The American soldier dies during the training incident in Hungary, says the army.

An American soldier died during a training incident in Hungary, the army said Saturday in a press release.

Sergeant Aaron Cox, 24, from Mabank, Texas, died on Thursday near Camp Croft, Hungary, during the preparations for the next year Know Guardian 25. The army said that Cox died as a result of wounds of a vehicle accident, but did not provide more details.

Cox joined the army in 2021, and this was his second deployment. He previously deployed in Poland in 2022. He was an infantry man assigned to the fighter team of the 2nd Mobile Brigade of “strike”, 101a Airborne division (aerial assault).

“The loss of sergeant Cox is a tragedy for all of us in the strike team,” said Colonel Duke Reim, Commander, 2MBCT, 101º Div Airborne. “He was a strong soldier and leader, who quickly climbed through the ranks while serving.” He also thanked the Hungarian allies for their help and support for soldiers.

Reim said an investigation into the accident is ongoing.

A similar tragedy occurred a few months before when four American soldiers He died in March In Lithuania after disappearing while performing a mission to repair and tow an immobilized tactical vehicle. The soldiers were in a training exercise in the huge general training field of Žukauskas in the city of Pabradė. His vehicle was missing reported The next morning, said the US Army. UU., And then it was found the next day by the Army and the Lithuanian authorities.

He took more than a week eliminate his submerged Armored recovery vehicle of a peat swamp. The thick mud and the soft terrain around the site made it a complicated recovery effort, the army said. Specialized equipment was required to drain the water from the side and “stabilize the ground”, to pull the 70 -ton vehicle on the ground.

Hundreds of members of the Army Service, the Navy and the military of Lithuania and Poland helped in the effort to carry the armored recovery vehicle of 63 tons M88a2 Hercules to the surface, said the command.

The Association press and Alex Sundby contributed to this report.

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