FORT HOOD, Texas - Fort Hood officials have released the name of a soldier who was found unresponsive in her barracks room Sept. 20. She was transported to Carl R. Darnall Medical Center and was pronounced deceased the same day.
Spc. Joselyntara Mafnas Sablan, 23, whose home of record is listed as Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, entered entered active-duty service in October 2009 as an automated logistical specialist. She was assigned to the 565th Quartermasters Company, 553rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Fort Hood, since February 2012.
Sablan's awards and decorations include the National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon.
Circumstances surrounding this incident are currently under investigation.