Roll of Honor
Incident
Location: New York Incident Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 Weapon: Aircraft; Passenger jet Offender: 19 suicide attackers
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 599 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
David James LeValley served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1985â1988) before joining law enforcement.
Special Agent in Charge David James LeValley is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In DC, 137 of 1,418 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 9.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, 20 of 89 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 22.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. David James LeValley's cause is highlighted.
How David James LeValley Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. David James LeValley is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
Military Service
David James LeValley served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1985–1988) before joining law enforcement.
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