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Late notice of Marine's Iraq death upsets dad
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Military is examining why official word took 3 days

By ERIN JORDAN
REGISTER IOWA CITY BUREAU
August 31, 2004

The Davenport father whose son was killed last week in Iraq said Marine Corps officials "grossly mishandled" the notification process when they waited three days to tell the family.

"It really upsets me that my son lost his life for his country, and his country didn't let us know for three days," Randy Skinner said.

Marine Pfc. Nick Skinner, 20, was shot in the neck Thursday near Najaf, the Iraqi city where fighting had raged until Friday.

Randy Skinner said he and his ex-wife, Laura Hamann, learned of their son's death when the father of Nick Skinner's best friend called Sunday morning to offer condolences. The man's son, also stationed in Najaf, sent him an e-mail about Nick's death on Saturday, Skinner said.
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