Public Affairs Office

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (June 4, 2020) — The Department of Army civilian who was pronounced dead after an incident that occurred on Fort Leonard Wood yesterday has been identified as Oric Arnold.

Arnold was an employee for Fort Leonard Wood’s Logistics Readiness Center and was conducting crane operations at the LRC Maintenance Facility Equipment Yard on the installation when the incident occurred.

Circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.

The other DA civilian injured in the incident yesterday was transported to the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital and was evaluated and released with minor injuries.

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