IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 452 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should 
provide full disclosure regarding the details of the deaths of members 
of the Armed Forces to their families at the earliest possible date. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2006 
Ms. WATERS submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of 
Defense should provide full disclosure regarding the de-
tails of the deaths of members of the Armed Forces 
to their families at the earliest possible date. 
Whereas Patrick Tillman was an American football player 
who left a successful sports career to enlist in the Army 
in May 2002 following the terrorist attacks of September 
11, 2001; 
Whereas Corporal Tillman served in the second battalion of 
the 75th Ranger Regiment; 
Whereas an Army spokesperson stated that Corporal Tillman 
was killed on April 22, 2004, while his unit was attacked 
in an apparent ambush on a road outside of the village 
of Sperah, Afghanistan; 
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•HCON 452 IH 
Whereas on May 28, 2004, his family, and the American pub-
lic, learned that he died as a result of a friendly fire inci-
dent; 
Whereas Army officials had misled the Tillman family about 
the details of his death without justification; 
Whereas his family and other critics allege that the Army un-
duly delayed disclosing the truth about Corporal Till-
man’s death until weeks after his memorial service in 
order to protect the image of the Armed Forces; 
Whereas the Tillman family requested Brigadier General 
Gary M. Jones to produce a report on the circumstances 
surrounding Corporal Tillman’s death; 
Whereas the report received media attention and revealed 
that, in the days immediately following Corporal Till-
man’s death, investigators and senior officers, including 
General John Abizaid, the commander of the United 
States Central Command, were aware that Corporal Till-
man was killed by friendly fire; 
Whereas the Army awarded Corporal Tillman the Silver Star, 
a Purple Heart, and a posthumous promotion to corporal; 
Whereas the citation report accompanying these awards indi-
cated that Corporal Tillman was killed by enemy forces 
and contained a false account of a battle that members 
of Army leadership knew had never taken place; 
Whereas military officials have admitted inaccurately describ-
ing the deaths of other members of the Armed Forces, 
including Specialist Patrick R. McCaffrey, Sr., of Tracy, 
California, and Second Lieutenant Andre D. Tyson of 
Riverside, California; 
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•HCON 452 IH 
Whereas the deaths of Specialist McCaffrey and Second Lieu-
tenant Tyson were originally attributed to an ambush 
during a patrol near Balad, Iraq, on June 22, 2004; 
Whereas Specialist McCaffrey and Second Lieutenant Tyson 
were actually killed by Iraqi forces who were being 
trained by the United States military and who had fired 
at United States soldiers twice before; 
Whereas before his death, Specialist McCaffrey reported the 
inappropriate actions by the Iraqi security forces to his 
superiors; 
Whereas the Army waited nine months after completing an 
investigation into their deaths before notifying relatives 
the soldiers were killed by Iraqi troops; and 
Whereas military officials have misled or failed to disclose de-
tails regarding the deaths of other members of the Armed 
Forces in a timely manner: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense should ensure that 
the military provides full disclosure regarding the 
details of the deaths of members of the Armed 
Forces to their families at the earliest possible date; 
and 
(2) any member of the Armed Forces or a civil-
ian employee of the Department of Defense who in-
tentionally misleads, misrepresents, fails to act, acts 
in an unreasonably dilatory manner, or is complicit 
in a conspiracy to withhold from the families of the 
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•HCON 452 IH 
fallen heroes of the Armed Forces a thorough, time-
ly, and accurate explanation as to the circumstances 
and time of that member’s death should be pros-
ecuted for every offense under Federal law that ap-
plies, including offenses under chapter 47 of title 10, 
United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice), as applicable, and if convicted should be 
punished to the maximum extent that the law allows. 
Æ 
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