VMI cadet dies while duck hunting
VMI cadet dies while duck hunting on Chesapeake Bay
A 20-year-old Virginia Military Institute cadet died during the school's holiday break.
Andrew L. Reavis, of Tappahannock, drowned Monday while duck hunting on the Chesapeake Bay, according to a VMI statement.
Reavis was a history major who was scheduled to return to the school in Lexington next week.
VMI reports Reavis was a junior class representative to a school committee responsible for the conduct and training of the "ratline," or new cadets, and planned to join the U.S. Marine Corps as an officer upon graduation.
Reavis leaves behind family in Tappahannock and Houston, Texas. His brother, Kyle Reavis, is a freshman at VMI.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
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