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Exhibit 258

High Suicide Rates among United States Service Members and Veterans of the Post-9/11 Wars

Exhibit 258 ยท Research paper (not peer reviewed); page read, full paper not read

High Suicide Rates among United States Service Members and Veterans of the Post-9/11 Wars

at least four times as many active duty personnel and war veterans of post-9/11 conflicts have died of suicide than in combat

Uses governmental data, secondary literature and interviews to estimate 30,177 suicides among post-9/11 active-duty personnel and veterans versus 7,057 killed in war operations; names IED exposure, TBI and repeated deployment among factors.

Source
Costs of War Project (Ben Suitt)
Date
21 June 2021
Quoted from
Paper abstract on project page
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/high-suicide-rates-among-united-states-service-members-and-veterans-post-911-wars
Accessed
2026-11-09
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