Family of U.S. soldier in dark about 'non-hostile' death

Family of U.S. soldier in dark about 'non-hostile' death
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Army Staff Sgt. Darris J. Dawson and another soldier were killed in Iraq this week

Another U.S. soldier is being held in connection with the killings

Dawson's father says he can't get a "straight answer" from the U.S. military

The U.S. military has classified the death as "non-hostile"

By Cal Perry
CNN


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Darryl Mathis waits in his Pensacola, Florida, home for the body of his 24-year-old son to return home from Iraq. Mathis, a military veteran himself, was seething with anger Thursday as he spoke about the death of Army Staff Sgt. Darris J. Dawson.

Dawson, and Sgt. Wesley Durbin, 26, are said to have been shot and killed by another U.S. soldier on Sunday at a base south of Baghdad.

Darryl and his wife, Maxine (Dawson's stepmother), say the military has told them nothing about the incident: no details on his death, no information at all.

His voice shakes as he says he believes that the military has let him down.

"I'm very disappointed -- very," he said. "If I would get a straight answer, if they would actually tell me what's going on, I would have something to work on; but right now, I have nothing to work on. Everything I'm getting, I'm getting from the media."

His wife sobs as she says her stepson's death was foreshadowed by a phone call he made to her from Iraq.
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