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Reservist dies at Ft. McCoy

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1 month ago

March 16, 2025

Kevin Millard

Fort McCoy said a soldier has died at the installation.

In a release dated March 15, it said that a U.S. Army Reserve Soldier died on Friday, March 14.

The soldier was attending a planning conference at the installation.

The release said that per Department of Defense policy, the name of the soldier won’t be released for at least 24 hours after notification of the soldier’s family.

No other information on the death was available from the fort.

Kevin Millard

Kevin Millard is News Director for WIZM News. A West Salem native, he's spent most of his life, except for a year each in Florida and Wausau, here in the La Crosse area. Broadcasting and the media has been a part of his life since he was filmed in his first commercial in 2nd Grade. Most of his career has been spent working behind the scenes in the newsroom at a local television station. He's been the host of WKTY Outdoors since October 2005.