Army says autopsy shows soldier had enlarged heart

FORT BENNING - An autopsy indicated that a 17-year-old Army recruit who died after a 1-mile run had an enlarged heart, Army officials said. <br> <br> The condition, technically known as a ``concentric left ventricular hypertrophy,&#39;&#39; likely led to Monday&#39;s death of Pfc. Nicholas O. Williams, of Pinehurst, Ga., Fort Benning spokesman Rich McDowell said Wednesday. <br> <br> Williams, who graduated from Dooly County High School with honors less than two months ago, had been at Fort Benning only a week and was undergoing a physical fitness assessment test while awaiting assignment to a basic training battalion. <br> <br> He complained of dizziness about 6 a.m. Monday and died two hours later at Martin Army Community Hospital. <br> <br> The Army requires recruits to have physical examinations and medical screening, but Williams&#39; heart problem could not have been detected without specific tests, McDowell said. <br> <br> Williams was the second soldier to die during training within a month at Fort Benning. Second Lt. Zachariah R. Miller, a 22-year-old Rhodes scholar, died July 1 during a solo land-navigation exercise.