Officer Down

Special Agent Adrianna Maria Vorderbruggen
United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Monday, December 21, 2015
Age: 36
Tour: 13 years

Special Agent Vorderbruggen had served with the United State Air Force Office of Special Investigations for 13 years. She is survived by her wife and one child.

Special Agent Michael Anthony Cinco
United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Monday, December 21, 2015
Age: 28  

Tour: 4 Years

Special Agent Peter Wagner Taub

United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. GovernmentEnd of Watch: Monday, December 21, 2015 

Age: 30

Tour: 2 years

Special Agent Chester J. McBride, III
United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Monday, December 21, 2015
Age: 30
Tour: 3 years



Special Agent Joseph G. Lemm
United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Monday, December 21, 2015
Age: 45
Tour: 27 years

Special Agent Louis Michael Bonacasa
United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Monday, December 21, 2015
Age: 31
Tour: 7 years

Special Agents Joseph Lemm, Louis Bonacasa, Chester McBride, Michael Cinco, Adrianna Vorderbruggen, and Peter Taub were killed by a suicide bomber in a village near Bagram Air Base Afghanistan. Two U.S. Air Force Security Forces airmen who were with them were wounded in the attack.

The agents and airmen were conducting a joint patrol as part of an investigation when the bomber drove a motorcycle into them and detonated the explosives.

Special Agents Lemm and Bonacasa were posthumously promoted to the rank of special agent within the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations.

Rest in Peace…We Got The Watch

Nemo me impune lacessit

Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lake, From the hills, From the sky. All is well, Safely rest, God is nigh.