Body of soldier killed in training accident returned to Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH/AP) — A fallen soldier received full military honors Saturday night at the Indianapolis International Airport.

The body of 23-year-old U.S. Army Specialist Drew Watters arrived back in Indiana.

Indiana State Police will escort his body to Evansville, where funeral services will be held Wednesday.

Watters was killed last week during a training exercise at Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Washington.

He leaves behind a wife and a 2-month-old son.

The division said in a news release that the cause of death is under investigation.

Further details about what happened were not released.

Watters joined the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division in September 2017.

He enlisted as an infantryman in 2015.

The division says Watters had been awarded the Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Ribbon and the Army Service Ribbon.