38 American Soldiers Killed Themselves In July 2012; An All Time High

According to an Army report, 26 active-duty soldiers and 12 Army National Guard or Army Reserve members were suspected of or confirmed to have died by suicide.

The soldiers included a 21-year-old air traffic controller who shot himself in his Fort Wainright, Alaska, barracks; a 26-year-old captain who died at an indoor firing range in Virginia, and a 29-year-old sergeant who had deployed four times to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Three soldiers died at their own hands on deployment, and 13 had deployed at least once. But nine had never seen combat, according to the Army.

The deaths bring the total number of suspected suicides by soldiers to 187 for the year: 116 on active duty and 71 nonmobilized Guard or Reserve members. The previous record for a single month was 33 in July 2011.

The Army statistics for 2012 exceed those for the first seven months of 2009 through 2011, when the service suffered an average 160 suicides per year during the same time period.

The Army’s suicide rate has risen from 19.1 per 100,000 in 2008 to roughly 24 per 100,000 in 2011.

        

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Comment by Ninbag on August 16, 2012 at 9:29pm

Sad to hear...  For most of those that make it home, its the beginning of a new war within yourself.  PTSD is an uphill battle.

I recommend the documentary "WARTORN 1861-2010,".  Puts you straight into soldiers personal lives and how they themselves along with their families cope with PTSD and thoughts of suicide.  Also interviews with Vietnam vets and how they coped with PTSD back when it was called "shell shock" and completely down-played.

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