A soldier assigned to Fort Wainwright, Alaska, has died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said Friday.
Spc. Tyler Christian White, 21, died Wednesday at a friend's house in Fairbanks, Alaska.
White, 21, was from Richmond, Indiana. He was found in his friend's driveway with a single gunshot wound about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. He died while he was being taken to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.
White joined the Army in August 2013. He trained at Fort Benning, Georgia, before arriving at Fort Wainwright in December 2013. He was a Stryker driver with 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division.
The complete circumstances of White's death are under investigation, Army officials said.
