caption death_place years_active module birth_place name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
young the documentary '' body of war '' -rrb- in 2007 , visiting ground zero -lrb- from seattle , washington 2004 -- 2014 yes = 2001 -- 2004 rank = private -lrb- pvt/e1 -rrb- allegiance website = spouse = claudia cuellar 2014 = branch = united states army serviceyears kansas city , missouri tomas young 30 november 1979 file : photo of tomas young visiting ground zero.jpg tomas young
 tomas vincent young war protester
tomas young

tomas young -lrb- november 30 , 1979 -- november 10 , 2014 -rrb- was an american military veteran of the iraq war .
he was paralyzed by a bullet to the spine while deployed in iraq .
one of the first veterans to come out publicly against the war , he spent most of his life after the war protesting .
young 's conditions worsened due to various medical complications and he chose to go on hospice care , awaiting his death .
he later reversed that decision .
