Fort Hood releases details on three soldiers who died over July 4 weekend - The Killeen Daily Herald
Jason Darryl Kane, 24, fell out of the bed of a pickup truck early July 6 after he and three other soldiers were hog hunting on private property off Maxdale Road, according to a release from the Bell County Sheriff’s Department. When they left the property, two men were riding in the truck’s cab and the other two were riding in back. When they arrived at the gate of the property, the two men riding in front noticed the other two were no longer in the back of the truck. Kane was dead on arrival, the sheriff’s department said. The other injured soldier is still in critical condition at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Bell County sheriff’s spokesman Lt. T. J. Cruz said Tuesday. Kane, 24, of Surry, Maine, entered active-duty service in November 2010 as an explosive ordnance disposal specialist. He had been assigned to the 47th Ordnance Disposal Company, 79th Ordnance Battalion, at Fort Hood, since February 2012. He deployed to Afghanistan from March to November 2014. Kane’s awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, Army... , entered active-duty service in April 1996 as an ammunition specialist and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in. Source: kdhnews.com
