Roll of Honor
Wiliam B. Anderson
Incident
Location: Kentucky Weapon: Gun; Unknown type Offender: Fled
Warehouse Agent William Anderson was shot and killed when several men attempted to rob the James E. Pepper Distillery in Lexington, Kentucky, at approximately 1:30 am.
Two different groups of men approached the distillery at night and ordered the warehouse agents to put their hands up. Agent Anderson immediately opened fire on the group, who then returned fire. Agent Anderson was shot in the chest and killed. Other agents exchanged fire with the suspects, who fled the scene.
Agent Anderson had served in the revenue service for 25 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two daughters, son, and brother.
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25 years. You could have gone home.
Warehouse Agent Anderson gave the United States Department of the Treasury 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Warehouse Agent Anderson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Warehouse Agent Wiliam B. Anderson is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In DC, 754 of 1,418 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.2% of this state's fallen. That is 53.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit, 47 of 59 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 79.7% of this agency's fallen.
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