Reply #5: We have had what appears to be a PTSD-related tragedy [View All]

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here in Anchorage this week. A young soldier who just returned from Afghanistan a couple months ago apparently took the lives of his 19-year-old wife and their eight-month-old baby before turning the gun on himself in an unsuccessful suicide attempt. It is unclear whether he will ever come out of his coma.

http://www.adn.com/2010/04/28/1255067/soldier-involved-in-shooting-remains.html

Kip Lynch had returned in February from a year-long deployment to Afghanistan with the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division. He was not injured in combat, according to the Army.

Kellie Lynch, who moved to Anchorage from Jacksonville when Kip Lynch returned, suggested on her MySpace page that she was anticipating a happy reunion.

"Waiting for my husband to come home to have my family together," her page says. "I love my soldier."

Friends and family say nothing appeared to be wrong in the days before the shootings. Kellie Lynch's family told First Coast News in Florida that the family met for a vacation in Arizona just last week.

"We all spent time in Arizona together -- Kip, Kyirsta and Kellie -- and nothing appeared to be out of the ordinary," Kellie's brother Angel Lopez told the station. "Her and Kyirsta were the whole family's pride and joy. They were the only girls in the family and we miss them terribly."

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