David James LeValley
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Special Agent in Charge

David James LeValley

End of Watch May 26, 2018
Age 53
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Special Agent in Charge David LeValley died as the result of cancer that he developed following his assignment to assist with search and rescue efforts at the World Trade Center site immediately following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.

He spent several weeks at the contaminated World Trade Center site.

September 11, 2001 - The Years After

Special Agent in Charge David James LeValley was assigned to the search and recovery at the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001. He was 37 years old that fall.

He died on May 26, 2018 - 16 years and 8 months later - of an illness contracted there. He was 53.

He is one of 600 officers honored here, and one of 19 at United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The most recent of these deaths was October 24, 2025.

Officers who worked the search, rescue, and recovery at the World Trade Center site breathed contaminated air for weeks and months afterward. Many developed cancers and respiratory disease, and they have gone on dying of it ever since.

Seventy-two officers were killed on the morning itself. Hundreds more have died in the years that followed. They are honored here together, because the same attack killed them all. With some it simply took longer.

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Tributes

You walked into it and it took years to finish the job.
Special Agent in Charge LeValley gave the United States Department of Justice 22 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent in Charge LeValley.

— 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 May 26, 2018
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
Age 53
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail 9/11 related illness
Weapon Aircraft; Passenger jet

Military Service

David James LeValley served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1985–1988) before joining law enforcement.

View full service record on salute.nw →

The Sacrifice · Illness

David is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2018, 56 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 6th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

David was 53. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. David had served 22 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

May holds 6.2% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Saturdays: 13.9%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause. The weapon recorded was aircraft; passenger jet, in 29.5% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Special Agent in Charge David James LeValley

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation · End of Watch May 26, 2018

Military Service

David James LeValley served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1985–1988) before joining law enforcement.

Visit David James LeValley’s page on salute.nw →

His full service record — units, decorations, where he served — is kept on salute.nw.

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 62-W

Also Remembered

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