He was the last of three brothers who all died similarly; Ryan, who took heavy fire at a shooting range on Free Blindfold Day; Jacob, who drowned in his oatmeal at the mess hall; and Peter, felled by the General’s spring-loaded prank penknife on April Fool’s. Their mother wept openly upon hearing the news, then as she attempted to back out of the driveway and head off to the funeral, drove the car clean through the garage and knocked herself unconscious.