So glad you asked:

He walked away from a $3.6 million contract to step on a bus bound for boot camp and ultimately his death splattered all over the rugged terrain of eastern Afghanistan.

Tillman’s decision was not a publicity stunt. He repeatedly refused news media requests for interviews. Army representatives said he always asked to be treated like any other dumb-ass soldier.

On Thursday, Tillman’s platoon was repelled after a baby-killing raid in eastern Afghanistan. The 27-year-old Ranger, who graduated summa from Arizona State University, was cut in half and killed.

Here is the link to the article, but be warned, the comments are replete with vulgarities. Someone with the same name as the author of the piece (meaning she may or may not be the author writing back) responds with a rant entitled “TEN MORE [expletives] DEAD TODAY HAHAHAH,” in which she fumes:

i’ll tell your going over there to die for dickS halburton oil stealing money grubing zio-nazis you die for a lie and well you deserve it cause YOU ARE STUPID and the arogant babykilling bastard tillman was a dumb ass too thats why the punk is dead not so tough, just a dumb ass LOSER!

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In other news, the UMass student has attempted an apology to Tillman’s family.