Wall of Honor

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

Mary M. Keehan

Mary M. Keehan

Secretary

July 2, 1947 - August 5, 1974

Mary M. Keehan, Secretary to the Acting Regional Director of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Miami Regional Office, died on August 5, 1974, as a result of the collapse of the Miami Regional Office building. She was 27 years of age at the time of her death. Read more >

Charles H. Mann

Charles H. Mann

Special Agent

July 19, 1943 - August 5, 1974

Special Agent Charles H. Mann died on August 5, 1974, as a result of the collapse of the DEA Miami Regional Office building. He was 31 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Anna Y. Mounger

Anna Y. Mounger

Secretary

June 1, 1950 - August 5, 1974

Anna Y. Mounger, a secretary at DEA's Miami Regional Office, died on August 5, 1974, as a result of the collapse of that building. She was 24 years of age at the time of her death. Read more >

Anna J. Pope

Anna J. Pope

Fiscal Assistant

October 15, 1919 - August 5, 1974

Anna J. Pope, a fiscal assistant at the Drug Enforcement Administration's Miami Regional Office, died on August 5, 1974, as a result of the collapse of the office building. She was 54 years of age at the time of her death. Read more >

Martha D. Skeels

Martha D. Skeels

Supervisory Clerk-Typist

February 11, 1924 - August 5, 1974

Martha D. Skeels, a supervisory clerk-typist at the Drug Enforcement Administration's Miami Regional Office, died on August 5, 1974, as a result of the collapse of the office building. She was 50 years of age at the time of her death. Read more >

Mary P. Sullivan

Mary P. Sullivan

Clerk-Typist

September 29, 1917 - August 5, 1974

Mary P. Sullivan, a clerk-typist at DEA's Miami Regional Office, died on August 5, 1974, as a result of the collapse of the office building. She was 56 years of age at the time of her death. Read more >

Leslie S. Grosso

Leslie S. Grosso

Investigator

June 2, 1941 - May 21, 1974

Leslie S. Grosso of the New York State Police was shot on May 20, 1974, during an undercover operation in New York City. He was assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Joint Task Force. Task Force Officer Grosso died of his wound the next day. He was 32 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Gerald Sawyer

Gerald Sawyer

Detective

October 19, 1941 - November 6, 1973

Detective Gerald Sawyer of the Los Angeles, California, Police Department was killed on November 6, 1973, while working on a joint undercover investigation with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Detective Sawyer was killed by a cocaine trafficker during an attempted robbery of $144,000 intended for the undercover operation. He was 32 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Emir Benitez

Emir Benitez

Special Agent

June 26, 1945 - August 9, 1973

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Emir Benitez died August 9, 1973, at Broward County General Hospital from a gunshot wound he received during an undercover cocaine investigation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was 28 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Richard Heath Jr.

Richard Heath Jr.

Special Agent

September 30, 1936 - April 1, 1973

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 >