Connor Westley LeRoy Brumfield, the second of four children, born on August 3, 2000, took his own life on April 13, 2023, just 82 days after his honorable discharge from the US Army. Connor was an Eagle Scout, a licensed HAM radio operator, a professional welder, an Army Veteran, and a student. Connor was very funny, very smart, handsome, and was in the enviable position of being able to live out his dreams. Connor accomplished most everything that he set his mind to, as long as his body was able. He joined the Army as a 25C Radio Operator/Maintainer, but his job was made redundant by the Army as soon as he joined. It would be three long years of fighting for a better situation, effectively stuck in Oklahoma, before he was able to re-class to a 25U and join a deployment to Qatar and find enjoyment in getting to do his job, just before his service contract was up. Connor left the Army on January 22, 2023, now a full-time student at the Montana Technological University in Butte, Montana, studying for a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Welding Engineering. He was well on his way, an A-student, and it seemed like he was poised to make the most of his life, on his own terms. Connor taught himself photography and film developing. He combined that love with his love of the outdoors. At his memorial service, a former Boy Scout leader called Connor, “the most natural outdoorsman I ever met.” And that is absolutely true. Connor was at home in the outdoors and spent a lot of this free time hiking, climbing, camping and photographing the beauty of nature that surrounded him. We believe that Connor’s actions on April 13 were not his own, that his mind was altered by anti-depressants given to him by the VA in just 8 short days from prescription to death. No one in Connor’s life saw this coming, even his Army-buddy roommate was taken completely by surprise. Connor is sorely missed by family and friends, every single day.