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MSgt Kenneth Morse
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Marine SSgt Brett McKee.
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Contact Info
Last Address Spartanburg
Date of Passing Nov 25, 1992
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Last Known Activity:
While Brett was in the U.S. Marine Corps he was a Marine CID Agent and Marine Special Agent with NIS. He EAS'd from the Marine Corps in 1992. In 1992, Brett continued his service to the Marine Corps when he was hired on as a civilian NIS Special Agent, at Camp Lejeune, NC. Brett was killed on Wednesday, November 25, 1992, in Onslow County, NC, when his government vehicle was struck by a drunk driver. Brett was returning from performing an undercover investigation at the time of the incident.
http://www.odmp.org/officer.php?oid=424
Other Comments:
Other MOS: 5822 Polygraph Examiner
I knew and worked w/Brett. He was a Super Marine and Investigator. If anyone else has additional information to add to his profile, pls fwd. S/F.
From CWO4 Brett Swanson, USMC (Ret) (25Nov09):
This is a timely and meaningful reminder of the tragic death of our good friend and comrade, Brett McKee. He was a fine man in all respects. As I live in Washington, DC now I make it a point to visit the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and always pause at the panel which contains Brett's name. For those who may be traveling to the DC area in the future, Brett McKee's name is enshrined on Panel 54, E-18. He is among good friends at this beautiful memorial, all of whom made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.
Anyone interested can visit the Memorial's website at: www.nleomf.com
On the site, you may search for colleagues, make a donation, and even order flowers or a wreath to be displayed. Thank you for reminding us of our loss of Brett in 1992. I remember the day and will be forever saddened by it.
Best regards to you and to all of our brothers and sisters, past and present, especially those in harm's way now,
Bret
From J. Brian McKee, Former Directo NCIS (25Nov09):
LEST WE FORGET - Wednesday, 25 November 2009 is the seventeenth anniversary of the tragic and untimely line of duty death of Special Agent Brett Alan McKee.
Special Agent McKee was born on 23 April 1959 at Spartanburg, South Carolina. Following graduation from East Tennessee State University and a two year stint with the Spartanburg Police Department, Brett joined the United States Marine Corps where he served with distinction, initially as a military policeman and later as a Marine Corps CID special agent. While with CID, Special Agent McKee was assigned to NIS Resident Agency Camp Lejeune. He later served as a polygraph examiner with Marine Corps CID. In March 1992, Brett entered civilian employment with NCIS as a special agent. On 25 November 1992, while engaged in an undercover operation, Special Agent McKee was tragically killed in a motor vehicle crash.
Brett is survived by his wife, Sandra, his daughter Brittany, his parents and two brothers.
Last known contact information for Sandra is as follows:
Ms. Sandra NELSON 435 Burley Glen Drive Inman, South Carolina 29349
LEST WE FORGET - Rest In Peace Brett McKee.
JBM
Gulf War/Liberation and Defense of Kuwait/Operation Desert Storm
From Month/Year
January / 1991
To Month/Year
February / 1991
Description On January 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced the start of what would be called Operation Desert Storm—a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier. For weeks, a U.S.-led coalition of two dozen nations had positioned more than 900,000 troops in the region, most stationed on the Saudi-Iraq border. A U.N.-declared deadline for withdrawal passed on January 15, with no action from Iraq, so coalition forces began a five-week bombardment of Iraqi command and control targets from air and sea. Despite widespread fears that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein might order the use of chemical weapons, a ground invasion followed in February. Coalition forces swiftly drove Iraq from Kuwait, advancing into Iraq, and reaching a cease-fire within 100 hours—controversially leaving Saddam Hussein in power. While coalition casualties were in the hundreds, Iraqi losses numbered in the tens of thousands.
