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Special Agent Chester J. McBride, III | United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Government
United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Government

Special Agent

Chester J. McBride, III

United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Government

End of Watch: Monday, December 21, 2015

Biographical Info

Age: 30
Tour of Duty: 3 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Bomb
Date of Incident: December 21, 2015
Weapon Used: Explosives; Improvised device
Suspect Info: Not available

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.