A 25-year-old Private First Class assigned to Fort Stewart, Georgia, died in an on-duty sports, recreation and physical training mishap 2 September 2023 at 1145 local. The Soldier was conducting cardiovascular PT and collapsed of heat exhaustion with a core temperature of 107 degrees. He was evacuated to a local medical center, then later to Savannah, Georgia, for specialized care, where he died.
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 third 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.