Bio & Incident Details
Age: 45
Tour: 27 years
Badge # Not available
Military veteran
Cause: Bomb
Location: Overseas
Weapon: Explosives; Improvised device
Offender: Suicide bomber
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Special Agents Joseph Lemm, Louis Bonacasa, Chester McBride, Michael Cinco, Adrianna Vorderbruggen, and Peter Taub were killed by a suicide bomber in a village near Bagram Air Base Afghanistan. Two U.S. Air Force Security Forces airmen who were with them were wounded in the attack.
The agents and airmen were conducting a joint patrol as part of an investigation when the bomber drove a motorcycle into them and detonated the explosives.
Special Agents Lemm and Bonacasa were posthumously promoted to the rank of special agent within the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Special Agent Lemm had been activated as a member of the New York Air National Guard and had served as a member of the New York City Police Department for 15 years. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of detective first grade within the NYPD.
Related Line of Duty Deaths
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Special Agent Chester J. McBride, III |
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Special Agent Michael Anthony Cinco |
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Special Agent Adrianna Maria Vorderbruggen |
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Special Agent Peter Wagner Taub |
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Special Agent Louis Michael Bonacasa |
