Rickey O'Donald
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Special Agent

Rickey O'Donald

Cardiac
End of Watch February 17, 2017
Age 54
Tour of Duty 29 yrs
The Vigil Panel 166 ›
Gender Male

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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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

Type Federal Agency
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

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Rickey is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2017, 22 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 3rd heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Rickey was 54. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Rickey had served 29 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

February holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Fridays: 15.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation has 89 officers remembered here, Rickey among them.

Across the years
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Where

Special Agent Rickey O'Donald

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation · End of Watch February 17, 2017

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 43-E

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