Roll of Honor
Incident
Special Agent Mark Kirkland and Special Agent Trenwith Basford were killed when the float plane they were flying in crashed into Dewey Lake near Chisholm, Minnesota. They were returning to Twin Lakes after assisting other agents in Duluth. The plane was being piloted by Agent Basford. Agent Kirkland had been with the agency as an agent for four years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Kirkland gave the United States Department of Justice 4 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Kirkland.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Mark A. Kirkland served in the U.S. Army (1966â1969) before joining law enforcement.
Special Agent Mark A. Kirkland is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In DC, 453 of 1,418 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 31.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Mark A. Kirkland's cause is highlighted.
How Mark A. Kirkland Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Mark A. Kirkland is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Military Service
Mark A. Kirkland served in the U.S. Army (1966–1969) before joining law enforcement.
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