Mother at odds with Army over death of sgt.

[unhappycamper]

Sgt. James W. McDonald suffered a severe head wound in an Iraq bomb blast but what caused his death six months later was undetermined according to the Army, keeping him off the war casualty list. The family of McDonald has asked Sen. Russ Feingold for help in getting more answers.


Mother at odds with Army over death of sgt.
By Robert Imrie - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Mar 24, 2008 6:22:57 EDT

WAUSAU, Wis. — Joan McDonald believes her son was a casualty of the war in Iraq, but the Army says that while he did suffer a severe head wound in a bomb blast, the cause of his death is undetermined, keeping him off the casualty list.

She and her family are demanding more answers in the death of Sgt. James W. McDonald.

“I don’t want it to be an undetermined cause of death,” said Joan McDonald. “That is ridiculous.”

McDonald, 26, was injured in a roadside bomb blast in Iraq last May. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment based at Fort Hood, Texas. After treatment in Germany, McDonald returned to Fort Hood and underwent extensive facial surgery in August.

His body was found in his barracks apartment Nov. 12, a Monday. He was last seen alive the previous Friday.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/03/ap_mcdonald_death_032308/

[w8liftinglady]

1. sounds like another case of denying war-related death.So sad.