End of Watch June 24, 2018
Age 47
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Location: Overseas Incident Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Special Agent Tim Ensley died after contracting Dengue fever while on a temporary duty assignment to Indonesia in May 2018.

He was medically evacuated to Singapore where his condition continued to worsen. He passed away as a result of complications on June 24th, 2018.

Special Agent Ensley had served with HSI for nine years and was assigned to the Seattle Field Office's Child Exploitation Investigations.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, four children, and mother.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Ensley gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 9 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Ensley.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdhsicehsifed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 24, 2018
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Duty related illness
Incident Location WA

Special Agent Timothy Allan Ensley is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

At United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Homeland Security Investigations, 8 of 10 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 80% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Homeland Security Investigations
8
of 10 officers
80% Illness
DC — Statewide
137
of 1,419 officers
9.7% Illness
Nationwide
2,974
of 32,508 officers
9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Timothy Allan Ensley's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Timothy Allan Ensley Compares

Age at End of Watch
47
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.8 years
Years of Service
9
This officer
Avg for Illness: 18.9 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Timothy Allan Ensley is highlighted in Jun.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
185
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
181
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
291
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285

Incident Location

, WA.