Updated at 7:13 p.m., Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Soldier's death at Schofield investigated
Advertiser Staff
The Army's Criminal Investigation Command has launched an investigation into the death over the weekend of a Schofield Barracks soldier who was found unconscious in his barracks, the Army said tonight."He passed out (in his barracks room) and they took him to Wahiawa General Hospital, where he later died," said Kendrick Washington, Schofield Barracks spokesman. The soldier died around 4 a.m. Sunday, he said.
Washington identified the soldier as Pvt. Robert Copeland, 22, from Alabama, who was with the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry. Washington said Copeland's parents have been notified and that the cause of death has not been determined.
"We wrote it up as an unattended death, which basically means he died and they are not sure why," Washington said. "But there were no charges pressed."
