http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/13354555.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jspMother wants answers about son's death in Iraq
By Don Schanche Jr.
TELEGRAPH STAFF WRITER
At age 17, Marcus Futrell was too young to join the National Guard without his mother's signature, so she signed him in.
He hoped his military stint would net him the funds to further his education. Instead, his mother got a visit Sunday that every military relative dreads: two officers on her front step, delivering the news that her son, now 20, would not be coming home.
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Now Cheryl Futrell is left with questions: How did her son die, and why?
The guard has given her no details except that the Humvee rolled over. She wants to know more about the circumstances.
"No officials from the military have called me and talked to me," she said. "I'm angry. I want to know why my son died. I want to know why he's not coming home." She was told there would be more contacts from the military after the funeral, which has not yet been scheduled. Not having information, she said, "makes me uncertain about what's going on."
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Cheryl Futrell also has questions about the bigger picture. "I have a lot of questions about the war," she said. "This is all senseless. They could have been sent home months ago. Normally, you would think of a National Guard unit being national, not international."
Cheryl Futrell said her son's unit was better suited to respond to Hurricane Katrina than fight in Iraq.
"If I had the slightest concern that this was where he would be headed in a couple of years after he signed up, I would have discouraged him. I wouldn't have signed," she said.
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