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‘Dismantle the system’: Father of U.S. Navy veteran who died by suicide calls for mental health reform

Published: April 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM

Tags: san antonio, veterans, mental health

A well-decorated Navy veteran died by suicide outside the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital on April 7 in what his father believes was an outcry against the Department of Veterans Affairs and its mental health care system.

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‘Dismantle the system’: Father of U.S. Navy veteran who died by suicide calls for mental health reform

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