{"id":291673,"date":"2026-06-01T12:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/291673\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:35:08","slug":"parris-island-drill-instructor-found-dead-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/291673\/","title":{"rendered":"Parris Island drill instructor found dead in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parris Island drill instructor found dead in Florida<\/p>\n<p><a aria-label=\"Graham Cawthon profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wjcl.com\/news-team\/7f752ee8-2510-4196-9f29-1d68e85d9408\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7f752ee8-2510-4196-9f29-1d68e85d9408_1644861871.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Graham Cawthon\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>PORT ROYAL, S.C. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Above video: Your Monday headlines<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">A Marine drill instructor assigned to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island was found dead Saturday in a hotel room in Starke, Florida, according to information released by depot officials on Monday.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Sgt. Albert Haynes II, 24, was assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion. At the time of his death, he was on temporary additional duty and taking part in a poolee event with Recruiting Station Jacksonville, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigation underway<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The circumstances surrounding Haynes\u2019 death are under investigation by the Bradford County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Florida. The Marine Corps said it is fully cooperating with local authorities.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">No further details about the cause or manner of death were immediately released.<\/p>\n<p>Service background<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Haynes\u2019 home of record is Austin, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">He served in the military occupational specialties of field artillery cannoneer and drill instructor. His training included the Field Artillery Basic Course at the Marine Corps School of Artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Drill Instructor School at Parris Island.<\/p>\n<p>Awards and family<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">His awards included two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, a Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, a National Defense Service Medal, a Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and three Sea Service Deployment Ribbons.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">Officials said Haynes was married and had no children.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"12\">TRENDING STORIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parris Island drill instructor found dead in Florida PORT ROYAL, S.C. \u2014 Above video: Your Monday headlines A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[123216,44198,123217,123239,123218,5507,4424,123236,123231,123219,123232,89135,28,30,29,123220,123221,123238,320,123240,123222,119286,60777,123223,104633,123224,123225,123233,123226,123237,123234,18598,123227,123228,123241,123229,123230,123235],"class_list":["post-291673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-3rd-recruit-training-battalion","tag-austin","tag-austin-pennsylvania","tag-bradford-county-sheriff","tag-bradford-county-sheriffs-office","tag-death","tag-death-investigation","tag-depot-official","tag-drill-instructor","tag-drill-instructor-school","tag-field-artillery-cannoneer","tag-fields","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-fort-sill","tag-global-war-on-terrorism-service-medal","tag-haynes","tag-home","tag-investigation-underwaythe-circumstance","tag-lima-company","tag-manner","tag-marine-corps","tag-marine-corps-good-conduct-medal","tag-married","tag-national-defense-service-medal","tag-navy-and-marine-corps-achievement-medal","tag-no-children","tag-parris-island","tag-parris-island-drill-instructor","tag-poolee-event","tag-record","tag-recruiting-station-jacksonville","tag-sea-service-deployment-ribbon","tag-service-backgroundhayne","tag-sgt-albert-haynes-ii","tag-starke-florida","tag-temporary-additional-duty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}