I, too, watched the cnn interview this morning. The father stated that he felt better since 'condolences were sent his way' from the military leadership.
I don't understand what you are trying to say, or what he said, I didn't see the interview. I grew up in a city where everyone knew someone who was KIA in Viet Nam, it is a hard thing when the Officer knocks on your door to deliver the telegram, my mother nearly had a heart attack when I was dinged and evacuated from Nam on my last tour and the telegram was delivered.
It is a hard thing to loose a kid, you invest a lot of "You" in bringing them up. That this father had a son who was a Staff NCO in the Marines speaks well of him, I pray for him and his son.