Timothy Martin O'Riordan
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Customs Agent

Timothy Martin O'Riordan

Accident Veteran
End of Watch September 29, 1964
Age 38
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Badge 5710
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Gender Male

Incident

Customs Agent Timothy O'Riordan died from injuries received in an automobile crash four days earlier on Route 130 in Cinnaminson, New Jersey. He was completing a 24-hour long shift conducting surveillance and was following two suspects when he hit a telephone pole after being cut off by another driver. He was taken to the Rancocas Valley Hospital where he remained for four days. He succumbed to his injuries approximately 16 hours after undergoing surgery for a ruptured pancreas. Customs Agent O'Riordan was a U.S. Army Air Force veteran of WWII.

Survivors

He had served with the Customs Service for 12 years and was survived by his wife, four sons, and daughter.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-US-FED-960B1512
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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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.
Customs Agent O'Riordan gave the United States Department of the Treasury 12 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch September 29, 1964
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Age 38
Badge Number 5710
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Timothy Martin O'Riordan served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Customs Agent Timothy Martin O'Riordan is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, 44 of 94 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 46.8% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service
44
of 94 officers
46.8% Accident
DC — Statewide
454
of 1,419 officers
32% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Timothy Martin O'Riordan'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 Martin O'Riordan Compares

Age at End of Watch
38
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
12
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Timothy Martin O'Riordan is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location