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August 24, 2012

Fourth Soldier Accused in Chen Case Demoted, Fined 
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The fourth of eight U.S. soldiers court-martialed in the death of Army
Private Danny Chen has been punished with a demotion and a brief
reduction in pay. A 19-year-old Chinese American, Chen allegedly took
his own life just weeks after he was deployed to Afghanistan last
October. His family says Chen had been abused by comrades on an almost
daily basis including racist hazing, with soldiers throwing rocks at
him, calling him ethnic slurs and forcing him to do push-ups or hang
upside down with his mouth full of water. In a summary court martial,
Sgt. Travis Carden was demoted to specialist and forced to give up
two-thirds of his pay for one month.

 

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