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Kimberly King
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kking@dinfos.edu
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Navy identifies casualties in Nov. 6 training exercise
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Department of the Navy officials identified on [date] the Sailors

killed and injured Nov. 6 in an exercise at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, State.

The deceased is Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Willie Keeler, 24, of West Warwick, Rhode

Island, a builder assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11. Keeler was taken by

helicopter to Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he was announced dead

upon arrival.

Injured were:

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Buck Ewing, a builder assigned to Naval Mobile

Construction Battalion 11. Ewing was taken by ambulance to Forrest General Hospital, where he

was listed in serious condition.

Navy Chief Petty Officer Cap Anson, an equipment operator assigned to Naval Mobile

Construction Battalion 11. Anson was treated and released from the Camp Shelby Troop Medical

Clinic.

The Sailors were conducting an exercise in preparation for their unit’s deployment to

Poland.

The cause of the incident is under investigation.

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