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Hi I'm Jenni Heagy, Shon's Girlfriend. I'm Not Sure If You All Know This, But Shon Hill Pasted Away In The Early Morning Of July 5th. He Got Hit By A Train. her is the story from the news paper about it: Http://Www.Thedalleschronicle.Com/News/2014/Jul/08/Man Dies When Struck Train/. I Know That He Reached Out To You All For Help Or Advice Here Or There. And I Really Appreciate It. It Seemed To Help Him Cope With The Troubles That He Was Going Through, With PTSD Mostly. I Know He Struggled With It Everyday. I Just Found His Dd 214 And Hopefully Soon We Can Get The Ball Rolling For A Memorial Service. I Know He'll Want To Be Laid At Rest In Eagle Point, Oregon. I Just Wanted To Thank You All For Serving And I'm Sorry That You Have To Deal With The Va...They Really Suck. Thank You For Giving Him Advice On Many Topics That He Struggled With. God Bless You All! Jenni Heagy"
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Jenni,
From our military family please accept our sympathy for your loss, As stated earlier we all was speaking with Shon about the issues he was having and we all were hopeful that some solutions were found. We all hate it when a military brother/sister is reaching out for help. I'm sorry I should have flown out there to see him. I'm truly sorry for your loss, and as this gets around RP more will follow. Take care and God bless.
Adam
From our military family please accept our sympathy for your loss, As stated earlier we all was speaking with Shon about the issues he was having and we all were hopeful that some solutions were found. We all hate it when a military brother/sister is reaching out for help. I'm sorry I should have flown out there to see him. I'm truly sorry for your loss, and as this gets around RP more will follow. Take care and God bless.
Adam
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It never fails to hurt my heart to hear of a Brother in Arms passing away in such a way. Much is made of the suicide rate among active duty personnel reaching averages of 1 per day in 2012. What many people don't know is that best (most accurate) estimates have that number as high as 12 per day among our veterans.
God Bless us all.
God Bless us all.
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Ms. Heagy,
Please convey my deepest condolences to his family. Words cannot express my sorrow for your loss. I pray that your faith will comfort you in your grief and time will ease your pain. I know Shon reached out to us and we were all here to stand together. Please know you are not alone in your loss.
In Faith & Sympathy,
Jose
Please convey my deepest condolences to his family. Words cannot express my sorrow for your loss. I pray that your faith will comfort you in your grief and time will ease your pain. I know Shon reached out to us and we were all here to stand together. Please know you are not alone in your loss.
In Faith & Sympathy,
Jose
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SGT Shon D. Hill
Thank you, Jose. I keep thinking that it's not real, sadly I know it is. Shon was a loving, sweet, caring man. I will tell his family for you. It means a lot to me to have support during all of this. I watched him struggle with PTSD and injuries from the war, and as a girlfriend, that was the hardest thing I had to do. There wasn't much that helped. I just wish that he could've gotten into the VA for help. I'm glad that he is not in pain anymore and is not having to deal with the PTSD anymore.
Thank you again,
Jenni
Thank you again,
Jenni
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Shon and I were camping when we first moved to AZ. I sent him to the store for something. When he came back to camp, he didn't have any shoes or socks on. I asked What happened to them, he said " There was a homeless Vet outside the store. I went into the store and when I came out, I gave him my socks and shoes cause it was cold tonight." I told him he could've giving him clean socks that were in the back of the car instead of the dirty ones. he said that he didn't even realize that they were there.
So now, when I'm ready, I want to give his clothes to the VA for the vets that are in need of clothes. Would they do take them and give out the clothes? I think He would of have liked that.
So now, when I'm ready, I want to give his clothes to the VA for the vets that are in need of clothes. Would they do take them and give out the clothes? I think He would of have liked that.
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SGT Shon D. Hill
So, would the VA take his clothes for the homeless vets or should I take them down to a mission?
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SPC Charles Brown
Take them to the VFW or American Legion those are two organizations that I know help the homeless veterans the most. CPT Richard Riley thanks for the vote the last one means as much to me as the first one I get during the day maybe even more. But they are all appreciated.
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SGT Shon D. Hill
I will definitely take them there. Thank you, Charles! I know Shon would like them to go to someone who could use the clothes.
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OMG! I'm so sorry for your loss. Shon was one of the first people I connected with here on RallyPoint as fellow vets. My deepest condolences to you Jenni and his family and friends. We've lost another brother, this is truly tragic.
