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Soldier Suicides

By Megan Feldman October 02, 2008

As mourners trickled out of Lubbock's Resthaven Memorial Park in the gray chill, Andrew Velez stayed behind. He stood among the gravestones and watched his brother's coffin laid low in... More >>>

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The body of Army Specialist Andrew Velez, 22, arrives at the Lubbock airport after his suicide in Afghanistan.

Andrew was grief-stricken by the loss of his brother and showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, but he insisted on returning to war.

Roy Velez hugs a friend after his son Andrew's funeral at Lubbock's Resthaven Memorial Park on August 4, 2006.

Army Specialist Jose Alfredo "Freddy" Velez died in Fallujah in 2004 while fighting with Fort Hood's 2nd Battalion of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.

Monica Velez cleans Freddy's name, engraved in a memorial at Fort Hood, Texas.

Carmen and Roy Velez show photos of the sons they lost to the War on Terror—one to the invasion of Fallujah and the other to suicide, which is on the rise in the Army.

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Roy Velez hugs a friend after his son Andrew's funeral at Lubbock's Resthaven Memorial Park on August 4, 2006.

Cheryl Diaz Meyer

Roy Velez hugs a friend after his son Andrew's funeral at Lubbock's Resthaven Memorial Park on August 4, 2006.

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