Class: '18
Cadet Company: B1
Date of Birth: May 5, 1995
Date of Death: June 2, 2016 - View or Post a Eulogy
CDT Winey, 21, was among the nine people who died in the training accident involving an overturned light medium tactical vehicle during a flash flood at Fort Hood. He was a graduate of Chesterton High School in Chesterton, Indiana.
From the Superintendent of the
United States Military Academy:
It is with great sadness I announce the death of Cadet Mitchell Alexander
Winey, a member of the Class of 2018, B Company, First Regiment. His untimely
death occurred at Fort Hood, Texas on June 2, 2016 while he was participating
in Cadet Troop Leader Training.
The late Cadet Winey was born on May 5, 1995, in Valparaiso, Indiana and attended
Chesterton High School in Chesterton, Indiana.
Throughout his time here at the U.S. Military Academy, Cadet Winey was enormously
proud to be a cadet. Mitchell was an exemplary cadet in academics, as an Engineering
Management major, during company athletics, and as a member of the Ski Patrol.
He was clearly a rising leader in his class and a friend to everyone who knew
him. He internalized the ideals and values of West Point and exemplified them
in all that he set out to do. Duty, Honor, Country were his touchstones.
I wish to extend to his family the sincere and profound sympathy of the Corps
of Cadets and all members of West Point. His death will be mourned by all
who have known him.
Sincerely,
Robert L. Caslen, Jr.
Lieutenant General, US Army
Superintendent
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