FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- A second Fort Campbell soldier has been charged in connection with the beating death of an Army private whose slaying has drawn the attention of national gay-rights groups.

Spec. Justin R. Fisher, 25, was charged during the weekend with four offenses stemming from the death of Pfc. Barry L. Winchell, 21, of Kansas City, Mo.

Pvt. Calvin N. Glover, 18, was charged earlier with premeditated murder in the death of Winchell.

The attack occurred in a barracks hallway early on July 5. Winchell died the following day at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.

Winchell, Glover and Fisher were infantrymen in the same battalion at the Army post, which straddles the Tennessee-Kentucky border.

Fisher allegedly encouraged Glover to hit Winchell with an undisclosed weapon, acted as an accessory after the crime, lied under oath to Army investigators and obstructed the investigation, Maj. Pamela Hart, spokeswoman for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), told The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, Tenn.) Monday.

Hart said there was at least one witness to the fight.

Additional information won't become public until a military hearing similar to a grand jury that won't occur for weeks, she said. No hearing has been set.

Two gay-rights organizations have said that Winchell may have been the victim of a hate crime.

Representatives of the Lesbian and Gay Coalition for Justice and the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network have said they questioned several people both on and off post about Winchell's death.

A number of those responding told the groups that Winchell was killed because some people believed that he was gay.

Early in the investigation, Fort Campbell officials said they had no evidence the crime happened because Winchell was perceived gay. Recently, they have declined to say that much.

"I cannot discuss the details of the investigation," Hart said.

Rhonda White, a member of the Lesbian and Gay Coalition for Justice, praised the Army for its handling of the investigation.

"We are very pleased that the military is pursuing all persons involved, and is attempting to bring them to justice," she said.