EOW: Saturday, May 12, 1934

Cause: Heart attack

Special Agent Asa Hawkins

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Prohibition, US

EOW: Saturday, December 20, 1930

Cause: Gunfire

Posseman John Savage West

United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue, US

EOW: Wednesday, February 10, 1915

Cause: Gunfire

Posseman John Carver

United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue, US

EOW: Tuesday, January 10, 1905

Cause: Gunfire

Revenue Agent S. Creed Cardwell

United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue - Division of Revenue Agents, US

EOW: Friday, October 7, 1892

Cause: Gunfire

Storekeeper-Gauger Frank Weir

United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue, US

EOW: Friday, September 19, 1890

Cause: Gunfire

Deputy Collector Frank Weller

United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue, US

EOW: Wednesday, August 14, 1889

Cause: Gunfire

Posseman Samuel Waite Seawell

United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue, US

EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1879

Cause: Gunfire

Gauger Clinton Gilbert

United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue, US

EOW: Sunday, July 16, 1871

Cause: Gunfire

K9 Able

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, US

EOW: Saturday, January 5, 2019

Cause: Duty related illness

K9 Nash

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, US

EOW: Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Cause: Gunfire

K9 L.E.

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, US

EOW: Sunday, May 10, 2009

Cause: Animal related

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 223

  • 9/11 related illness 1
  • Accidental 1
  • Aircraft accident 3
  • Assault 3
  • Automobile crash 33
  • Duty related illness 1
  • Explosion 3
  • Exposure to toxins 1
  • Fall 3
  • Gunfire 130
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 10
  • Heart attack 16
  • Heatstroke 1
  • Hypothermia 1
  • Motorcycle crash 1
  • Struck by train 1
  • Struck by vehicle 2
  • Train accident 1
  • Vehicle pursuit 9
  • Vehicular assault 2

By Month

  • January 20
  • February 20
  • March 17
  • April 16
  • May 16
  • June 20
  • July 30
  • August 14
  • September 17
  • October 18
  • November 11
  • December 24

By Gender

  • Male 222
  • Female 1

K9 Line of Duty Deaths: 3

  • Animal related 1
  • Duty related illness 1
  • Gunfire 1

Predecessor Agencies