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thedrifter
09-09-08, 08:07 AM
Lejeune Marines march for suicide prevention
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Sep 9, 2008 7:45:49 EDT

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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Marines at Camp Lejeune will hold a silent march to address suicide, the service’s third leading cause of death.

The march starts at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the Protestant Chapel and will finish at the Camp Lejeune theater. Eric Hipple, a quarterback with the Detroit Lions for eight seasons, will talk about his personal battle with depression and suicide at the theater.

The Marine Corps had a suicide rate of 16.5 per 100,000 last year, officials said. Only accidents and hostile action claim more Marine lives.

Ellie