Active-duty suicides almost double from Sept.
By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Nov 13, 2009 18:36:27 EST

As many as 16 active-duty soldiers committed suicide in October, nine more than reported the month before, the Army announced Nov. 13.

In addition, eight Army National Guard or Army Reserve soldiers who were not on active duty are believed to have killed themselves in October. That’s one more than reported in September.

Each death is still under investigation and pending a determination. Army officials have said that 90 percent of pending cases typically are ruled to be suicides.

Since Jan. 1 there have been 133 reported active-duty soldier deaths. Of those, 90 have been confirmed and 43 are pending a determination.

There were 115 suicides among active-duty soldiers during the same period in 2008.


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