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Fort Bragg paratrooper who died during static-line jump identified

By Kaelan Deese
Published April 22, 2021 3:09pm ET
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Fort Bragg paratrooper who died during static-line jump identified
U.S. paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg in North Carolina, reach the ground after jumping from a US Air Force C-17 aircraft during Saber Strike military exercises at the Gaiziunai Training Area, some 130 kms (80 miles) west of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, June 9, 2018. A major U.S.-led military exercise with 18,000 soldiers from 19 primarily NATO countries is taking place in the alliance's eastern flank involving Poland and the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. | (Mindaugas Kulbis/AP)

The 21-year-old Fort Bragg paratrooper who died during an airborne training session earlier this week was identified by Army officials on Wednesday.

Abigail Jenks died from a fatal injury while performing a static-line jump from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter earlier on Monday. The investigation is currently underway to determine the specifics of what went wrong.

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