A July 4 Tragedy: Wounded Marine, Who Helped Other Iraq Vets, a Likely Suicide
On June 23, Sean Webster's body was found in an isolated part of his base. The Naval Criminal Investigate Service is probing the death as a "probable" suicide.
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