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

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...

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