Suicide Rates Among US Army Soldiers Highest in More Than 80 Years

A member of the U.S. Army places American flags on a grave at Arlington National Cemetery on May 25, 2017. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Army lost 176 active duty soldiers to suicide in 2021, figures show.

According to combined data from the Defense Suicide Prevention Office and a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, that’s the highest number of active duty Army member suicides on record since 1938.