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A five-month CBS News investigation discovered data that shows a startling rate of suicide among vets: according to data from 45 states, 6,256 men and women who had served in the armed forces took their own lives in 2005. In other words, 120 former soldiers committed suicide every week.
One age group that stood out were veterans aged 20 through 24, those who have served during the war on terror. They had the highest suicide rate among all veterans, estimated between two and four times higher than civilians the same age. (The suicide rate for non-veterans is 8.3 per 100,000, while the rate for veterans was found to be between 22.9 and 31.9 per 100,000.)
In this two-part video series we just posted to our website, Chief Investigative Reporter Armen Keteyian spoke with the families of five former soldiers who each served in Iraq - only to die battling an enemy they could not conquer.
"They survived the hell that's Iraq and then they come home only to lose their life...", said Keteyian.
Watch the complete investigation.
Veteran Suicides: What are the warning signs?
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