EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — A soldier has died while taking part in Ranger training at Eglin Air Force Base, according to the Army’s Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia.
“The Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning offers our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Spc. James A. Requenez,” stated a March 26 news release.
Requenez, 28, was a student in the swamp phase of Ranger School at 6th Ranger Training Battalion, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. He died during training and was transported to Eglin AFB hospital where he was pronounced dead March 25.
The incident is currently under investigation.
Requenez was assigned to A Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia. From San Antonio, Texas, he enlisted in the Army in April 2018, graduating from Infantry one-station unit training in August 2018.
A graduate of Airborne School and Ranger Assessment and Selection Program 1, he served as an assistant machine gunner for A Company.
Requenez’s awards and decorations include the Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon and Parachutist Badge.
