2 face court-martial in death of Pvt. Chen
Pvt. Danny Chen was 19, when he died by his own hand in October 2011 after months of bullying and harassment by others in his company in Afghanistan. Of the eight soldiers charged in Chen's death, two now face court-martial. Credit: AP
U.S. military investigators have recommended two soldiers be court-martialed in the death of an infantryman from Manhattan who shot himself in a guard tower in southern Afghanistan.
A 25-year-old first lieutenant from Maryland and a 25-year-old sergeant from Fowler, Ind., are among eight soldiers charged in the death of Pvt. Danny Chen, 19. The two soldiers were recommended for courts-martial after a pretrial hearing Sunday at Kandahar Airfield.
Chen's relatives say he was brutally hazed during training because he was Chinese-American. They say investigators told them he was subjected to racial slurs and forced to do excessive sit-ups, push-ups and sprints carrying sandbags.
He was found dead in October.
The first lieutenant and the sergeant each face various criminal charges in his death.
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