Trump Sets Up Task Force to Prevent Veteran Suicides

Frank Larkin, veteran and former Senate Sergeant at Arms, speaks about his son Ryan, a Navy Seal who committed suicide, alongside President Donald Trump prior to Trump's signing of an executive order to help prevent veteran suicide, at the White House in Washington, on March 5, 2019. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Veteran Navy SEAL Ryan Larkin lost his final battle, to suicide, on April 23, 2017. He was 29.

Ryan deployed twice to Iraq and twice to Afghanistan, as well as completed missions to Lebanon and Honduras, according to his obituary. He was trained as a special ops combat medic and a sniper.