/ Published March 26, 2021
The sun rises behind a wooden banner at the 6th Ranger Training Battalion Sept. 28 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Battalion Soldiers participated in a military and local mass casualty exercise involving a boating accident deep within the Eglin range. The Soldiers acted as first responders to triage the victims, coordinate to receive help and get the wounded to local emergency technicians. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
The Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning offers our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Spc. James A. Requenez.
Requenez, 28, was a student in the swamp phase of Ranger School at 6th Ranger Training Battalion, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. He died during training and was transported to Eglin AFB hospital where he was pronounced dead March 25. The incident is currently under investigation.
Requenez was assigned to A Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia. From San Antonio, Texas, he enlisted in the Army in April 2018, graduating from Infantry one-station unit training in August 2018. A graduate of Airborne School and Ranger Assessment and Selection Program 1, he served as an assistant machine gunner for A Company.
Requenez’s awards and decorations include the Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service
Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon and Parachutist Badge.