Special Agent Everett E, Hatcher Place (Manhattan)
Present name:West 17th Street
Location:Between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues.
Honoree: Everett E. Hatcher (1942-1989) grew up in New York City. In the US Army in Germany, he was a Deputy Provost Marshall in Germany. Returning to New York in 1975, he taught in city schools and was an investigator for the Manhattan DA office. In 1977 he joined the Drug Enforcement Agency. On February 28, 1989 Special Agent Hatcher was shot and killed during an investigation on Staten Island. At the time, this block was the location of the the DEA's New York Regional Office..
LL:1996/84