A 23-year-old Fort Carson soldier was killed in a training accident in Louisiana, Army officials announced Monday.
First Lt. Zachary Galli, an explosive ordnance disposal officer, was killed in a “non-combat related training accident” at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson in Vernon Parish, Louisiana.
Army officials provided few details about the accident in a news release Monday afternoon, only stating it was under investigation. They did not say when Galli was killed.
A spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment.
Galli was from Williamsburg, Virginia, and had been in the Army for just under two years. He was assigned to the 749th Ordnance Company.
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