Rickey O'Donald

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation — Washington, DC

Cardiac

End of Watch February 17, 2017

Age 54

Tour of Duty 29 yrs

The Vigil Panel 166 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 88

Incident

Special Agent Rickey O'Donald suffered a fatal heart attack immediately following the FBI's annual mandatory fitness assessment at the Miami Field Office.

After completing the test, he mentioned to other agents that he wasn't feeling well and left. He drove himself to a local hospital where he collapsed in the parking lot.

Special Agent O'Donald had served with the FBI for 29 years and was assigned to the Miami Field Office.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and daughter.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

29 years. You could have gone home.
Special Agent O'Donald gave the United States Department of Justice 29 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent O'Donald.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usdjfbifed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 17, 2017

Tour of Duty 29 yrs

Age 54

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Special Agent Rickey O'Donald 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 Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2 of 89 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 2.2% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation

of 89 officers

2.2% Cardiac

DC — Statewide

of 1,419 officers

5% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac