Article # 2: Friendly fire possibly hit two soldiers in Iraq

The Army is investigating the deaths of Pvt. Matthew Zeimer, 18, of Glendive, Mont., and Spc. Alan E. McPeek, 20, of Tucson, Ariz., who were killed in Ramadi, in western Iraq, on Feb. 2. Their families were initially told they were killed by enemy fire.
It took another month before the families of the two soldiers were told March 31 that friendly fire was suspected.
A report in the Army Times newspaper said the two soldiers ran to a roof to fight back, but a shot was fired through a concrete wall near them and the impact killed them.
As a result of those problems, the Army made changes in its notification process. Unit commanders now must investigate every hostile death, in part to ensure families get accurate information about how their loved one died.
McPeek was a member of the 16th Engineer Battalion based in Germany, and Zeimer was a member of the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart, Ga.