B/R article (from 2012). I have nothing to add but my gratitude, and prayers for his family. Sharing because this kind of selfless "ultimate sacrifice" should be noted, remembered, and honoured by every one of us. 

Last Friday, word came that an Army football player from the West Point class of 2010, 1st Lt. Stephen “Chase” Prasnicki, age 24, had died two days earlier, serving in Afghanistan. 

With humbled and broken gratitude...