It saddens me to read that list. Imagine all of those young kids with bright futures, and then having everything taken from them in an instant. Mind you, I believe that you should be willing to sacrifice for your country, even your life if need be, and I've seriously considered the military as a post-HS path.
"whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it"
(Matthew 16:25)
So did I. But when I graduated in 1984 I was too fat and I had to drop out of ROTC because I was a "fatbody".