Hall
of Honor
FBI
Agents Killed During the Performance of Law Enforcement Duty
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PERCY
E. FOXWORTH
1906 - 1943
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HAROLD
DENNIS HABERFELD
1912 - 1943
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On
January 15, 1943, Assistant Director Percy E.
Foxworth of the New York Office and Special
Agent Harold Dennis Haberfeld were killed in a
military airplane accident near Paramaribo, Surinam.
In connection with the war effort, they were taking
a roundabout route to North Africa at the specific
request of General Dwight D. Eisenhower to perform
a secret mission of critical importance. The cause
of the crash of the airplane was never ascertained.
Although 35 people were on board the aircraft,
search teams were only able to locate sufficient
remains to be placed in a single casket, which
was returned to the United States 5 years later
and buried in a grave at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri,
al Cemetery. Following AD Foxworth's death, a liberty
ship named the S.S. P.E. Foxworth, was launched
in February, 1943.
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