Posted on Aug 10, 2016
Fort Hood officials ID soldier found dead in Copperas Cove
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Officials on Tuesday released the name of a soldier from Fort Hood, Texas, who was found unresponsive last week.
Sgt. Calvin Wenceslao Aguilar, 32, was found Thursday in Copperas Cove, Texas. The circumstances surrounding his death are under investigation.
Aguilar, who was from Hayward, California, joined the Army in October 2006 as a working dog handler. He had been assigned to the Fort Hood-based 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade since July 2013.
He deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from December 2007 to March 2009 and later to Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan from January 2012 to January 2013.
Aguilar's awards and decorations include three Army Commendation Medals, the Army Achievement Medal, two Army Good Conduct Medals, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with arrowhead device, the Iraq Campaign Medal with campaign star, the Combat Action Badge and the Parachutist Badge.
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Sgt. Calvin Wenceslao Aguilar, 32, was found Thursday in Copperas Cove, Texas. The circumstances surrounding his death are under investigation.
Aguilar, who was from Hayward, California, joined the Army in October 2006 as a working dog handler. He had been assigned to the Fort Hood-based 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade since July 2013.
He deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from December 2007 to March 2009 and later to Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan from January 2012 to January 2013.
Aguilar's awards and decorations include three Army Commendation Medals, the Army Achievement Medal, two Army Good Conduct Medals, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with arrowhead device, the Iraq Campaign Medal with campaign star, the Combat Action Badge and the Parachutist Badge.
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In this Aug. 17, 2007 file photo, motorcyclists enter Allegany College of Maryland in Cumberland, Md., for a regrouping stop as they participate in the annual America's 9/11 Ride. Leaders of the massive, annual motorcycle procession to the three Sept. 11 crash sites say the ride Aug. 19-21 will be their last.
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Fort Hood officials ID soldier found dead in Copperas Cove
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As someone who was stationed at Fort Hood after Vietnam SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL I was sorry to hear of this. Peace with his family and friends.
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