Mansel R. Burrell

Federal Bureau of Narcotics Special Agent Mansel Ross Burrell was killed by drug traffickers on December 19, 1967, in Gary, Indiana, while working undercover in a heroin investigation. He was 23 years of age at the time of his death. Special Agent Burrell was the youngest federal narcotics agent ever to die in the line of duty. Special Agent Burrell joined the U.S. Department of Treasury's FBN in September 1966 and was assigned to the Chicago, Illinois, office. Prior to this, he attended Black Hawk Junior College, Moline, Illinois; Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri; and graduated from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, in 1966 with a bachelor's degree in math. He was survived by his parents, Willard and Mary Eugenia Ross Burrell; a brother, Edsel Willard Burrell; and a sister, Mrs. Ethel Bogguess.