Harold Dennis Haberfeld
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Special Agent

Harold Dennis Haberfeld

Accident
End of Watch January 15, 1943
Age 31
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Special Agent Harold Haberfeld and Special Agent Percy Foxworth were killed in a C-54 military transport plane crash near Bakkie, Suriname, while en route to North Africa. The agents were performing a secret mission at the request of General Dwight Eisenhower in support of war efforts during WWII. They were en route to retrieve Charles Bedaux, a French-born, naturalized American who was under investigation for cooperating with the German and Vichy governments. The cause of the aircraft crash was ultimately determined to be mechanical failure. Nearly no remains of the 35 people aboard were found; the wreckage was strewn across a mile and a half of dense jungle. Special Agent Haberfeld, a skilled linguist, had served one year with the FBI in its Buffalo Field Office when he died.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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You barely got started.
Special Agent Haberfeld gave the United States Department of Justice 1 year.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Haberfeld.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdjfbifed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 15, 1943
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Harold is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1943, 38 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 109th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Harold was 31. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Harold had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation has 89 officers remembered here, Harold among them.

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Where

Special Agent Harold Dennis Haberfeld

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation · End of Watch January 15, 1943

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 58-W

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