A soldier's suicide: Invisible wounds of war

Spec. Christopher Journeau is surrounded by camouflage during his deployment to Iraq. The New Hampshire native died by suicide less than six months after leaving the Army. /Family photo

The parents of Chris Journeau had already given too much to their country when I knocked on their door in Stratham, N.H., in early October 2013.

Jo-Ann and Merrill Clark lost their only child to suicide after he returned from the Iraq War with post-traumatic stress disorder. They could have mourned their loss in lifelong silence. Instead, the Clarks have shared their family's tragedy in hopes of saving the lives of other troubled veterans.

Read their story at seacoastonline.com.

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