WILLIAMSBURG, Va. —
A Virginia native U.S. Army officer has died following a training accident in Louisiana.
According to an Army spokesperson, 1st Lt. Zachary Galli was assigned to the 749th Ordnance Company in Fort Carson, Colorado. He died as a result of injuries he sustained during a training accident at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of the Galli family, the 749th EOD Co., and the greater EOD community," Col. Brennan Fitzgerald, commander 71st EOD, said in a statement.
Galli, 23, was an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer and had served for a year and nine months, according to the Army. He is from Williamsburg.
The Army said the accident is being investigated.