Veteran Dies After Setting Himself On Fire In Front Of VA Clinic

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Charles Richard Ingram III, who served in the Navy 7 years, throughout Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, as chief on the command ship USS La Salle has committed suicide by setting himself on fire in front of the VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Northfield, New Jersey.

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Dennis Michael Llynch reports A veteran of Operation Desert Storm, he served in the Navy from 1985 to 1992.

Charles Richard Ingram III , 51, had been treated at the Veterans Affairs Health Clinic in New Jersey in the past.   On March 19th, he walked nine miles from his home to the clinic, and committed suicide by setting himself on fire in front of the VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Northfield, New Jersey.

A bystander attempted to extinguish the fire with blankets as firefighters arrived on the scene. Ingram ultimately died at Temple University Burn Center in Philadelphia later that night.

Ingram served in the Navy 7 years, throughout Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, as chief on the command ship USS La Salle when it became the first American war vessel to arrive at a liberated Ash Shuaybah, Kuwait, in March 1991.

He left behind a wife and two children, ages 3 and 5.

Atlantic County Veterans Affairs Director Bob Frolow said the clinic’s daytime Monday-to-Friday schedule causes a hardship for veterans who cannot get there during work hours, The Press reported.

The suicide rate among recent US military veterans is about 50 percent higher than the non-military US population, or 29.5 per 100,000 vets, according to a study released in early 2015.

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6 COMMENTS

  1. At no time in American history have we had all these veteran problems that we now have. What is the reason for these suicides? Could it be that men are not as manly as they once were?

    • Hey David. Have you ever gone to the V A ?
      I have. I QUIT going there after it took me 35 years to get compensated for COMBAT injuries received in vietnam and they were all RIGHT THERE on my records!!
      Hell, I can’t even get a new I D card from them since 1979 or so!
      Maybe people are “tired of waiting”? ya think??

    • How manly are you David? Where did you serve? Have you ever dealt with the VA? These are just a few questions I have for you David. How about answering some. I asked veterans once how there care was at the VA, just a little survey. You know what out of the twenty answers I got, all but 2 had trouble with the VA.These are the men and I repeat MEN that stood up and served our country with valor so you could question their manhood. Your post shows how uneducated and backward you are. Before you post again please at least know something on the subject.

  2. REally David… Could it be that the VA is so difficult to get care that people just give up… could it be that the community he belonged to just didn’t pay attention… could it be his parents, mentors teachers community didn’t ever teach him how to stand up in adversity or maybe he got a trophy for participating without ever feeling the pain of failure. He walked there… and he was a broken man. Maybe we are to fault not how much testosterone he had.

    • Your remarks are so offensive that I was going to ban you from my site because you are just a troll, but I decided to leave your remark for everyone to see. You questioned veterans manliness – how about we test yours and you go ask a vet about his manhood? No? I did not think so – you are a coward.

      • Lauren, I actually hope you misread my comment. and apparently I was not clear. My question was of David not the man who killed himself. And I do still believe we as a society may be at fault.

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