Terrible news......just like the other thousands.........
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/mil...an-2206972.php
Terrible news......just like the other thousands.........
My condolences to his family and friends. May he rest in peace.
Another life taken too soon.
RIP- Prayers go out to his family.
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![]()
Tragic. My condolences to his family.
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.
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.
Last edited by Kori Ellis; 10-07-2011 at 12:59 PM.
Nail, meet the hammer.
Condolences..btw. I have a good friend who is a chopper pilot over there. I worry about him a lot.
RIP.
He was a sniper too. I guess he got counter-sniped.
R.i.p
RIP
Dr. Schmidt was very nice to me when I was a patient 13 years ago. Very sad.
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.
- "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
My thoughts go out to the father and the family of that young man. They are the ones suffering.
Rip
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.
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.
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