Family: Alabama marine shot to death sleeping in Iraq barracks

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Family: Alabama marine shot to death sleeping in Iraq barracks

Associated Press

CULLMAN, Ala. - Military officials confirmed Tuesday that a Cullman County marine was killed by a "non-hostile" gunshot wound in Iraq, a fatal shot his family said was fired to his head while while sleeping inside his quarters in Fallujah.

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"The Marines came out to my house Saturday morning and told me my son was shot in the back of his head in his secure barracks," his mother, Glenda Fales, told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday.
"They said it was under investigation and they won't tell us anything else. We don't know if it was accidental or if somebody shot him on purpose," she said.

Glenda Fales said her son's body has been in Delaware since Sunday and the Marines have not confirmed when they will release it for burial. She is faced with the possibility of a Christmas funeral, and her birthday is Dec. 26.

"My son was a marine and he's laying in a hangar by himself," she said. "They told me he was dressed and ready. ... The Marines are just not doing what they need to be doing to get him home."