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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Bodies of servicemen killed by comrade come home from Camp Liberty

Bodies of servicemen killed by comrade come home
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Bodies of five fatally shot by fellow soldier at a stress clinic in Iraq returned

Bodies, in flag-draped cases, arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware

Family of three permitted photographers to document the return of loved ones


(CNN) -- The bodies of five U.S. servicemen fatally shot by a comrade at a stress clinic in Iraq were returned to the United States late Wednesday

Army Sgt. John M. Russell of Texas charged with five counts of murder
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met the bodies -- contained in flag-draped cases -- when they arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

Family members of three of those killed permitted photographers to document the return of their loved ones.

They were Army Maj. Matthew P. Houseal, 54, of Amarillo, Texas; Army Sgt. Christian E. Bueno-Galdos, 25, of Paterson, New Jersey; and Army Private First Class Michael E. Yates, 19, of Federalsburg, Maryland.

The two victims not photographed were Navy Cmdr. Charles K. Springle, 52, of Wilmington, North Carolina, and Army Spc. Jacob D. Barton, 20, of Lenox, Missouri.
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