1st US Service Member Dies of Coronavirus

30 Mar 2020

Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk

A member of the New Jersey Army National Guard has died from the coronavirus, the Defense Department announced Monday.

The guardsman, who tested positive for COVID-19 and had been hospitalized since March 21, died Saturday, the Pentagon said in a statement. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy identified the guardsman as Capt. Douglas Linn Hickok.

"I'm heartbroken by the loss of @NJNationalGuard Captain Douglas Linn Hickok to coronavirus," Murphy tweeted Monday. "He was a drilling guardsman and physician's assistant …Our thoughts are with his wife, children, and their family."'

A member of Hickok's family told Military.com that he was born in Oklahoma and raised in California, and had been living most recently in Pennsylvania. He was 57.

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