Wall of Honor

On December 3, 1984, Marcellus Ward of the Baltimore, Maryland, Police Department was shot and killed while working on an undercover assignment. Ward was assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration's Baltimore District Office Task Force. He was 36 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Larry N. Carwell of the Houston District Office died on January 9, 1984, in a helicopter crash during an operations flight near the Bahamas. He was 39 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Thomas J. Devine, a group supervisor at the Newark Field Division, died on September 25, 1982, in Passaic, New Jersey, of complications from gunshot wounds he received on October 12, 1972, during an undercover investigation in New York City. He was 40 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

After graduating from Tulane University, Special Agent Robert C. Lightfoot worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Vietnam and Thailand. He assisted the Thai Border Patrol Police before joining the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1974. Agent Lightfoot was fluent in Thai and worked in DEA's Chiang Mai Resident Office in northern Thailand. This experience assisted him greatly in his role as liaison between DEA's Bangkok office and the Royal Thai Government. Read more >

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Francis J. Miller, a group supervisor at the Newark Division, was killed on March 5, 1977, in an automobile accident in New York while on his way home from work. He was 43 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Drug Enforcement Administration Country Attaché Octavio Gonzalez, who was in charge of DEA's Office in Bogota, Colombia, was shot and killed in his office by an informant on December 13, 1976. He was 38 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent James T. Lunn, a pilot assigned to the Office of Enforcement at DEA Headquarters, died on May 14, 1976, in a plane crash north of Acapulco during a flight in support of Mexico's opium eradication program. He was 35 years of age at the time of his death. Special Agent Ralph N. Shaw, a passenger in the plane, was also killed in the crash. Read more >

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Ralph N. Shaw of the Calexico, California District Office died May 14, 1976, in a plane crash north of Acapulco during an operations flight in support of Mexico's opium eradication program. He was 40 years of age at the time of his death. Special Agent James T. Lunn, who piloted the plane, was also killed in the crash. Read more >

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Larry D. Wallace died December 19, 1975, at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Guam from gunshot wounds received during an undercover drug investigation. He was 32 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Prior to joining DEA in March 1974, Special Agent Nickolas Fragos was a highly decorated Vietnam War veteran. He was awarded a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, a Purple Heart, and two Army commendation medals for his service as a medic. After serving his country in Vietnam, Special Agent Fragos returned to the Detroit, Michigan area, where he earned bachelor’s degrees in political science and psychology at Wayne State University. He also served as a medical assistant with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office. Read more >