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Kori Ellis
10-07-2011, 07:47 AM
SAN ANTONIO -- The son of the Spurs' team doctor and a former San Antonio Express-News columnist is the latest casualty in the war in Afghanistan.

According to Friday's edition of the San Antonio Express-News, Lance Cpl. Benjamin Schmidt, 24, was killed Thursday from a gunshot wound to the head.

Schmidt is the son of Spurs' team physician Dr. David Schmidt and former Express-News columnist Becky Whetstone.

The Marine had just begun his second deployment in Afghanistan in September.

He was a graduate of Alamo Heights High School.

http://www.ksat.com/news/29415558/detail.html

More: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/military/article/Marine-from-S-A-killed-in-Afghanistan-2206972.php
alamo50
10-07-2011, 07:48 AM
Terrible news......just like the other thousands.........
dylankerouac
10-07-2011, 08:39 AM
My condolences to his family and friends. May he rest in peace.
MaNu4Tres
10-07-2011, 09:28 AM
Another life taken too soon.

RIP- Prayers go out to his family.
lefty
10-07-2011, 09:32 AM
RIP


Fuck Obama
Cane
10-07-2011, 09:37 AM
The mysa.com article had some depressing quotes. Apparently he was in his fourth (generally last) year of his tour of duty. At first he was passionate about the military but like many others he grew to dislike it along with the policies of war and was planning to pursue another career.

RIP. Check our Restrepo for a chilling firsthand look at what a battle in Afghanistan is like.

Oh and joshdaboss is a troll lol. Love the Parker bashing :toast
mrsmaalox
10-07-2011, 10:44 AM
Tragic. My condolences to his family.
acoelho1
10-07-2011, 11:38 AM
I feel bad for his parents as I do for all the innocent Afghan civilians killed by Coalition Forces. However, he made a choice to join the military whereas the Afghans were thrust into this situation by force.
cantthinkofanything
10-07-2011, 11:56 AM
I feel bad for his parents as I do for all the innocent Afghan civilians killed by Coalition Forces. However, he made a choice to join the military whereas the Afghans were thrust into this situation by force.

Which no one was debating and which wasn't the point of this thread.
Kori Ellis
10-07-2011, 12:53 PM
I wish you guys wouldn't use the quote feature to quote trolls over and over and over. Then, I would only have to delete two or three posts instead of twenty-something very time.

Anyway, back to the thread -- which isn't for political opinions or military bashing. You can do that in the Political forum.
benefactor
10-07-2011, 01:00 PM
Nail, meet the hammer.
benefactor
10-07-2011, 01:01 PM
Condolences..btw. I have a good friend who is a chopper pilot over there. I worry about him a lot.
ElNono
10-07-2011, 02:04 PM
rip
phxspurfan
10-07-2011, 03:33 PM
RIP.


He was a sniper too. I guess he got counter-sniped.
Spurs Brazil
10-07-2011, 03:52 PM
RIP.
Sad news
Pauleta14
10-07-2011, 04:01 PM
R.i.p
PuttPutt
10-07-2011, 04:20 PM
RIP

Dr. Schmidt was very nice to me when I was a patient 13 years ago. Very sad.
duhoh
10-07-2011, 05:24 PM
Rip
ulosturedge
10-07-2011, 10:19 PM
Yup Dr.Schmidt is a really cool guy. He did both my ACLs sometime ago. My condolences to him and his family. Mad respect to his son and his bravery.
Giuseppe
10-07-2011, 10:33 PM
- "From William Shakespeare, Richard the Third, a small excerpt. The line reads, 'He has come to open the purple testament of bleeding war.' And for Lieutenant William Fitzgerald, A Company, First Platoon, the testament is closed. Lieutenant Fitzgerald has the found the Twilight Zone."

- Rod Serling - 2.12.1960
DMC
10-07-2011, 10:35 PM
My thoughts go out to the father and the family of that young man. They are the ones suffering.
TE
10-07-2011, 11:41 PM
:depressed

Condolences.
mathbzh
10-08-2011, 01:59 AM
Rip
spurs10
10-08-2011, 02:35 AM
My deepest condolences to the parents, friends and family of this young person. It's beyond belief how much pain they are being forced to deal with right now.....rest in peace brother.
Brutalis
10-08-2011, 02:48 AM
That's sad, I hate that for his family. I wish we would pull our boys out of there, this kind of news is getting old to me.
ploto
10-08-2011, 12:00 PM
I feel very bad for his parents and their loss. You should never have to bury a child.

I do, however, think that the article writer should have left out her statements about his view on his military service. She said these things in her grief, and it was not really the time to publish them.

RIP
JudynTX
10-10-2011, 12:34 PM
RIP, way too young. :(
Galileo
10-10-2011, 03:12 PM
Fuck Obama and bush!
++SaiNt TiAg0++
10-11-2011, 10:43 PM
this is very upsetting, i get disgusted with news like this. worst thing that a parent can have happen to them.. thanks barack bush obama they are all interchangeable, my prayers are going out to his family i imagine this kid is in a much better place than afghanistan.
PublicOption
10-15-2011, 12:44 AM
George W. Bush told the PM of Argentina once that "starting wars is good way to help your economy"


FUCK THAT ASSHOLE.