Danny Chen

Justice for Danny Chen: Courts-Martial Need to be Held in U.S.

Mari Fagel | Posted 05.08.2012

Mari Fagel

Since the tragic death of 19-year-old Pvt. Danny Chen in Afghanistan, not only have his grieving parents lost their only child, they've also lost their right to justice.

Military Trial Date Set For Soldier's Suicide After Hazing

AP | By PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 02.29.2012

WASHINGTON -- The military has set a date for the first trial in the death of a young private who investigators say shot himself after weeks of hazing...

American Soldier Charged With Abuse In Suicide Hearing

AP | By KAY JOHNSON | Posted 03.16.2012

KABUL, Afghanistan -- An American soldier charged with abuse that led to the suicide of a 19-year-old fellow soldier in Afghanistan is facing a prelim...

Soldier's Family Says That He Was Abused Almost Daily Before Suicide

AP | By DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 03.07.2012

NEW YORK -- A teenage Army private who committed suicide just weeks after getting to Afghanistan had been mistreated by comrades on an almost daily ba...

Justice for Private Danny Chen

Margaret S. Chin | Posted 02.26.2012

Margaret S. Chin

For the last two months, the family of Private Danny Chen, his friends, and the Chinese-American community in New York City have had only one question: what happened to Danny?

Top Military Officer Speaks Out On Crucial Issue

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 12.23.2011

WASHINGTON -- Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is condemning hazing as intolerable in the military. But he says such proble...

U.S. Soldiers Face Consequences For Horrifying Charges

AP | CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 02.20.2012

NEW YORK — Even before the Army sent him to Afghanistan, supporters say, Pvt. Daniel Chen was fighting a personal war. Fellow soldiers at a bas...

8 Charged In Death Of Fellow Soldier

AP | Posted 02.20.2012

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. Army says that eight American soldiers have been charged in connection with the Oct. 3 death of a fellow soldier in sou...

Army Charges Eight in Chinatown Soldier Danny Chen's Death

| Posted 12.21.2011

By Patrick Hedlund MANHATTAN — Eight U.S. soldiers have been charged in connection to the death of a Chinatown army private who the military says...