David Elliott Sullivan

United States Department of the Treasury - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms — Washington, DC

Accident Veteran

End of Watch March 31, 1994

Age 33

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Badge 3253

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Gender Male

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Incident

Special Agent David Sullivan was killed in an automobile crash on I-49 near Boyce, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. He and another agent were returning to New Orleans after attending a training exercise in Arkansas. Special Agent Sullivan was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran had served with the ATF for seven years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, mother, brother, and extended family.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Special Agent Sullivan gave the United States Department of the Treasury 7 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of the Treasury - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usdtbatffed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 31, 1994

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Age 33

Badge Number 3253

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

David Elliott Sullivan served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Special Agent David Elliott Sullivan is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At United States Department of the Treasury - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 6 of 12 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of the Treasury - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

of 12 officers

50% Accident

DC — Statewide

454

of 1,419 officers

32% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident