Richard Ivan Luht, Jr.

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation — Washington, DC

Accident

End of Watch January 31, 1999

Age 49

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Special Agent Richard Luht was killed in an automobile crash in Fairbanks, Alaska.

He was driving his department-issued vehicle up a hill on Summit Drive when he struck the back of a slow-moving home heating oil delivery truck.

He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries several hours later.

Special Agent Luht had served with the Internal Revenue Service for 26 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Tributes

26 years. You could have gone home.
Special Agent Luht gave the United States Department of the Treasury 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Luht.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usdtirscifed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 31, 1999

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

Age 49

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Special Agent Richard Ivan Luht, Jr. 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 the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, 4 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation

of 5 officers

80% Accident

DC — Statewide

454

of 1,419 officers

32% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident