Drum soldier dies after reporting chest pain

Drum soldier dies after reporting chest pain
Staff report
Posted : Tuesday Jan 29, 2008 16:35:53 EST

A 10th Mountain Division soldier died Jan. 28 after complaining of chest pains while on duty, according to a press release from Fort Drum, N.Y.

Sgt. 1st Class Ritchie A. Morgan, 41, was a food service noncommissioned officer assigned to 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade.

Morgan was taken to Guthrie Acute Care Clinic in Watertown, N.Y., after he complained of chest pains. Life-saving measures were performed there before he was transported to Samaritan Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Morgan, a native of Murphysboro, Ill., joined the Army in September 1987. He served in Korea; Fort Carson, Colo.; Germany; Fort Stewart, Ga.; and Mission Viejo, Calif., before being assigned to Fort Drum in November 2003. His deployments include a six-month tour in Kuwait in 1998 and a six-month tour in Macedonia in 2001. Morgan is survived by his wife, who is at Fort Drum. The cause of death is under investigation.


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