
JANESVILLE, Wis. — The mother of Army Pfc. Sean Michael Schneider proudly displayed after her son’s funeral the Bronze Star he had received for fighting in Iraq.
But Kim Schneider added, “I’d rather have him back,” as she spoke to Nate Butler, one of her son’s friends.
Schneider, 22, died March 29 in Diwaniayh, Iraq, from injuries he sustained when the Army truck he was riding in from Kuwait slid off a steep embankment and flipped over, Lt. Col. Sharon L. Leary wrote in a letter to Schneider’s wife.
Although an earlier report indicated a roadside bomb caused the accident, the Pentagon said Wednesday that his death resulted from a “non-hostile”...