In Memory

Jason Bricker - Class Of 1984

Jason Bricker

A 22-year-old recruit committed suicide at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Wednesday, by hanging himself in a shower, a Marine Corps spokesman said.

Pvt. Jason Bricker, 22, of Parkersburg, Illinois who was scheduled to complete boot camp March 25, was found in his barracks’ shower just before 10 a.m. by another recruit, said Major Jerry Broeckert.  A drill instructor tried unsuccessfully to revive the recruit and he was pronounced dead at Sharp Cabrillo Hospital at 10:45 a.m., Broeckert said.

Broeckert said Bricker was a “gear guard” left behind at the barracks during a training exercise to watch over equipment and belongings. He hanged himself with a waist strap from an exercise machine that assists Marines with pull-up exercises.

Broeckert declined to answer questions about whether Bricker had been having emotional problems.

The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA) – Thursday, March 17, 1988

Pvt. Jason Scott Bricker, 22 San Diego, California, formerly of Parkersburg, Illinois died Wednesday, March 16, 1988 in San Diego.

Burial in Shiloh Cemetery in Berryville with full military rites at graveside performed by the U.S. Marine Corps.

Mr. Bricker was born March 15, 1966 in Olney, the son of Albert L. and Mildred L. (Short) Bricker.

Mr. Bricker was a private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in West Salem and a 1984 graduate of East Richland High School.

In addition to his parents of Parkersburg, he is survived by a brother, Albert L. Bricker Jr. of Parkersburg; a half-brother, Jerry L. Short of Sumner; and a sister, Mrs. Daniel (Judy) Painter of West Salem; his maternal step-grandmother, Mary Short of Olney and his paternal grandmother, Mary Bricker of Parkersburg.

Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL)