A man from Millville had been identified as the soldier found dead at Fort Hood in Texas the day after Christimas.

Sergeant Jose Joaquin Suarez, 24 was found dead in his barracks according to WPVI-TV. The circumstances and cause of death have not been identified.

Suarez was an information systems operator-analyst and had served since 2006 and was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 720th Military Police Company, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood since January 2011.

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