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Vermont National Guard sergeant dies in Louisiana

By Daniel Chaitin

Published June 11, 2019 9:39pm ET

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Vermont National Guard sergeant dies in Louisiana — U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Divsion climbs down a rope ladder on the first station of the air assault obstacle course during the 10th Mountain Division Light Fighters School Air Assault Course at Fort Polk, Louisiana, June 7, 2019. Candidates wishing to obtain the coveted Air Assault Badge must successfully complete a majority of the nine stations of the air assault obstacle course. | (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ashley M. Morris)

A member of the Vermont National Guard died during a training rotation in Louisiana over the weekend.

Sgt. Willard Magoon, 25, experienced “flu-like symptoms” while training at Fort Polk, according to a statement from the Vermont National Guard. Magoon’s condition worsened and he died from cardiac complications Sunday afternoon at a New Orleans hospital.

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