US ambassadors killed in the line of duty

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According to the State Department Office of the Historian, five U.S. ambassadors have been killed by terrorists:

-Adolph Dubs, in Afghanistan, 1979

-Francis E. Meloy Jr., in Lebanon, 1976

-Rodger P. Davies, in Cyprus, 1974

-Cleo A. Noel Jr., in Sudan, 1973

-John Gordon Mein, in Guatemala, 1968

Two other U.S. ambassadors have died in plane crashes:

-Arnold L. Raphel, in Pakistan, 1988

-Laurence A. Steinhardt, in Canada, 1950

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