>>Jim Acosta (whoever he is) has gotten infinitely more attention here and in the "press" than this man - a father of 7- and his family have.
>>Pause a minute, take a breath, and think about this man.

Done.

My closest approaches to military death included my father who felt a premonition and stopped his tank on night maneuvers, while his fellow officer pressed on... into a ravine and death. Also I think I mentioned once before my uncle's involvement in Korea firing artillery point blank at advancing hordes after the notice of withdrawal wasn't as well communicated as you might hope (meaning not at all.) Further back, my grandfather's machine gun was assailed by a German sniper in WWI, with 3 operators shot dead and my grandfather stepping up to continue fire but turning his head at a fateful moment so that he was only shot through the cheek. All three stories carry an element of luck, which I suppose is self-reinforcing since otherwise there would be no story and maybe no me to tell it. FWIW the grandfather's name somehow was added to the marble halls of casualties in the War Memorial Museum where it was too difficult to erase his name from the engraved marble, so it's there to this day.

I feel very bad for this man's family deprived of his love and care, though I presume that he himself now is in a better place.