Known as "Jimmy," Narcotic Agent James Thomas Williams of the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Prohibition Service was shot and fatally wounded on October 16, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois. In the struggle with a suspect, Williams' partner, Narcotic Agent George Howard, accidentally discharged his service revolver, striking Agent Williams in the head. This tragic incident is believed to have occurred on Agent Williams' first assignment as a narcotic agent. He was 25 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Narcotics Inspector Bert S. Gregory died on October 25, 1922, from a gunshot wound the day after his weapon accidentally discharged. He was 53 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Joseph W. Floyd, an agent with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Internal Revenue, was killed in Houston, Texas, on May 17, 1922, while attempting to serve a search warrant. He was shot by a suspect as he entered the garage of the suspect's residence. He was 46 years of age at the time of his death. Newspaper accounts of the incident indicated that Agent Floyd's weapon had not been fired and the search warrant was still in his pocket. Thousands of dollars' worth of liquor, a quantity of drugs, and several weapons, including two automatic pistols, were seized during this operation. Read more >

Federal Prohibition Agent Charles A. Wood, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Border Department, was killed on March 21, 1921, along with his partner, Agent Stafford E. Beckett, while attempting to execute a search warrant on whiskey smugglers at the Shearman Ranch in El Paso, Texas, near the U.S. – Mexico border. Following a lead that 23 cases of liquor were to be sent across the Mexican border, a federal raid was organized, and unfortunately, both agents lost their lives. At the time, newspapers reported that in the two weeks prior to this incident there had been seven armed fights between federal agents and border smugglers. Agent Wood was 34 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Stafford E. Beckett, an agent with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Border Department, was killed along with his partner, Agent Charles A. Wood, as they attempted to execute a search warrant on whiskey smugglers at the Shearman Ranch in El Paso, Texas, near the U.S. – Mexico border. Following a lead that 23 cases of liquor were to be sent across the Mexican border, federal prohibition agents organized a raid during which the agents were killed. He was 31 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Special Agent Hector Jordan, a supervisory special agent with the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, died on October 14, 1970, in Chicago, Illinois, from injuries he received in an unprovoked attack by a roving gang of seven assailants. He was 38 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Police Officer Gene A. Clifton died on November 19, 1971, as a result of injuries received on October 1 during a joint operation with the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Officer Clifton was fatally wounded when a team of officers attempted to serve a search warrant and a suspect fired a handgun through a door, striking Clifton in the abdomen. He was 27 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Special Agent Frank Tummillo of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs was killed during an undercover operation in New York City on October 12, 1972. He was 25 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Special Agent Pilot George F. White of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs was killed on March 25, 1973, after his plane hit a power line near Tucson, Arizona. He was 31 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Special Agent in Charge Richard Heath, Jr., of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs died on April 1, 1973, in Quito, Ecuador. He died from complications resulting from a gunshot wound he received during an undercover operation in Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, on February 22, 1973. He was 36 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >