Army Staff Sgt . Darris J. Dawson and another soldier were killed in Iraq this week . The two soldiers died when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED). Dawson 's father says he ca n't get a `` straight answer '' from the U.S. military . He says the `` non-hostile '' death classification was given `` because the deaths were not the result of hostile enemy action . '' The U.S. military has classified the death as `` non-hostile ''
Army Staff Sgt . Darris J. Dawson and another soldier were killed in Iraq this week . The two soldiers died when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED). Dawson 's father says he ca n't get a `` straight answer '' from the U.S. military . The U.S. military has classified the death as `` non-hostile ''