Memorial Wall at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

The Defense Intelligence Agency Memorial Wall, commonly known as the Patriots Memorial, is a

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in Washington, D.C., dedicated to those agency employees who lost their lives in the line of their intelligence work and whose deaths are not

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History and description

The wall was first dedicated on 14 December 1988 by Director

Leonard Perroots Leonard Harry Perroots, Sr., USAF (April 24, 1933 – January 29, 2017) was Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from October 1985 to December 1988. He retired January 1, 1989. In 1989, he was hired by Donald Mayes to become president ...

at the

, honoring those DIA personnel "who died in the service of the United States". It "commemorates the profound individual sacrifices made on behalf of the United States by DIA members and acts as a reminder of the selflessness, dedication, and courage required to confront national challenges..."

Criteria for inclusion

The DIA does not provide detailed criteria on who is eligible for inclusion on the memorial. The wall is presumably not exhaustive due to omission of DIA personnel with links to

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