Sad irony: new Navy SEAL dies stateside in car accident.

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<p>Terribly sad story. Check out this young man’s “stats”–rather humbling. Worth reading to get a sense of the kind of superb people currently serving in our military. After all he’d been through, and all he would presumably face, he suffered the fate most of us worry about for our kids…death in a car accident.</p>

<p><a href=“Legacy.com”>Van Wilson Obituary (2006) - Baton Rouge, LA - The Advocate;

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<p>Like George Patton – he survived WWI and WWII only to die an auto accident a few months after the war was over.</p>

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<p>Completely agree this is a sad story. Any son’s death is a tragedy.</p>

<p>I will say however that I had a boyfriend in the late 70’s who made it onto the SEAL team. Having been kicked out of Princeton for delinquency, essentially. His roomate, when I went to see them, had joined because said roommate’s father had one day killed said roommate’s mother and then killed himself.</p>

<p>Times must have changed. Or else there’s just a huge variety of kinds of people in the military, as in any other career.</p>

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Do you think that the roommate should have been turned away because of the actions of his father?</p>

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<p>A remarkable story. As rare as SEALs are–and were back then–it’s truly amazing that a pair of troubled Princeton roommates made it onto the teams.</p>

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<p>Nah, only the one was from Princeton. They were roommates in the SEALs, not at Princeton. The other guy was the child of agricultural workers from the San Joaquin Valley in California. It’s a 100% true story. And I think making the SEAL team was great for my boyfriend’s roommate. It’s not like he had anything to do with the tragedy. Why would you think that?</p>

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<p>wow, this thread took a left turn didn’t it… I must admit, I too thought you were talking about 2 princeton roomates…not a SEAL roommate…</p>

<p>it does seem especially tragic that this young man was poised to do important things and now that is not to be…</p>

<p>a friend of mine has a nephew who is a SEAL…went to Afghanistan right at the start of that conflict…incredibly brave young folks…</p>

<p>how horrible for the parents … all the dashed hopes…</p>