MANSEL R BURRELL

Officer Rank: Special Agent
Memorial Panel: 27-W: 8
Department: Drug Enforcement Administration
End of Watch: December 19, 1967
Cause: SHOT
Age: 23
Years of Service: 1
Description: Special Agent Burrell was killed by drug traffickers in Gary, Indiana, while working undercover in a heroin investigation. He was 23 years of age at the time of his death, making him the youngest federal law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty.
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