Las Vegas SUN: Gulf War legacy Sun 4/14/97
"Word had gotten out to the base camp that Wegner and others had gone to Kuwait to get souvenirs," Warrant Officer Chavez said. "A sergeant waited at the gate all night for their return, but they must have stashed the stuff prior to getting back because when they searched them, they found nothing."
Wegner was stripped of his noncommissioned officer duties and put on guard duty. His health deteriorated and on March 11, a supervisor discovered him in the middle of a seizure, blood dripping from his ears and nose.
"I have seen with my own eyes Spc. Wegner bleeding from the nose three times in the last week," Sgt. Kathryn Bowings wrote on March 13. "He was sent on sick call by order. This is not a soldier that is trying to go home."
Wegner was ordered back to King Khalid Military City where a doctor ordered his evacuation to Germany. Spinal fluid was leaking from Wegner's ears, medical records said.
Wegner was hospitalized for five months and then discharged. The Army ruled him incapable of military duty.
Letters that Wegner has written to the Pentagon about these incidents and offers to turn over the samples of sand, chunk of land mine and Iraqi uniform have gone unanswered.