Another young life cut short

[ribrepin]

ARLINGTON - Shawn Starkovich lived life to the fullest.

He rode skateboards and motorcycles and raced cars.

"He liked living on the edge with those sports," said his mother, Kelly Starkovich of Arlington. "He loved anything fast."

Shawn Starkovich, 20, was killed Monday in Anbar province in Iraq, the Defense Department announced Wednesday. It was a noncombat death.


http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20070719/NEWS01/707190346

I read somewhere that this is the 14th Iraq death in Snohomish and Island county.

[ManiacJoe]

1. It will be interesting to know what actually happened. (n/t)

[maxsolomon]

2. you won't get to know

non-combat is anything from a car wreck to a suicide.

[ManiacJoe]

3. Are you suggesting that

(1) the military will not disclose the facts, or (2) the media will choose not to report it?

You are exactly right in the meaning of "non-combat death".

[maxsolomon]

5. i suppose i am saying #1

but maybe #2.

as far as i know, there aren't detailed reports on the causes of every miltary individual death readily available to the public. is there a source i don't know about?

[ribrepin]

4. The local paper says this kid will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery

Don't know what happened, but he will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

RIP Shawn
Prays for the family.