80 Wis. soldiers still wait for service benefits for Iraq deployments

80 Wis. soldiers still wait for service benefits

Associated Press
January 28, 2012

OSHKOSH, Wis.— Dozens of Wisconsin National Guard soldiers are still waiting for thousands of dollars owed to them for their service in Iraq.

The delay is due to bureaucratic glitches and clerical errors, the Oshkosh Northwestern reported.

The soldiers, members of the Wisconsin National Guard 1157th Transportation Co., spent much of 2006 and 2007 in Iraq. When they came home they were due extra pay or days of leave for serving multiple deployments, but some never received what was owed to them because of errors in the way the Army computed and paid the benefits.

"It's frustrating," said Richard Vander Sande, one of the roughly 170 guardsmen and women in the unit. "

For some it's the issue of the money. For some it's the principle. If soldiers are owed something, they should be paid."
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