just another number

to the great decider. to the king

just another casualty of war

jonathan schulze wasn't just another number to his family, friends and fellow marines. he was their son, brother, father and friend.

whose fault is this? is it the va? i don't know. i can't speak to that. i know my father goes to the va (one in connecticut) and he receives prompt and thorough attention. i don't know what is going on in minnesota. are they overwhelmed, understaffed? are there enough beds?
i DO know we must take care of our returning men and women. they put their lives on the line (in this case for NO particular reason and that INDEED is the fault of our king)

i know mr schulze cried out for help. i know he didn't get that help. HE knew he needed help and sought it out. what happened? why was he failed? there was NO need for his life to be lost

to mr schulze's family and friends, i am sorry for your loss

This Marine's death came after he served in Iraq

When Jonathan Schulze came home from Iraq, he tried to live a normal life. But the war kept that from happening.
By Kevin Giles, Star Tribune
Last update: January 26, 2007 – 11:38 PM

At first, Jonathan Schulze tried to live with the nightmares and the grief he brought home from Iraq. He was a tough kid from central Minnesota, and more than that, a U.S. Marine to the core.
Yet his moods when he returned home told another story. He sobbed on his parents' couch as he told them how fellow Marines had died, and how he, a machine gunner, had killed the enemy. In his sleep, he screamed the names of dead comrades. He had visited a psychiatrist at the VA hospital in Minneapolis.
Two weeks ago, Schulze went to the VA hospital in St. Cloud. He told a staff member he was thinking of killing himself, and asked to be admitted to the mental health unit, said his father and stepmother, who accompanied him. They said he was told he couldn't be admitted that day. The next day, as he spoke to a counselor in St. Cloud by phone, he was told he was No. 26 on the waiting list, his parents said.
Four days later, Schulze, 25, committed suicide in his New Prague home............

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