U.S. Ambassadors Who Have Died In The Line Of Duty

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group decrying a film being produced in the United States that ridicules the Prophet Muhammad. A U.S. diplomat died during the violence. In another protest about the film in Cairo, protesters scaled the walls around the U.S. embassy and destroyed the flag, replacing it with an Islamic banner. Esam Al-Fetori / Reuters

Before Libya: U.S. Ambassadors Who Have Died In The Line Of Duty -- Time

Chris Stevens, Libya, 2012

The U.S. ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was killed on Sept. 11 after protesters swarmed the U.S. consulate in the town of Benghazi. He was rushed to the hospital but later died of severe asphyxiation, presumably due to smoke inhalation. Stevens, a career diplomat who was appointed to the ambassadorial position by the Senate in June, was helping to evacuate staff from the building when the attack broke out. Gunmen led the charge, riddling the compound with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, leaving only a burned-out shell of a building. Stevens is the first U.S. ambassador to be killed in the line of duty since 1979.

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My Comment: A list that is too long.