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Preliminary Loss Reports (PLRs)

About Preliminary Loss Reports (PLRs)

PLRs are intended to be used as an engagement tool for leaders to discuss the hazards and trends impacting Soldier safety and readiness. A PLR contains only basic information, as the investigation is ongoing, but provides sufficient background to allow leaders an opportunity to communicate risk at the Soldier level.

 

PLR 23-112 - Off-Duty Sports, Recreation and Physical Training Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

A 59-year-old Major General assigned to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, died in an off-duty sports, recreation and physical training mishap 25 July 2023 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, at 1920 local. The Soldier was reportedly involved in a privately owned, single-engine plane crash.

Since 2018, the Army has lost an average of 11 Soldiers a year to off-duty sports, recreation and physical training mishaps. This was the ninth off-duty sports, recreation and physical training mishap of FY23 and above the number of off-duty sports, recreation and physical training fatalities from this time last year.

 

 

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