An 18-year-old from California has been recognized because the Army Nationwide Guardsman who died Friday on a rifle vary at Fort Leonard Wooden, Missouri.
Pvt. Andrey Okunev, 18, assigned to Firm B, 1stBattalion, forty eighth Infantry Regiment, was pronounced lifeless after a midmorning “incident” on the vary, in accordance with Army officers.
Base public affairs officers declined to debate particulars of the incident, together with explanation for demise. An investigation into the reason for demise is underway by the Army Legal Investigation Division and Fort Leonard Wooden legislation enforcement, they stated.
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“We’re deeply saddened and actually heartbroken by the lack of Pvt. Okunev, and our deepest condolences and sincerest sympathies are along with his household, pals and unit,” Maj. Gen. Chris Beck, Maneuver Help Middle of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wooden commanding basic, stated in an announcement.
“Throughout this troublesome time, our chaplains, grief counselors and different medical professionals are offering consolation, care and help to these affected by this tragedy,” Beck added.
In keeping with a GoFundMe set as much as assist his household, Okunev hailed from Lengthy Seashore, California, the place he was energetic within the native American Youth Soccer Group, serving as a youth referee.
On Instagram, AYSO chapter officers stated Okunev “gave time generously to our children and our neighborhood, season after season.”
“His kindness, endurance and dedication touched so many lives on and off the sphere,” they wrote.
He leaves behind mother and father and three siblings, in accordance with the GoFundMe.
“Andrey will all the time be remembered for his kindness and nice persona. Though his time was far too brief, Andrey made a long-lasting impression on these round him,” wrote organizer Vladimir Savostianov.
Okunev’s demise is the second in a month on a navy firing vary. In August, Seaman Recruit Kayshawn Wilkerson, 18, died in an incident on a spread at Naval Station Nice Lakes, Illinois.
An post-mortem decided that Wilkerson’s demise was “per [a] self-inflicted gunshot wound.”
Wilkerson enlisted within the Navy on June 23 and was attending boot camp on the time of his demise. He graduated with honors on Might 30 from Forest Excessive College in Ocala, Florida.
A minimum of three different troopers died earlier this yr within the preliminary phases of their coaching.
Pvt. Gabriel Perez, of Anchorage, Alaska, was discovered lifeless in April throughout coaching at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Pennsylvania Army Nationwide Guard Spc. Ruben Noel Rodriguez died Jan. 16 whereas receiving medical therapy throughout primary coaching at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and 20-year-old Pfc. McCallaster Foley, of Alden, Iowa, died Jan. 8 because of a “non-training incident” at what’s now Fort Benning, Georgia.
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