Neil Edara, a Rutgers ROTC cadet from Ridgewood, was training at Fort Knox when he became unresponsive, the Army ROTC said.

An ROTC cadet from New Jersey died Thursday while attending a summer training program at Fort Knox in Kentucky. The U.S. Army Cadet Command said Neil Edara, 22, of Ridgewood, was participating in land navigation training and became unresponsive on Thursday during cadet summer training as part of the 9th Regiment, Advanced Camp.

Neil Edara, 22, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, was killed during land navigation training at Fort Knox last Thursday, the Army said in a statement. He received some medical training at the scene before being flown to University of Louisville Hospital — about 40 miles northeast — where he was pronounced dead.