Family: Army apologizes for investigation of Ohio soldier's death

[Algorem]

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/16047085.htm

Associated Press

CANTON, Ohio -

...But the death certificate the family received said Buryj died within minutes after being shot in the back.

"Because Jesse's case was not classified friendly fire, they disposed of all the evidence," Peggy Buryj said.

Green told the family that the Army believes friendly fire from Polish troops killed Buryj when they began firing on the insurgent's truck. The destruction of evidence, however, makes an absolute determination impossible...

Peggy Buryj previously had heard from a lieutenant in her son's unit, the 66th Military Police Company out of Fort Lewis, Wash., who said an American soldier told his superiors that he accidentally shot him. The Army told her that the officer would not speak to its investigators...

[Morgana LaFey]

1. We need a reallllly good housecleaning in the services

once this war is done. Entirely too much getting covered up, swept under the rugs, ignored and/or lied about.

[Sirveri]

2. par for the course.

Oops... uhhhh.... Well I'll just go ahead and blaze that log entry and hope nobody notices, I mean, it's not like anything caught fire.