Pneumonia Death Of soldier at Fort Jackson- Confirmed A/H1N1

[Treyfish]

Deltona soldier dies during basic training
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Service Saturday — U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Hogg, 23, died while in basic training in South Carolina. Pneumonia is suspected, the Army said.


Services set for 23-year-old
By Jen Horton
BEACON STAFF WRITER
posted Sep 16, 2009 - 1:32:29pm

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Hogg, 23, died Sept. 10 at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Fort Jackson, S.C. Hogg was from Deltona.
Hogg was in his fifth week of basic combat training at Fort Jackson, and would have graduated Thursday, Oct. 15.
He was admitted to the hospital Sept. 3 with fever and respiratory problems, the Army reported. The exact cause of death is still being determined, but pneumonia is suspected, the Army said.
LTC Nathan Banks confirmed Hogg did not have the H1N1 virus, commonly called swine flu.
The young soldier is survived by his mother, Sarah Wybo, and his stepfather Greg Wybo, both of Deltona. Hogg survivors also include his sister Alicia Adams and her husband, Nathan, of Tallahassee.

Hogg was training with D Company, 3rd Battalion 13th Infantry Regiment.



Services are planned locally. Viewing will be 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at Deltona Memorial Gardens, 1295 Saxon Blvd. in Orange City.
A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Deltona Memorial Gardens, followed by lunch at noon at Pine Ridge Fellowship.
Those attending the luncheon are asked to bring one of the following: a side dish, fried chicken, biscuits, drinks or desserts.
Kim Rathburn is coordinating the luncheon. For more information, call Rathburn at (386) 801-0822, or e-mail her at dkrath2003http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2062

[yielddude]

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Pneumonia due to swine flu cause of Ft. Jackson soldier's death
Posted: Sep 30, 2009 9:03 PM EDT
Updated: Sep 30, 2009 9:05 PM EDT

(Source: US Army)
FORT JACKSON, SC (WIS) - Fort Jackson officials say a 23-year-old soldier who died back on Sept. 10 died due to pneumonia due to swine flu.

Authorities say 23-year-old Specialist Christoper Hogg was in his fifth week of training when he became ill.

Officials at the base say they have begun to take precautions to prevent the spread of the flu, such as rearranging the barracks to create more breathing room for soldiers, checking new recruits for flu-like symptoms and isolating those who are sick.

The base has already started to give out seasonal flu vaccines and will administer the H1N1 vaccine as soon as they arrive in October.

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11235970

[Heididoe]

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My son was in Ft. Jackson last weekend on training exercises. I had warned him that this young man had died there from swine flu a few weeks ago, even though it was being denied by authorities. I can't really contribute to this thread except with my expression of heartbreak for the Hogg family and for all those suffering families whose stories are on the unbearable "dead children thread". I am just so frustrated by all the misinformation and the constant drumbeat of "oh well... underlying conditions" in the face of so many deaths of precious young people. Even my friends won't listen to my warnings. They send me all the "swine flu is a hoax" emails and videos. I could just scream. BTW, my son has Relenza with him.

[Treyfish]

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Thanks Heididoe, for finding confirmation. I hope your son stays safe, relenza mite be better than tamiflu soon, but i'm sure they will try to do the best they can.

[Chuck]

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Army's first swine flu death is soldier in SC

By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER (AP) ? 4 days ago

COLUMBIA, S.C. ? A 23-year-old soldier from Florida who was in basic training is the Army's first death from complications of swine flu, officials said Thursday.

The death at Fort Jackson, the Army's largest training camp and just outside Columbia, may be the first such loss among the nation's 1.4 million men and women in uniform.

Pentagon officials said they were trying Thursday morning to confirm details of the case. But as of late last week, Department of Defense spokesmen said no military deaths had been recorded since the virus broke out last spring.

Spc. Christopher Hogg of Deltona, Fla., died Sept. 10th from "pneumonia due to H1N1 influenza," according to Fort Jackson commander Brig. Gen. Bradley May.

"His family had traveled to Columbia to be with him and was present when he passed away," May said in a statement Thursday.

An autopsy was conducted the following day and results received late Wednesday, May said.

Hogg was in the fifth week of basic. He had initially tested negative for the swine flu virus, but the autopsy later detected it, another defense official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record.

"Regrettably, this is the first H1N1-related death of a soldier for the U.S. Army," said Gary Tallman, a civilian spokesman for the service, the Pentagon's largest service branch with 552,425 soldiers.

Hogg reported to sick call with a fever on Sept. 1 and was treated at the Army's Moncrief Army Community Hospital. Two days later he was transferred to a local hospital, where he died, May said.

Fort Jackson spokeswoman Karen Soule said that as of Wednesday evening, 51 of Fort Jackson's 13,000 soldiers had flulike symptoms. More than 50,000 soldiers every year participate in either basic or advanced training on the installation.

Military recruits are always at higher risk for illness because of the stressful training environment, close quarters and rigorous physical work, military medical officials have said.

