Roll of Honor
Joseph Irel Hart
Incident
Special Agent Joseph Hart was killed in a vehicle crash on U.S. 191 (modern-day U.S. 20), south of Rigby, Idaho.
He was traveling to while traveling from Idaho Falls to Rigby to meet with the Jefferson County prosecutor regarding a case when his car collided with a tractor-trailer in a highway underpass.
Special Agent Hart had served with the FBI for 21 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and one child.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
21 years. You could have gone home.
Special Agent Hart gave the United States Department of Justice 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Hart.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Special Agent Joseph Irel Hart 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 Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, 30 of 89 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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Incident Location
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