Wall of Honor

Employees of DEA and its predecessor agencies killed in the line of duty.

Rona L. Chafey

Rona L. Chafey

Dispatcher

December 10, 1959 - April 19, 1995

Cleveland County Sheriff's Office Dispatcher Rona L. Chafey, working in a Drug Enforcement Administration State and Local Task Force, was killed on April 19, 1995, when a car bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was 35 years of age at the time of her death. Read more >

Carrol J. Fields

Carrol J. Fields

Office Assistant

December 25, 1946 - April 19, 1995

Carrol Fields, a Drug Enforcement Administration office assistant who was known to her friends as "Chip," was killed on April 19, 1995, when a car bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Fields spent her entire 29 years of federal service in the Oklahoma City offices of DEA and its predecessor agency, the Bureau of Narcotics, Department of the Treasury. She was 48 years of age at the time of her death. Read more >

Carrie A. Lenz

Carrie A. Lenz

Legal Technician

August 4, 1968 - April 19, 1995

DynCorp Legal Technician Carrie A. Lenz and her unborn son, Michael James Lenz III, were killed on April 19, 1995, when a car bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Lenz was working under contract to the Drug Enforcement Administration. At the time of her death, she was 26 years of age. Read more >

Kenneth G. McCullough

Kenneth G. McCullough

Special Agent

January 29, 1959 - April 19, 1995

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Kenneth G. McCullough was killed on April 19, 1995, when a car bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Special Agent McCullough had 13 years of federal service and had been assigned to the Oklahoma City Resident Office since 1990. He was 36 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Frank Fernandez Jr.

Frank Fernandez Jr.

Special Agent

August 1, 1956 - August 27, 1994

Frank Fernandez, Jr., was one of five Drug Enforcement Administration special agents killed on August 27, 1994, in a plane crash during a reconnaissance mission near Santa Lucia, Peru. The mission was part of Operation Snowcap, a cocaine interdiction program in South America. He was 38 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Jay W. Seale

Jay W. Seale

Special Agent

March 9, 1963 - August 27, 1994

Jay W. Seale was one of five Drug Enforcement Administration special agents killed August 27, 1994, in a plane crash during a reconnaissance mission near Santa Lucia, Peru. The mission was part of Operation Snowcap, a cocaine interdiction program in South America. He was 31 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Meredith Thompson

Meredith Thompson

Special Agent

August 12, 1961 - August 27, 1994

Meredith Thompson was one of five Drug Enforcement Administration special agents killed August 27, 1994, in a plane crash during a reconnaissance mission near Santa Lucia, Peru. The mission was part of Operation Snowcap, a cocaine interdiction program in South America. She was 33 years of age at the time of her death. Read more >

Juan C. Vars

Juan C. Vars

Special Agent

January 6, 1962 - August 27, 1994

Juan C. Vars was one of five Drug Enforcement Administration special agents killed August 27, 1994, in a plane crash during a reconnaissance mission near Santa Lucia, Peru. The mission was part of Operation Snowcap, a cocaine interdiction program in South America. He was 32 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Frank S. Wallace, Jr.

Frank S. Wallace Jr.

Special Agent

August 5, 1957 - August 27, 1994

Frank S. Wallace, Jr., was one of five Drug Enforcement Administration special agents killed August 27, 1994, in a plane crash during a reconnaissance mission near Santa Lucia, Peru. The mission was part of Operation Snowcap, a cocaine interdiction program in South America. He was 37 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Richard E. Fass

Richard E. Fass

Special Agent

December 18, 1956 - June 30, 1994

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Richard E. Fass of the Phoenix, Arizona Field Division was fatally shot on June 30, 1994, during an undercover methamphetamine investigation in Glendale, Arizona. He was 37 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >