End of Watch June 11, 2020
Age 26
Tour of Duty 11 mo
The Vigil Panel 172 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Border Patrol Agent Johan Mordan died while conducting a foot patrol in a remote area of desert in the Bootheel section of New Mexico.

Other agents began searching for him after losing radio contact. They located him unresponsive on a rugged trail and immediately began CPR as they waited for a helicopter to transport him from the scene.

Border Patrol Agent Mordan had only served with the United States Border Patrol for 11 months and was assigned to the Lordsburg Station.

Rest easy best friend...

-Fellow PA

Anonymous U.S. Border Patrol June 11th, 2021

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Border Patrol Agent Mordan served with the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Mordan.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch June 11, 2020
Tour of Duty 11 mo
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Border Patrol Agent Johan Mordan 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 - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, 21 of 63 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol
21
of 63 officers
33.3% 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. Johan Mordan'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 Johan Mordan Compares

Age at End of Watch
26
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.8 years
Years of Service
0.9
This officer
Avg for Illness: 18.9 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Johan Mordan 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