Wall of Honor

George Montoya began his law enforcement career with the U.S. Border Patrol after graduating from California State University in Long Beach, California, in 1976 with a degree in criminal justice. He joined the Immigration and Naturalization Service in January 1979 and worked as a border patrol agent in Campo, California, until August 1983 when he became a criminal investigator in Los Angeles. He became a special agent with DEA in September 1987 and was assigned to the Los Angeles Field Division. Read more >

Task Force Officer Terry W. McNett of the Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sheriff's Office was shot and killed on February 2, 1988, while executing a search warrant in Wichita, Kansas. Task Force Officer Detective McNett was assigned to a Drug Enforcement Administration task force. He was 36 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Special Agent Arthur L. Cash graduated from West Virginia University in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree. After graduating from college, Special Agent Cash served as a border patrol agent with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Agent Cash joined DEA in 1974 and was transferred to the San Luis, Arizona District Office and then to the Miami Field Division. In March 1987 he was assigned to open the Sierra Vista, Arizona Post of Duty. Read more >

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Raymond J. Stastny of the Atlanta, Georgia, Field Division died on January 26, 1987, from gunshot wounds he received during an undercover operation. He was 30 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent William Ramos of the McAllen, Texas District Office was shot and killed on December 31, 1986. Special Agent Ramos was killed by a drug trafficking suspect while making an arrest during an undercover investigation at Las Milpas, Texas, near the Mexican border. He was 30 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Susan M. Hoefler, an office assistant at the Drug Enforcement Administration's Guadalajara, Mexico Resident Office, died on August 16, 1986, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. She was 32 years of age at the time of her death. Read more >

James A. Avant, Pulaski County, Arkansas, Sheriff's Office, was killed on July 24, 1986, in a helicopter crash in Mount Ida, Arkansas. He was 37 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Criminal Investigator Charles M. Bassing, Arkansas State Police, was killed on July 24, 1986, in a helicopter crash in Mt. Ida, Arkansas. He was 33 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Criminal Investigator Kevin L. Brosch, Jefferson County, Arkansas Sheriff's Office, was killed on July 24, 1986, in a helicopter crash in Mt. Ida, Arkansas. He was 34 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Special Agent Enrique S. Camarena of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Guadalajara, Mexico Resident Office was kidnapped and tortured by Mexican drug traffickers on February 7, 1985. It is believed that Special Agent Camarena's death occurred on February 9. His body was discovered on March 5, 1985. He was 37 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >