Roll of Honor
Incident
Location: Hawaii Weapon: Not available Offender: Not available
Police Officer Tauveve Vivao suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in a run as part of the department's physical training program at a running track aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
He was transported to Castle Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Officer Vivao had retired from the U.S. Army after serving for 24 years, including in Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004. He had served with the Marine Corps Base Hawaii Police Department for two years. He was one of the first civilian officers to graduate from the newly created Marine Corps Base Hawaii Police Department's police cademy in 2008.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and eight children.
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Vivao gave the United States Department of Defense 2 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Tauveve Faisiotamoi Vivao served in the Army (2000â2007) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Tauveve Faisiotamoi Vivao 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 HI, 5 of 64 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 7.8% of this state's fallen. That is 3.8 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Tauveve Faisiotamoi Vivao's cause is highlighted.
How Tauveve Faisiotamoi Vivao Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Tauveve Faisiotamoi Vivao is highlighted in May.