Family of dead corporal: Corps failed to help

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Family of dead corporal: Corps failed to help
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Jun 15, 2008 14:33:10 EDT

AUSTIN — The family of a Marine found dead in his barracks accuses the military of ignoring his obvious problems and calls for help after returning from two tours of duty in Iraq.

“They wouldn’t give Chad the help he needed,” said the Marine’s father, Eric Oligschlaeger of Round Rock, told the Austin American-Statesman. “But he was wounded, every bit as wounded as someone who lost an arm or leg.”

In May, Cpl. Chad Oligschlaeger was found dead in his room at the Twentynine Palms Marine base. He was 21.

A Marine Corps spokesman, First Lt. Curtis Williamson, said Corps’ policy prohibits commanders from discouraging Marines to seek mental health treatment or failing to treat physical or mental problems.

Williamson said Oligschlaeger’s cause of death can’t be released to the family or public while the case is under investigation. He said the family’s allegations “will be taken very seriously.”


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