Ex-Langley Teacher Fights for Justice for Son Killed by a Fellow Soldier in Iraq

A former  popular Langley High School English teacher has spent the last four years fighting the U.S. Army to get justice for his son who was killed in Iraq by the lieutenant leading his squad.

Washington Post reporter Tom Jackman yesterday recounted a story of horror, heartbreak and outrage about Dave Sharrett Sr., and a family unravelling the details of the death of a young son.

The fellow soldier who shot his son didn't report the shooting. Left the scene and was promoted to captain.  Th Army has conducted three investigations spelling out the lieutenant's role in the death of Pfc. Dave Sharrett II. Dave Sharrett Sr. meets with the Secretary to the Army this week.

David Sharrett Sr. now knows his son, Pfc. David Sharrett II, was killed in a 2008 friendly fire incident in Iraq. But he still seeks justice for the soldier who fired the shots and left his son and two other soldiers for dead.

The man who killed his son, 1st Lt. Timothy Hanson, is no longer in the Army. But what action was taking against him? Why wasn't he court-martialed?, Sharrett asks in a mission detailed in-depth by the Washington Post.

We encourage you to read this story. It's long, but worth the journey. It will make you cry. It will enrage you. If you are the parents of a son or daughter who has put on a uniform and left home to defend this country, you must read it. Here is the story.

Click here for a look at the four central figures in the story, Pfc. David H. Sharrett II and the three men who continue to investigate his death — David Sharrett Sr.; Douglas Kimme, whose son was also killed in the same incident; and James Meek, a former reporter with the New York Daily News.

Watch video of the friendly fire incident here.