James Kenneth McAllister
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Special Agent

James Kenneth McAllister

Accident
End of Watch April 18, 1986
Age 34
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Gender Male

Incident

Special Agent James McAllister, a member of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, died after falling from a helicopter during a training exercise at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

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

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdjfbifed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 18, 1986
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

James is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1986, 82 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 23rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

James was 34. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36.

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When

April holds 7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation has 89 officers remembered here, James among them.

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Where

Special Agent James Kenneth McAllister

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation · End of Watch April 18, 1986

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 42-W

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