A 38-year-old Specialist assigned to the Army National Guard, North Riverside, Illinois, on drill status, died in an on-duty sports, recreation and physical training mishap 11 August 2023 on Camp Shelby, Mississippi, at 1002 local. After completing the 2-mile run event of the Army Combat Fitness Test, the Soldier collapsed on the side of the track. Onsite medics performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation until emergency medical services arrived. The Soldier was transported to the local hospital and pronounced dead upon arrival.
Since 2018, the Army has lost an average of one Soldier a year to on-duty sports, recreation and physical training mishaps. This was the second on-duty sports, recreation and physical training mishap of FY23 and below the number of on-duty sports, recreation and physical training fatalities from this time last year.