United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Monday, December 21, 2015
Age: 28
Tour of Duty: 4 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Bomb
Date of Incident: December 21, 2015
Weapon Used: Explosives; Improvised device
Suspect Info: Suicide bomber
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.