Terrance P. Loftus

May 28, 2004

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Terrance P. Loftus was killed on May 28, 2004, when the plane he was piloting crashed shortly after take off from Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. Agent Loftus was providing air support to the...

Elton Lee Armstead

Mar 18, 2003

Telecommunications Specialist, Elton Lee Armstead died in the line of duty on March 18, 2003. His death was a result of injuries suffered from a fall while installing surveillance equipment on a grain silo in support of an ongoing narcotics investigation in Morris,...

Alice Hall-Walton

Mar 1, 2001

Drug Enforcement Administration, (DEA) Diversion Investigator, Alice Faye Hall-Walton was killed in an automobile accident on March 1, 2001. She was 32 years of age at the time of her death. Mrs. Walton began her government service with the DEA as an intern in the...

Royce D. Tramel

Aug 28, 2000

On August 28, 2000, Special Agent Royce D. “Doug” Tramel was struck and killed by a vehicle. Special Agent Tramel was 36 years of age at the time of his death. Special Agent Tramel graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas in May of 1986 with a...

Larry Steilen

Sep 25, 1998

On September 25, 1998, Lawrence Steilen, a contract instructor pilot with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Aviation Division was killed in a helicopter accident while performing a training mission in Fort Worth, Texas. He was 51 years old at the time of his...

Shaun E. Curl

Dec 12, 1997

On December 12, 1997, Special Agent Shaun E. Curl was tragically killed in the line of duty while assigned to the Miami Division. He was 39 years of age at the time of his death. From his earliest days, Shaun Curl knew that he wanted to do good with his life and was...