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Lance Corporal Harry Lew from Santa Clara took his own life in his
foxhole in Afghanistan after he was kicked and punched by fellow
Marines, military officials tell NBC Bay Area news. An investigation
into the 21 year old's April death says Lew "leaned over his M249 squad
automatic weapon as it pointed to the sky, placed the muzzle in his
mouth and pulled the trigger".

The suicide came moments after fellow Marines attacked Lew for
repeatedly falling asleep on guard duty. An investigation shows Lew
was caught asleep at least four separate times in areas where "enemy
attack was considered imminent". Military records show Lew, who was on
his first tour in Afghanistan, was first counseled then disciplined by
a sergeant for sleeping while on post. At some point, Lew was forced
to walk his rounds while carrying a single sandbag, symbolic of the
weight of his responsibility to his fellow marines.

On April 3, Lew could not be raised by radio while standing post. A
check of his foxhole found him asleep once again.

The unnamed sergeant then announced over the radio that "peers should
correct peers", according to military documents. That lead to what
appears to be a sad series of events. Fellow lance corporals [whose
names have been redacted in the report] ordered Lew to dig a new foxhole
as a punishment, then informed Lew he could go to sleep once the task
was finished. Those corporals, however, did not inform the sergeant
they had given Lew permission to sleep.

At 1:00am that morning, that sergeant, whose name has also been
redacted from the report "angrily confronted [Lew] about why he had
again fallen asleep". Other marines then demanded Lew to perform
various physical tasks as punishment and would "stomp down" on Lew's
back and legs if he failed to do an exercise properly.

"Towards the end of the physical training", the report says a "sandbag
broke open at which point lance corporal [redacted] picked it up and
poured the contents on Lew's chest and face as he lay with his back to
the ground."

Convinced Lew was responding to his punishment with sarcasm and
disrespect, fellow lance corporals then "kicked dirt on Lew, kicked him
in the back of the helmet, punched him in the back of his helmet with a
force that cut [his attacker's] knuckle."

At some point, a fellow marine stepped in to stop the attack, saying he
didn't "want it on his conscience if Lew killed himself".

Which is exactly what Lew did.

Lew wrote "may hate me now, but in the long run this was the right
choice I'm sorry my mom deserves the truth" on his arm.

A sergeant is blamed in the report for giving responsibility for Lew's
discipline to fellow marines. "Further, he failed to intervene while
those peers undertook inappropriate corrective actions". That sergeant
faces court martial when the unit returns from Afghanistan, as does an
unnamed lance corporal.

The military says unequivocally that Lew took his own life, though it
will list his death as "in the line of duty". "This command mourns the
death of Lance Corporal Lew" reads the final report. "His family and
friends have my deepest sympathies" says his commanding officer.

Lew is a 2008 graduate of Santa Clara High School and was assigned to
the 2nd battalion, 3rd marine regiment, 3rd Marine division.

His obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle says Lew wrote "Brand new
Marine, feels good" on his Myspace page shortly after he joined the
military.

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intentions with the product. I just wanted to get a souvenir at the
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