. >> reporter: in the end, no one was there for steve wrightman's brother. >> he goes call me so i can hear your voice to talk. that's cool. i would call every day. this time when i walked in the door at 9:30 on the button, the phone rings. he says hey listen, you don't you have a good day. i said okay, i'll talk to you tomorrow. unfortunately we get a phone call two or three hours later and it was the chap lane. >> reporter: august 26, 2015, he had been receiving treatment for ptsd but felt so trapped that he could not endure another day. >> that's one of the biggest reasons why he did it at the v.a. he wanted to show you are not taking care >> we could have helped him, because of who he is, because of who he is, he didn't ask. that's the horrible part about suicide. >> reporter: for many families it is not just dealing with the loss of a loved one, it's the loss of the loved ones honor. according to u.s. code of military justice suicide or suicide al thoughts is with high ranking officials calling military suicide an epidemic it sends a message that service members can be punished fr