United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Monday, August 17, 1931
Age: 41
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Drowned
Date of Incident: August 17, 1931
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Customs Agent Louis Babcock drowned after falling from his patrol boat in Lake Champlain, Vermont, while he and other officers pursued a cabin cruiser that was suspected of being a rum-runner.
Other officers on the boat didn't see Agent Babcock fall overboard because they were blinded by a powerful light on the boat they were pursuing.
Agent Babock was a WWI veteran.