Did "friendly fire" kill Lance Cpl. Benjamin Schmidt?

'Friendly fire' may have killed Camp Pendleton Marine in Afghanistan
October 25, 2011

Photo: Lt. Col. William Vivian, commanding officer of the Two-Four, at a memorial service in Afghanistan for Lance Cpl. Benjamin Schmidt. Credit: Marine Corps

A Marine from Camp Pendleton who died in combat Oct. 6 in Afghanistan may have been killed by "friendly fire."

The father of Lance Cpl. Benjamin Schmidt told the San Antonio Express-News that a Marine and an embedded reporter, in separate conversations, told him that his son was apparently killed by fire from a tank that had mistaken Schmidt and other members of his platoon for Taliban fighters during a firefight.
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