Roll of Honor
Percy Eldridge "Sam" Foxworth
Incident
Assistant Director Sam Foxworth and Special Agent Harold Haberfield were killed in a C-54 military transport plane crash near Bakkie, Suriname, while en route to North Africa. The agents were performing a secret mission at the request of General Dwight Eisenhower in support of war efforts during WWII. They were en route to retrieve Charles Bedaux, a French-born, naturalized American who was under investigation for cooperating with the German and Vichy governments. The cause of the aircraft crash was never determined, and nearly no remains of the 35 people aboard were found. Launched on February 8th, 1944, liberty ship S.S. Percy E. Foxworth was named in Special Agent Foxworth's memory. Assistant Director Foxworth had served with the United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation for 11 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two sisters.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Assistant Director Foxworth gave the United States Department of Justice 11 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Assistant Director Foxworth.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Assistant Director Percy Eldridge "Sam" Foxworth is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 32 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. Percy Eldridge "Sam" Foxworth's cause is highlighted.
How Percy Eldridge "Sam" Foxworth Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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