Johnnie L. Oliver
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Special Agent

Johnnie L. Oliver

Felonious
End of Watch August 9, 1979
Age 35
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Special Agent Oliver was shot and killed as he and several other agents were serving an arrest warrant in Cleveland, Ohio. Agent Oliver confronted the suspect in a bedroom, at which time he was shot with a .32 caliber revolver. The 20-year-old suspect, wanted for kidnapping, rape, and armed robbery, was on the FBI's 10 most wanted list. He was apprehended a week later in Youngstown. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life. As of 2021 he was in a federal prison in Coleman, Florida.

Survivors

Special Agent Oliver had been with the agency for eight years and was survived by his wife and three children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Oliver gave the United States Department of Justice 8 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Oliver.

— 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 August 9, 1979
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Johnnie is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1979, 136 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 31st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Johnnie was 35. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Johnnie had served 8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

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

Across the years

Special Agent Johnnie L. Oliver

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation · End of Watch August 9, 1979

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 26-W

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