Roll of Honor
Timothy John Fidel
Incident
Location: California Incident Date: Thursday, October 28, 2004
Special Agent Timothy Fidel suffered a fatal heart attack following raids at three homes in West Covina, California. Following the raids, Agent Fidel moved numerous boxes of evidence and several large computer storage units from the homes.
He returned home where he suffered a heart attack the following day.
Agent Fidel had served with the agency for 28 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
28 years. You could have gone home.
Special Agent Fidel gave the United States Environmental Protection Agency 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Fidel.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Special Agent Timothy John Fidel is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In DC, 71 of 1,419 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At United States Environmental Protection Agency - Criminal Investigations Division, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Timothy John Fidel's cause is highlighted.
How Timothy John Fidel Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Timothy John Fidel is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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