--- title: "Army Reserve identifies soldier who died of COVID-19" description: "Sgt. Simon Zamudio, who died of complications related to COVID-19 on May 22, was assigned to the 371st Theater Movement Control Element at Fort Sheridan, Illinois" date: "2020-05-27" modified: "2020-05-27" authors: - name: "Jeff Schogol" job_title: "Senior Pentagon Reporter" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jeff-schogol.md" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-reserve-identifies-soldier-died-coronavirus/" categories: - "Army" - "Around the World" - "Military Branches" - "News" - "United States" tags: - "Covid-19" - "Reserves" --- # Army Reserve identifies soldier who died of COVID-19 ![]() The Army Reserve has identified the soldier who is the third service member to die from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as Sgt. Simon Zamudio. Zamudio was not active orders when he died of complications related to the coronavirus on May 22, said Army Reserve spokesman Lt. Col. Simon Flake. No further information about Zamudio’s death was immediately available. “\[Zamudio\] enlisted in the Army Reserve in October 2015, and was assigned to the 371st Theater Movement Control Element at Fort Sheridan, Illinois,” an Army Reserve statement says. “Sgt. Zamudio was promoted to the rank of Sergeant on April 1, 2020 and was awarded the National Defense Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon.” Two other service members have died as a result of the coronavirus: [Army Capt. Douglas Linn Hickok](), of the New Jersey National Guard; and [Navy Chief Petty Officer Charles Robert Thacker,]() who served aboard the aircraft carrier [USS Theodore Roosevelt.]() Additionally, 18 Defense Department civilians, nine contractors, and five dependents have died from the coronavirus for a total of 35 U.S. military fatalities. As of May 27, the U.S. military had reported a total of 9,276 cases of the coronavirus across the Defense Department, of which 5,161 people have recovered. The Navy remains the military branch hit hardest by the coronavirus outbreak with 2,384 cases, nearly twice as much as the Army with 1,339 cases. They are followed by the National Guard Bureau with 1,284 cases, the Marine Corps with 547 cases, and the Air Force with 483 cases, according to the Defense Department. ## Author Jeff Schogol is the former senior Pentagon reporter for Task & Purpose. He reported on both the Department of Defense as a whole and individual services, covering a variety of topics that include personnel, policy, military justice, deployments, and technology. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]() [Twitter]() ## More - [Army Reserve recruiters told to utilize ‘this terrible event in our favor’ to recruit more soldiers amid COVID-19 spread]() - [A third service member has died from COVID-19]() - [Army spouse dies of COVID-19 complications]() - [Army Reserve identifies soldier who died in Kuwait]() - [New Jersey Guardsman is the first US service member to die of COVID-19]() - [The Army warned in early February that up to 150,000 Americans could die of COVID-19]() - [The military has seen a significant increase in suicide deaths since COVID-19 hit]() - [Army Reserve soldier killed in severe weather incident in Virginia]()