To put a face on the latest news about military suicides, here is a video about Janos Victor Lutz, who killed himself earlier this week in South Florida. 

From the South Florida Sun Sentinel:

“As a machine gunner in the U.S. Marine Corps, John Lutz survived combat tours in Afghanistanand Iraq while earning 13 service commendations and the respect of his buddies.

“He was a Marine to the fullest,” said fellow Marine Kevin Ullman. “He was someone who could lighten any situation with witty sarcasm.”

“Ultimately, however, Lutz could not escape the demons he carried back home to Davie after his discharge 18 months ago.

” On Saturday, just hours after a lunch with his mother in which he chatted about his classes at Palm Beach State College, Lutz swallowed a handful of pills VA doctors had prescribed to help him cope with post-traumatic stress disorder.

” Lutz died in his bedroom, in the house where he grew up. He was 24.”