U.S. Soldier Found Dead in South Korea After Apparent Fall from Apartment Window
|This is the first time I have ever heard of U.S. Soldier falling from an apartment window before in South Korea:
A U.S. soldier in charge of one of the world’s most advanced missile systems died Wednesday outside her home near Camp Carroll, according to Eighth Army and South Korean police.
Staff Sgt. Theresa Garris, 28, of Stroudsburg, Pa., was found unresponsive in Chilgok county by first responders, Eighth Army spokesman Lt. Col. Neil Penttila told Stars and Stripes by phone Thursday.
Garris was discovered around 3 a.m. in the parking lot of her apartment, a Chilgok Police Station investigator told Stars and Stripes by phone Thursday.
Initial evidence suggests Garris, who lived on the fourth floor, fell from her unit, the investigator said. South Korean officials customarily speak to the media on the condition of anonymity.
Garris served with 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade as a Patriot launching station enhanced operator and maintainer at Carroll, roughly 130 miles south of Seoul, Penttila said.
Stars & Stripes
You can read more at the link, but the article says that foul play is not suspected.
It’s possible, I can see it happening. In 2008 I was hanging out my apartment window on the 8th floor trying to angle my AFN satellite at the end of this erector-set type contraption I set up to extend my satellite to receive LOS single. That extension was about six feet long and I was leaning over the railing, barely hanging on to tighten some screws down. Lucky I didn’t fall, but it was pretty dumb.
Very sad.