The Army has long had programs for preventing and treating illnesses. It stepped up efforts when swine flu surfaced in the spring, May said.

That includes mandatory vaccinations, frequent hand washing and use of hand sanitizer, coughing into the crook of the arm instead of the hands, and keeping hands away from the eyes, nose and mouth, the one-star general said.

Among many other steps, barracks have been rearranged so bunks are placed head-to-toe to keep soldiers as separate as possible. Living quarters are scrubbed daily with bleach, and soldiers turn in blankets, pillows and mattress covers for laundering every three weeks, the general said.

"We realize no matter how thorough our preventative measures are, soldiers will get sick, some will become seriously ill, and unfortunately some may die," the general said.

The military installation was one of many hit hard by the 1918 global flu pandemic.

During that pandemic, Camp Jackson, as it was known at the time, had more than 60,000 soldiers in training, according to Dale Smith, the historian for the military's medical school known as the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md.

Exact numbers are hard to come by, but estimates are that about 25 percent of those at the installation got the flu, and of the afflicted about 18 to 20 percent died, Smith said.

Many who became ill recovered, "but it still killed a lot of people," Smith said.

Associated Press Writer Pauline Jelinek in Washington contributed to this report.

Copyright ? 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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Soldier Dies At SC Post

POSTED: 7:24 am EDT October 9, 2009
UPDATED: 7:54 am EDT October 9, 2009


<SCRIPT src="/_public/js/features/storyTools/storyTools-min.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT><LINK href="/css/13260803/style.css" type=text/css rel=stylesheet><!--startindex-->COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina authorities said a soldier at Fort Jackson has died during training.
Multiple media outlets reported that Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said the 20-year-old soldier died about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Providence Hospital in Columbia.
Watts said Thursday an autopsy has been performed but he is awaiting test results to determine how the soldier died. He did not release the soldier's name or hometown.
Two other soldiers at the fort died this summer. T Twenty-three-year-old Spc. Christopher Hogg of Deltona, Fla., died Sept. 10 from pneumonia complicated by the H1N1 virus. He was the military's first swine flu victim.
Eighteen-year-old Pvt. Jonathan Morales of Milwaukee died Aug. 20 from apparent heatstroke while participating in a march just days before he was to graduate from basic training.http://www.wyff4.com/news/21247826/detail.html

Source: http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11286231

Wis. soldier dies during training in South Carolina
Posted: Oct 09, 2009 7:23 AM EST

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WKOW) -- Authorities in South Carolina say a 20-year-old Wisconsin soldier has died during training at Fort Jackson.

The county's coroner confirmed the soldier, whose name and hometown are not being released, died Wednesday afternoon at a hospital in Columbia.

An autopsy was scheduled to be performed Thursday, but the coroner says he is awaiting test results to find out how the soldier died before releasing any new information.

Two other soldiers died at Fort Jackson this summer, a 23-year-old from Florida with H1N1 complications and an 18-year-old from Milwaukee who died from apparent heatstroke in August just days before he was to graduate from basic training.

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Source: http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11289733

Heatstroke kills soldier training at SC post

Associated Press - October 9, 2009 5:25 PM ET

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina authorities say a soldier at Fort Jackson has died during training.

Fort Jackson officials said Friday that 19-year-old Pvt. Jamal Britt of Edgewood, Md., was pronounced dead at a local hospital Wednesday afternoon. He was assigned to C Co., 3rd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment.

Richland County Coroner Gary Watts says an autopsy found Britt died from heatstroke, the second heat death on the base in less than two months. Authorities say 18-year-old Pvt. Jonathan Morales of Milwaukee died from heatstroke Aug. 20 during a mach.

A third soldier, 23-year-old Spc. Christopher Hogg of Deltona, Fla., died Sept. 10 from pneumonia complicated by the H1N1 virus. He was the military's first swine flu victim.

[Farmer]

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Source: http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11289733

Heatstroke kills soldier training at SC post

Associated Press - October 9, 2009 5:25 PM ET

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina authorities say a soldier at Fort Jackson has died during training.

Fort Jackson officials said Friday that 19-year-old Pvt. Jamal Britt of Edgewood, Md., was pronounced dead at a local hospital Wednesday afternoon. He was assigned to C Co., 3rd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment.

Richland County Coroner Gary Watts says an autopsy found Britt died from heatstroke, the second heat death on the base in less than two months. Authorities say 18-year-old Pvt. Jonathan Morales of Milwaukee died from heatstroke Aug. 20 during a mach.

A third soldier, 23-year-old Spc. Christopher Hogg of Deltona, Fla., died Sept. 10 from pneumonia complicated by the H1N1 virus. He was the military's first swine flu victim.

Fort Jackson is next to Columbia, SC.

According to weather.com, Columbia experienced unseasonably warm weather on Wednesday the 7th, with a high temperature of 89 degrees F. The morning low of 65 degrees was above the average low of 57 degrees for the day historically. They also report AM thunderstorms, so it may have been humid as well.