U.S. Army Europe and Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\nFirst responders transported Perez to the Accident Burn Hospital in Berlin, where he later died. U.S. and German authorities are investigating the incident. <\/p>\n
Perez was a member of the 51st Military Police Battalion, a unit of the South Carolina Army National Guard. He was deployed in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve with the 200th Military Police Command, the senior law enforcement organization of the U.S. Army Reserve.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis soldier was supporting U.S. defense and security efforts in Europe,\u201d Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza, commanding general of U.S. Army V Corps, said in a Friday release. <\/p>\n
Maj. Gen. Susie Kuilan, commanding general of 200th Military Police Command, extended her condolences in the release to Perez\u2019s family and friends, describing him as a \u201cvalued member of our Army and Army Reserve family.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSpc. Jaylin Perez was a proud and dedicated Soldier who answered our nation\u2019s call and served with distinction while mobilized. His commitment to duty and his selfless service represents the very best of our Army,\u201d Kuilan said. \u201cHis loss is felt deeply across the 200th Military Police Command, and we honor the legacy he leaves behind.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nikki Wentling is a senior editor at Military Times. She’s reported on veterans and military communities for nearly a decade and has also covered technology, politics, health care and crime. Her work has earned multiple honors from the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, the Arkansas Associated Press Managing Editors and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A U.S. soldier died Tuesday after receiving treatment for severe electrical burns sustained last week while on duty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[98687,27765,98688,2574,22702,22701,2000,299,1824,98685,98684,98686],"class_list":{"0":"post-257303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-200th-military-police-command","9":"tag-army","10":"tag-army-times","11":"tag-berlin","12":"tag-circulated-army-times","13":"tag-circulated-military-times","14":"tag-eu","15":"tag-europe","16":"tag-germany","17":"tag-logistics-operation","18":"tag-soldier-killed","19":"tag-u-s-army-europe-and-africa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114836932149605774","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}