http://www.stcloudtimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060901/NEWS01/109010014MANY ON QUEST FOR TRUTH ABOUT DEATHS
Asking the military for answers
Pfc. Jesse Buryj died 13 days after Cpl. Pat Tillman. Just as Buryj’s enlistment in the Army attracted none of the fanfare of the former pro football player’s, his funeral was a quiet family service, a world apart from the nationally televised memorial for Tillman....
Seven months elapsed between when she received the death certificate and when she got an autopsy report. Two months later, in April 2005, the family sat down with Army officials for a briefing. The family was told Jesse Buryj was on a joint mission with the Polish army when he died. Officials didn’t know the source of the bullet that killed their son.
“I told them, ‘Hey, if you don’t want to deal with mourning families, then recruit orphans,’” Peggy Buryj said. Jesse Buryj “was on loan to the U.S. Army. He had a life here and a family that loves him.”....
Several months later, in January 2006, the Defense Department inspector general opened a new investigation into Jesse Buryj’s death. His mother said she was told investigators have collected the U.S. weapons involved in the incident for ballistics comparisons. “This is just crap,” she said. “I understand the fog of war, I understand friendly fire. I don’t understand why they make families wait and wait. I just think it’s totally wrong. We lost our son. All I ever want to know is what happened to him. Even if they said, ‘We can’t figure out what happened,’ I can understand that. I don’t understand being strung along.”