United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Wednesday, July 14, 1993
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Date of Incident: July 14, 1993
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Pilot Rick Talafous was killed in a helicopter crash along with two other U.S. Customs Service agents and a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent.
The Sikorsky UH-60A they were in struck high-tension power lines 82 feet above the Altamaha River near Hortense, Georgia, as the agents searched for clandestine airstrips and marijuana grow operations.
Pilot Talafous was a United States Air Force veteran. He is survived by his parents and two sisters.