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Losing Tim

Janet Burroway

Iraq War United States Private Military Companies

Janet Burroway's son, Tim Eysselinck, was a U.S. Army captain with Ranger and Airborne training. He left the Army to continue serving his country as a private contractor in Iraq, removing mines for a private company. Two months after quitting his job and returning home, he killed himself. Burroway's memoir brings readers a candid and personal story of a family's grieving.