Howard R. Stuart-Houston

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation — Washington, DC

Accident

End of Watch September 14, 1989

Age 32

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Special Agent Howard Stuart-Houston was killed in an automobile crash in New York while serving subpoenas for a grand jury resulting from a money laundering investigation. He was driving on Route 25 when an oncoming car crossed over the center line and struck his vehicle head-on. Special Agent Stuart-Houston had served with the Internal Revenue Service for 18 months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, mother, and three brothers.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usdtirscifed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 14, 1989

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Special Agent Howard R. Stuart-Houston 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 - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, 4 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation

of 5 officers

80% Accident

DC — Statewide

454

of 1,419 officers

32% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident