Missouri Ranks First in Veteran Suicides, House Committee to Look for Ways to Reduce That Rate

(Missourinet) Missouri is ranked first in the nation in military veteran suicides. In 2021, 148 Missouri veterans died by suicide. A group of state lawmakers will get to work soon to find ways to reduce the suicide rate among veterans. State Representative Dave Griffith, of Jefferson City, who served in the Army’s Eighth Special Forces Group as a Green Beret, is chairing the special House committee. He says that’s the wrong place for Missouri to be number one…

The hearing will be July 27 at the Missouri Capitol.