Suicide in Iowa follows combat death in Iraq

[LiviaOlivia]

Suicide in Iowa follows combat death in Iraq
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Steve Gillard

Soldier shaken by death of brother ends own life

By ELIZABETH OWENS
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
June 23, 2005
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050623/NEWS11/506230381

Distraught over his older brother's death in Iraq and his own deployment this fall to the war zone, Justin "Paul" Byers purposely stepped in front of a pickup truck Monday night, ending his own life, officials said.

About an hour before Sgt. Casey Byers' funeral began Wednesday morning, Crawford County's medical examiner said he had ruled Justin Byers' death a suicide. Casey Byers, 22, who died June 11, will become the first Iowan killed in Iraq to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, D.C.

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This family lost two sons in about 10 days.

Both should have had their lives ahead of them.

Now they are only memories.

So, does anyone want to explain how this family can make this sacrifice, while they, who support the war in Washington, do not. How this is resereved for the unlucky, ambitious and poor? And don't think a draft would make any difference, it wouldn't. The rich and powerful have usually shirked service. If we cannot win this war, why are we still fighting it? How many more men and women will die for this horrible mistake, their patriotism and service misused by lazy, indifferent, cowardly men.

http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2005/06/suicide-in-iowa-follows-combat-death.html

[dejaboutique]

1. rip fellow iowans

so now our direct casualties have indirect casualties. sad. RIP

[dave502d]

2. So Sorry.What can you say,fuck.n/t

[BlueStateGirl]

3. Damn. Damn. Damn. n/t