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Thank you everyone. For some reason, all his brothers/sisters in arms helps me feel more at peace with Shon's passing than the rest of the world. Don't get me wrong, my family and his are helping through this as well (like paying bills, my mom hasn't left my side until i tell her she may go), but Maybe it's because you all have gone through this before either on the battle field or here at home. I'm not sleeping well at all I keep having nightmares about how he died. I don't know how to get through this...just take one breathe, one step at a time. Shon's favorite show was Firefly and on there is a quote that says "If you can't walk then crawl, and when you can't crawl then find someone to carry you." All of you and I were at the point of carrying him. I watched him struggle for the past 3yrs. But this last year, was the worst. He moved us everywhere and while were down in Phoenix, AZ, he started doing drugs without me knowing. We moved into my parents house, started renting from them (while they lived in Salem, Oregon) and was starting to get our life out of hell and now I'm thrown back even deeper without a way out. He considered me a Combat Vet for just taking care of and dealing with him. I told him it was my duty to love and support him because that's what you do when your in love and talking about marriage and having kids someday. I'm glad that he had his brothers and sister on here to talk to. He loved you all so much. If any of you have PTSD please I beg you go get help!! I know the VA sucks and it takes forever to do anything about it, but at least get the process started. Thank you all for your prayers. Like I said before I am finding comfort with all of you plus his family and mine right now. I know I wasn't an army wife, but it sure did feel like it. I do take comfort that he is not in pain or struggling anymore and I really hope that he is finally at peace in Heaven. I keep going down the "What if's" and it's driving me crazy. I still have his Facebook up, I haven't shut it down yet....I don't think I'm ready to, but there is a Facebook page of Remembering Shon Hill, I think someone already posted it on here. Please feel free to post on it. I know our family would love to hear from you all.
Thank you all again for your love and support,
Jenni Heagy
Thank you all again for your love and support,
Jenni Heagy
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
Its difficult Jenni SGT Shon D. Hill to stop wondering why. Its survivor's guilt. It takes a while to work through. LCpl Steve Wininger's speak for me as well. Please make sure that you also find peace through and after all this.
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SGT Shon D. Hill
Does it ever go away or at least get easier? People ask me what happened and I have no emotion, or at least strangers can't hear it in my voice, but I think I'm to the numb stage. I'm not a very emotional person, so only a few can hear it when I talk or look at me. I'm not going down the path of blaming God, but there are times where I catch myself doing it and I hate it. you guys were part of his family and that makes you part mine as well. I've been going over all his paper work from when he was in the service from 1992-2005. He has accomplished a lot and got many awards. I couldn't find anything about a Purple Heart and I know he as talked about it once or twice. If he was suppose to get one, I would love to give it to his boys in TX so that they could go through college and not have to worry about how to get the money. I miss him so much. I can't tear myself away from the computer just in case if I get a message on Facebook or an email from him. I'm not sure if it will be easier after the service or not to move on like he would want me to. I don't even know how to start picking up the pieces and put them back together again.
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LCpl Steve Wininger
Jenni,
I wish there was something that anyone of us could say that could ease the pain and loss you are feeling. what you are feeling is normal, I went through it, not on the scale you are, with my mom. When you suddenly lose someone that you have given your heart to there is a huge void.
Grieving is part of the healing process. During times of great emotional stress in my life, I have got angry at God and blamed him for all I was going through. Reach out to God, please, and if you are angry, tell him. Reach out to family and friends. You are family here and anyone of us brothers and sisters are willing to help any way we possibly can.
I have been praying for you and Shon's family, and will continue praying. It does take time to heal.
I wish there was something that anyone of us could say that could ease the pain and loss you are feeling. what you are feeling is normal, I went through it, not on the scale you are, with my mom. When you suddenly lose someone that you have given your heart to there is a huge void.
Grieving is part of the healing process. During times of great emotional stress in my life, I have got angry at God and blamed him for all I was going through. Reach out to God, please, and if you are angry, tell him. Reach out to family and friends. You are family here and anyone of us brothers and sisters are willing to help any way we possibly can.
I have been praying for you and Shon's family, and will continue praying. It does take time to heal.
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Jenni,
My heart and prayers go out to you and Shon's family. I can't imagine what you are going through. Thank you for your courage. I did not know Shon very long, but I do know that even though he was fighting his own war, it never kept him from reaching out to others in their struggles.
Shon will be greatly missed.
God bless you, and I will be praying for you and Shon's family in this time of grief and loss.
My heart and prayers go out to you and Shon's family. I can't imagine what you are going through. Thank you for your courage. I did not know Shon very long, but I do know that even though he was fighting his own war, it never kept him from reaching out to others in their struggles.
Shon will be greatly missed.
God bless you, and I will be praying for you and Shon's family in this time of grief and loss.
