James T. Lunn

United States Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration — Arlington, TX

Accident

End of Watch May 14, 1976

Age 35

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Special Agent James Lunn and Special Agent Ralph Shaw died in a plane crash during an operations flight in support of Mexico's opium eradication program. The single-engine de Havilland Beaver crashed into a 12,000-foot mountain near Atoyac de Alvarez, Mexico, during a period of low visibility due to a thick haze. Mexican federal narcotics agent Noe Echaustegui was also killed in the crash. Special Agent Lunn had served with the Drug Enforcement Administration for four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two sons, parents, four brothers, and four sisters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Lunn gave the United States Department of Justice 4 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Lunn.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration

Location Arlington, TX

Platform Identity usdjdeafed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 14, 1976

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Special Agent James T. Lunn 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At United States Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration, 20 of 38 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 52.6% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration

of 38 officers

52.6% Accident

TX — Statewide

653

of 2,421 officers

27% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident