In this March 2013 file photo, Tomas Young, a paralyzed Iraq vet who became an outspoken critic against the war and subject of the documentary “Body of War,” sits with his wife and caregiver, Claudia Cuellar, in Kansas City, Missouri. (AP-Yonhap)
In this March 2013 file photo, Tomas Young, a paralyzed Iraq vet who became an outspoken critic against the war and subject of the documentary “Body of War,” sits with his wife and caregiver, Claudia Cuellar, in Kansas City, Missouri. (AP-Yonhap)

SEATTLE (AP) ― Tomas Young, a wounded Iraq war veteran who was an outspoken critic of the conflict and the subject of the 2007 documentary “Body of War,” has died. He was 34.

The King County medical examiner’s office says Young died Monday in Seattle. The cause and manner of death are still pending.

Ellen Spiro, who codirected the film, told The Associated Press that Young’s wife notified her of his death.

Young joined the Army two days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The Kansas City Star reported he had been in Iraq less than a week when he came under sniper fire on April 4, 2004. They were riding in the back of an open-air truck in a rescue convoy outside Baghdad.

Young was paralyzed from the chest down from a bullet to his spine.


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