Bio & Incident Details
Age: 32
Tour: Not available
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Military veteran
Cause: Gunfire
Location: Overseas
Incident Date: 12/31/1970
Weapon: Rifle; M-16
Suspect: Shot and killed
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Special Agent Leroy Halbert was shot and killed in the Khanh Hoa province of Vietnam while attempting to question several soldiers who had reportedly drawn their weapons on an MP several days earlier, and who had cut another MP.
He and another agent had gone to a village in search of the soldiers who were known to frequent a local bar. They arrived at the bar to find it closed, and as they talked to the proprietor's daughter the soldiers drove up.
As the soldiers exited their truck one of them confronted the other agent, jammed the barrel of his M-16 rifle in the agent's stomach, and yelled that he was going to kill him. During the ensuing struggle over the rifle, the agent was able to pull out his sidearm and shot the suspect. During this time Agent Halbert was engaged in a struggle with three other soldiers. Agent Halbert was disarmed and two of the soldiers were pointing weapons at him.
The other agent shot one of the soldiers just has the soldier shot Agent Halbert in the head. A passing GI was flagged down and transported Agent Halbert to a hospital, where he succumbed to his wound. The other agent also took one of the wounded suspects to the hospital, where he also died.
