Roll of Honor
Alan G. Whicher
Incident
Assistant SAC Alan Whicher was one of eight federal agents killed in a terrorist attack carried out against the United States government. Assistant SAC Whicher had served with the United States Department of the Treasury - United States Secret Service for 19 years and oversaw Vice Presidental Protection Divison during the Reagan administration and the security detail for the Clinton administration. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, son, and mother. Eight federal law enforcement agents and one local sheriff's deputy were killed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, when domestic terrorists detonated a truck bomb outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19th, 1995. A total of 168 civilians and government workers, including numerous children in an on-site daycare facility, were killed in the terrorist attack. The terrorists attacked the building in retaliation for a search warrant and raid on the compound of a cult known as the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, on February 28th, 1993. Four special agents with the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms were slain during the raid, which culminated on April 19th, 1993, with a mass murder-suicide in which over 80 members of the Branch Davidians cult died. Both subjects involved in the bombing were arrested. One of the men was sentenced to life while the other was sentenced to death. He was subsequently executed on June 11th, 2001.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, son, and mother.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Assistant SAC Whicher gave the United States Department of the Treasury 19 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Assistant SAC Whicher.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Assistant SAC Alan G. Whicher is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In DC, 754 of 1,419 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
At United States Department of the Treasury - United States Secret Service, 9 of 26 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 34.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Alan G. Whicher's cause is highlighted.
How Alan G. Whicher Compares
Offender Outcome
Executed in 2001
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Alan G. Whicher is highlighted in Apr.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Alan G. Whicher was killed by explosives; bomb.
Incident Location
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