{"id":13750,"date":"2012-07-30T20:07:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T20:07:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-07-30T20:07:24","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T20:07:24","slug":"Soldier-gets-only-30-days-in-Danny-Chen-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13750","title":{"rendered":"Soldier gets only 30 days in Danny Chen suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The soldier who was found guilty of assaulting and abusing Chinatown native Pvt. Danny Chen before he killed himself will do just 30 days in a military jail \u2014 and will remain in the service.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sentence came one day after the same jury of soldiers and officers found Holcomb guilty of assault and maltreatment for dragging Chen across sharp rocks and calling the 19-year-old Chinese-American soldier “Dragon Lady” before he fatally shot himself last year in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

The jury had found Holcomb not guilty of driving Chen to take his life Oct. 3, striking down the more serious charges of negligent homicide, reckless endangerment and communicating a threat.<\/p>\n

Holcomb, 30, will spend 30 days in confinement, forfeit $1,181.55 in pay and have his rank reduced one rung, from sergeant to specialist.<\/p>\n

Army prosecutor Maj. Stephen Hernandez argued for a harsher sentence, blasting Holcomb for failing to apologize to Chen’s parents directly.<\/strong> The sergeant wasn’t required to testify, according to military law.<\/p>\n

After the verdict was read, an Asian-American rights advocate blasted his sentence as a slap on the wrist \u2014 and not a particularly violent one.<\/p>\n

Holcomb is the first of eight soldiers to be sentenced for Chen\u2019s suicide.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chen’s parents, Su Zhen Chen and Yan Tao Chen, issued a statement that alluded to upcoming court martials.<\/p>\n

“We still are grieving for the loss of our precious son, and we hope that justice will be done for his sake,” they said in a statement. “Until all of the trials are over, we do not wish to say anything more, and we ask that our privacy be respected.”<\/p>\n

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