From Sunday's San Jose Mercury News. Which is a Knight Ridder publication so it is probably in many other papers.

"Truth of soldier's death worsens mother's grief"

"For 15 months, Karen Meredith thought she knew the truth about her soldier son: Army 1st Lt. Kenneth Ballard was killed by enemy gunfire during a battle in Iraq.
Over the weekend, the Mountain View mother learned the real truth: Her son died in the accidental discharge of a military tank machine gun. The U.S. Army knew for more than a year she said, but did not tell her until a hand-delivered letter arrived Friday afternoon."

The article goes on to flesh out the details. But you get the point. Very reminiscent of the Pat Tillman (another Bay Area soldier) coverup.

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roger waters