He was killed in Iraq. A bridge that his armored vehicle was crossing gave way after three other Army Humvees had just crossed. The Humvee crashed upside down into 6 feet of water in a canal. All four soldiers inside drowned.
There's nothing much more to say. However, if I could tell myself something back then, it would be to talk to someone professional about it. A lot of things in my life went bad after that and I didn't know that it was the stem of my issues.