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SGT Shon D. Hill
It's hard to for loved ones to watch their soldiers to go through the battle of PTSD and other injuries that you all face. I had to pray everyday for the strength and understanding to get through the day to help him. it's not easy at all to watch him struggle. Don't get me wrong, Shon did have good days, but he also had his bad. However, I did not fall in love with a civilian, I fell in love with a soldier that fought hard and proud for his country, so I knew what I was getting into. I just didn't know that my world would stop on July 5th between 3-4am with Shon after 3 yrs. I was not prepared, and I don't think anyone is. Yes, he did fight his own wars. and that was even harder cause I didn't know what to do, but I'm glad that he had all of you to help him. So, I thank you all for serving this country and supporting each other, cause I'm sure I'm not the only girlfriend/wife/mother/sister who is going through the same thing.
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SPC Charles Brown
I am sure that LCpl Steve Wininger will back me on the welcome to the community comment I made earlier, if you stuck with one of us then you are one of us.
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Here is RallyPoint's response today:
http://blog.rallypoint.com/2014/07/response-to-passing-of-sergeant-shon.html?showComment= [login to see] 47#c [login to see] 222613189
http://blog.rallypoint.com/2014/07/response-to-passing-of-sergeant-shon.html?showComment= [login to see] 47#c [login to see] 222613189
RallyPoint.com: Response to the Passing of Sergeant Shon Hill, US Army
I second the motivation to continue to build a network where any member can ask for help and get it. I will do all I can to assist in the organization and streamline of the system and threads for that purpose!
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CPT Richard Riley
Today, here at RallyPoint Headquarters, we have heavy hearts.
We are saddened by the loss of one of our courageous warrior brothers, Sergeant Shon Hill, US Army.
As a military community, we don’t measure courage and sacrifice solely in number of combat deployments, though Shon valiantly volunteered to deploy to Iraq as a combat medic; or only in how you respond to clear disaster, though Shon did assist in Katrina Relief Aid, just four months after returning from Iraq.
We tend to be most affected by courage demonstrated in moments of vulnerability and personal risk. And courage is clearly displayed by the men and women who run towards danger. Twenty days ago, Shon took a risk and reached out to his community for help. He was open and honest. And hurting. He was candid about his struggles with the physical, mental, and emotional stress caused by his service.
Within minutes, he had brothers and sisters running toward him in support. Several members of our community reached out to him directly, offering resources, encouragement and often times, their personal cell phone numbers. Despite that love and support, two weeks later, we lost Shon when a train fatally struck him.
While his sudden, premature passing shakes us, we are encouraged that he was on this network. And it is no small reassurance that the community rallied around him. We have heavy hearts today, but resolved hands for tomorrow. We are more motivated than ever to continue to build a network where others who are struggling can say Help and know they’ll have access to the strength, wisdom, and compassion of the collective.
We are resolved to demonstrate, as Shon did twenty days ago, courage through the pain.
Rest in Peace, Shon.
We are saddened by the loss of one of our courageous warrior brothers, Sergeant Shon Hill, US Army.
As a military community, we don’t measure courage and sacrifice solely in number of combat deployments, though Shon valiantly volunteered to deploy to Iraq as a combat medic; or only in how you respond to clear disaster, though Shon did assist in Katrina Relief Aid, just four months after returning from Iraq.
We tend to be most affected by courage demonstrated in moments of vulnerability and personal risk. And courage is clearly displayed by the men and women who run towards danger. Twenty days ago, Shon took a risk and reached out to his community for help. He was open and honest. And hurting. He was candid about his struggles with the physical, mental, and emotional stress caused by his service.
Within minutes, he had brothers and sisters running toward him in support. Several members of our community reached out to him directly, offering resources, encouragement and often times, their personal cell phone numbers. Despite that love and support, two weeks later, we lost Shon when a train fatally struck him.
While his sudden, premature passing shakes us, we are encouraged that he was on this network. And it is no small reassurance that the community rallied around him. We have heavy hearts today, but resolved hands for tomorrow. We are more motivated than ever to continue to build a network where others who are struggling can say Help and know they’ll have access to the strength, wisdom, and compassion of the collective.
We are resolved to demonstrate, as Shon did twenty days ago, courage through the pain.
Rest in Peace, Shon.
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Shon and I had quite a few interesting, funny conversations privately on RP. While I never met him in person, I shall definitely miss his wit. My condolences to his family and friends.
Rest in Peace, brother.
Michael
Rest in Peace, brother.
Michael
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SGT Shon D. Hill
I wish that he could've met up with you while were down in AZ! He use to work for American Valet at the Mesa hospital...I think it was called Mt Vista hospital...something like that.
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