Jacob Bower

Army Cadet

Died July 21, 2011 (age 18)

Bower was found unresponsive during a basic training land navigation exercise at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. By midmorning, when the exercise began, the heat index registered 104.
Demekia Cola

Army Sergeant

Died December 13, 2011 (age 31)

Cola collapsed at the end of a physical fitness test at Fort Bliss in Texas. When she arrived at the base hospital, her core body temperature was 105 degrees. Doctors stabilized her, but she died a month later of complications associated with heatstroke.
Aaron Scales

Army Sergeant

Died June 13, 2012 (age 34)

Scales was participating in an officer candidate course at Fort Benning in Georgia and collapsed near the end of a 5-mile fitness run. He died of heatstroke, with a core body temperature of 107 degrees. He had four children and two stepchildren.
Alexis Alcaraz

Marine Corporal

Died August 13, 2015 (age 22)

Alcaraz, a field radio operator, died of heatstroke near the end of a 6-mile hike at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Although temperatures stayed in the low 70s for the morning hike, Alcaraz had a body temperature of 106.7 degrees when he collapsed.
Sylvester Cline

National Guard Sergeant

Died June 14, 2016 (age 32)

Cline died during training at Fort Chaffee in Arkansas. The heat index hit 103 Fahrenheit that day, and Cline had spent hours under the sun firing a machine gun. The Army condemned the leaders in charge for failing to protect soldiers from the heat.
Michael Parros

Army 2nd Lieutenant

Died July 27, 2016 (age 21)

Parros died during his first day of training to become an Army Ranger at Fort Benning in Georgia. His death in the sweltering heat was attributed to drinking too much water, which causes the body’s sodium level to become dangerously low.
Cayln McLemore

Army Reservist

Died June 22, 2018 (age 25)

McLemore attended a land navigation training as part of a basic leader course at Camp Blanding in Florida. The heat and humidity on the day of his death combined for a heat index of 107.