VA HJR105

Leslie William Coffelt, a White House Police Force officer from Oranda in Shenandoah County, Virginia, was killed in the line of duty on November 1, 1950, while defending President Harry S. Truman at Blair House

Despite being shot three times at close range by Puerto Rican nationalist assassins, Coffelt exited his guard booth and killed the remaining attacker with a single shot, saving the President's life

Coffelt remains the only U.S. Secret Service officer killed while defending a president and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery

His legacy is honored through the USSS Uniformed Division day room at Blair House, the Leslie Coffelt Marksmanship Award for graduating recruits, and an auditorium dedicated in December 2025 at Secret Service headquarters

The resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Delegates to present a copy to Coffelt's family as an expression of the General Assembly's respect