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| Special Agent Forrest N. Leamon
United States Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S. Government
End of Watch: Monday, October 26, 2009 Biographical Info
Age: 37
Tour of Duty: 7 years
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Date of Incident: Monday, October 26, 2009
Incident Location: Overseas
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available Special Agents Forrest Leamon, Chad Michael, and Michael Weston were killed in a helicopter accident in Afghanistan.
The agents were returning from a counter-narcotics operation when the military helicopter they were riding in crashed. Seven military service members were also killed.
Special Agent Leamon, a member of FAST Team Echo, had served in the U.S. Navy for nine years as a Cryptologic Technician, receiving campaign medals for his service in Southwest Asia and Bosnia, before joining DEA in 2002. In 2007, Agent Leamon volunteered to serve as a member of a FAST team in Afghanistan, where he served multiple FAST team tours. He is survived by his wife, their unborn child, his parents, and his sister. Related Line of Duty Deaths Agency Contact Information
United States Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration
700 Army Navy Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
Phone: (202) 307-7977
Please contact the United States Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information. | |
