Staff Sgt. Seth Michael Plant was killed by a bear on JBER on Tuesday while setting a course through the woods for navigation training, says the U.S. Army Alaska.
Tuesday afternoon at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson was setting a course through the woods for navigation training at the time of the attack, according to the U.S. Army Alaska.
The soldier killed was identified by the U.S. Army Alaska on Thursday as 30-year-old Staff Sgt. Seth Michael Plant, an infantryman from the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Plant, from Florida, joined the active-duty Army in January 2015 and served in Georgia and North Carolina before arriving to JBER in July 2021.
In a statement, Plant’s commander, Lt. Col. David J. Nelson, remembered Plant as “a positive and dedicated leader who brought joy and energy to the paratroopers who served with him.” “That’s part of the ongoing investigation is to find out what happened and if there’s any change that needs to be made to the current way we do business,” he said.
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