Fort Hood officials have released the name of a Sol- dier that passed away at his family’s home Dec. 20 in Cuero, Texas.

Pfc. Jordan T. May, 25, of Cuero, Texas was on pre- deployment leave when a family member found him unconscious, and called for an ambulance. He was transported to a local hos- pital but could not be re- vived.

May entered the Army in August 2007 as a Cav- alry Scout. He was as- signed to the 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division since Jan- uary 2007. His squadron was scheduled to deploy to Iraq early next year. At the time of his death May had completed a rigorous train- ing regimen in preparation for deployment to include weapons training, vehicle gunnery and training simu-

lating operations in Iraq at the Joint Readiness Train- ing Center at Fort Polk, La.

His medals and awards include the Army Achieve- ment Medal, National De- fense Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon.

He is survived by his mother and father.

The cause of death has not been determined and the incident is under inves- tigation.

Pvt. Colman J. meadows III

Fort Hood officials have released the name of a Soldier who died Dec. 16 2008at Forward Operating Base Ramrod, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from a non-combat relat- ed incident. The circum- stances surrounding the incident are under investigation.

Pvt. Colman J. Meadows III, 19, of Senoia, Ga., a Special Electronic Devices Repairer, entered the military in January 2008. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Di- vision, Fort Hood,Texas since September 2008.

Meadows deployed to Afghanistan June 2008.

Pvt. Meadows awards and decorations include the, National Defense Service Medal, and Army Service Ribbon,