Naval Academy midshipman’s death overnight is 11th in 8 years

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — One week after Midshipman Duke Carrillo was laid to rest at the U.S. Naval Academy, another midshipman was found dead in Bancroft Hall.

The midshipman, who has not yet been identified by the academy, is the second to die this year, marking the 11th midshipman death since 2012.

Carrillo, a 21-year-old sophomore, collapsed while taking a physical readiness test Feb. 8 and was later pronounced dead at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The cause of his death is still pending, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore.

Before him, Midshipman 1st Class Juan “Jimmy” Jimenez, a 22-year-old general engineering major from Latham, N.Y., was found dead at a Prince George’s shooting range in 2017. Then academy Superintendent Vice Admiral Ted Carter said the student died from “an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound” in a note to faculty and staff after Jimenez’s death.

One year before, Midshipman 1st Class Jason Jablonski of Athol Springs, N.Y., died of leukemia complications. The 21-year-old was diagnosed three months before his death and received treatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he died that November.

Two midshipmen, Justin Zemser and Rolando Amador, died in 2015. Amador, a 22-year-old junior from Harpswell, Maine, was found dead in his dorm. Zemser, 20, died that May in the derailment and crash of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia. The sophomore was on the way to his home when the wreck that killed eight took place.

Three midshipmen died in the span of two months in 2014.

Max Allen, a senior from Chesterfield, Va., crashed his SUV into a creek on campus and drowned after a night of drinking in downtown Annapolis in February.