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.

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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

Type Federal 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

The Sacrifice · Illness

Johan is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% 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 2020, 346 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 2nd heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Johan was 26. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Johan had served 0.9 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

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

June holds 4.9% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Thursdays: 15.7%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol has 63 officers remembered here, Johan among them.

Across the years
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Where

Border Patrol Agent Johan Mordan

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch June 11, 2020

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 18-E

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