On Monday, March 13, 2023, another 20-year-old Latina soldier died suspiciously at Fort Hood in Killeen after complaining to her family about being sexually harassed and admitting that she no longer felt “comfortable” there. Her name is Ana Basaldua Ruiz, and she was from Long Beach, California. Pvt. Ruiz wasn’t the
Military Specialist Maxwell Hockin, 26, (left) was identified Wednesday as the solder whose body was found at Ford Hood base (right) during the weekend. The cause of his death was not released.
Lieutenant Colonel Jennifer Bocanegra confirmed that the soldier, who has not been identified, was found unresponsive behind his company barracks on Saturday.
Fort Hood soldier drowns in boating accident
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Spc. Francisco Gilberto Hernandez-Vargas (Fort Hood Public Affairs Office)
AUSTIN, Texas The body of a 24-year-old Fort Hood soldier was recovered Sunday after a boating accident that led to his drowning in a lake near the Army base, officials said Tuesday.
Spc. Francisco Gilberto Hernandez-Vargas of Woodside, N.Y., was found dead in the water at Stillhouse Hollow Lake at about 1:19 p.m. Sunday in the same area where witnesses had reported last seeing him Saturday afternoon, according to the Bell County Sheriff’s Department, which is investigating the soldier’s death.