United States Drug Enforcement Administration

Known as "Jimmy," Narcotic Agent James Thomas Williams of the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Prohibition Service was shot and fatally wounded on October 16, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois. In the struggle with a suspect, Williams's partner, Narcotic Agent George Howard, accidentally discharged his service revolver, striking...

Narcotics Inspector Bert S. Gregory died on October 25, 1922, from a gunshot wound the day after his weapon accidently discharged. He was 53 years of age at the time of his death. On the day he was shot, Inspector Gregory and another colleague were conducting surveillance on an informant...

Joseph W. Floyd, an agent with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Internal Revenue, was killed in Houston, Texas, on May 17, 1922, while attempting to serve a search warrant. He was shot by a suspect as he entered the garage of the suspect's residence. He was 46...

Federal Prohibition Agent Charles A. Wood, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Border Department, was killed on March 22, 1921, along with his partner, Agent Stafford E. Beckett, while attempting to execute a search warrant on whiskey smugglers at the Shearman Ranch in El Paso, Texas, near...

Stafford E. Beckett, an agent with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Border Department, was killed along with his partner, Agent Charles A. Wood, as they attempted to execute a search warrant on whiskey smugglers at the Shearman Ranch in El Paso, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico...